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Stories from the basement: how fictional IT leaders shape our perception of IT leadership
Early in building Lumenas, we found ourselves often reading job advertisements for IT Managers. Not because we were hiring, but because job ads are a frank assessment of what an organisation thinks a role involves. This helps us better understand the misunderstanding of IT roles, and how persistent these issues may be, which helps us…
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The Accidental IT Leader
Becoming an ‘accidental IT leader’ presents a significant opportunity. Many business leaders become technology leaders without ever applying for the job. You might start in operations, finance, administration, risk, or another business function. Over time, technology decisions begin to drift your way. You become the person who talks to the MSP, reviews software renewals, helps…
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The one thing economists love and IT hates
The IT department has often been my first stop in any new job. This is because I often do pretty niche jobs, which means I need a different tech setup to most of the organisation. This has variously delighted and haunted my IT colleagues. In one job, I requested different permissions on my laptop so…
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Leading Digital – A Digital Mindset
A digital mindset Today we’re talking about mindset. You’re already across what an enormous impact the mindset of a leader has on the team – I’m sure you can think of the good, the bad and the ugly that you’ve seen in the past! So what kind of mindset should we bring to digital leadership?…
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