“Self-confident people don’t need to wrap themselves in complexity and all that clutter that passes for sophistication in business. Self-confident leaders produce simple plans, speak simply, and propose big clear targets.”
Jack Welch.
In any line of business, have you ever noticed how the most knowledgeable exponents are also able to break concepts down into simple messages? And have you also noticed that the “almost gurus” dazzle their audience with clutter that passes for sophistication?
As Welch states, communicators that lack the thorough understanding of and/or confidence in their subject matter often appear to worry that a simple message will make them look simple.
Simple descriptions, simple terminologies, simple diagrams, simple plans, simple functionality and big clear targets are definitely the way to de-clutter every OSS conversation.
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If you’re a technologist (eg enterprise architect, developer, BA, tech PM, CTO, etc) who has been tasked with implementing significant technological and business transformation in
We’ve embarked on a journey of trying to plan for the future of OSS/BSS, not by predicting the future, but by seeking ways to be
Over the years, I’ve often referred to The Corkscrew Analogy or Momentum Spiral to describe a mindset of incremental improvement that’s needed to keep an
Here at Passionate About OSS, we are exactly that – Passionate About OSS (Operational Support Systems). We’re also passionate about BSS, NMS, or any other names you call the tools that help to operationalise your network.
