by Peter Leather | Curated Articles, SFIA
Blended learning is a concept (or is it a piece of jargon) which has been with us for sometime. Its one of those phrases where it is easy to assume everyone understands it and it has a common meaning. Step forward Jane Hart to expose the reality: “Blended...
by Peter Leather | Curated Articles, SFIA
I have put together a story board of slides below to demonstrate how IT organisations can respond to the challenges of 2 speed IT and building Cloud competencies in a structured and timely way. It includes using SFIA (Skills Framework for the Information Age) as a...
by Peter Leather | Curated Articles, High Performance
It is a feature of the profession that many IT managers see the solution to performance improvement is through better processes, tools and technology. Of course, these are important – but the fact is high performing people can overcome the limitations of...
by Peter Leather | Curated Articles, SFIA
SFIA is a flexible framework with many direct and indirect uses. This makes SFIA a very powerful tool but it does come with a health warning; be wary if someone tells you how to “implement” SFIA. The real question should be “What are your IT...
by Peter Leather | Curated Articles
The IT skills shortage is a recurring topic in any conversation about the IT workforce and one of the often quoted causes for the lack of skills is the employability of graduates / entry level professionals in IT. This has led to 2 developments: A push to make higher...
by Peter Leather | Curated Articles, SFIA
Developing strategic thinking is a common development problem for IT professionals who aspire to leadership roles. I came across an article from HBR.org which highlights some approaches to developing strategic thinking. So I thought I would try and link this to SFIA...
