Tuesday, January 15, 2008

In Which Owl Considers the Role of Information Services

I had a meeting with my boss today to ramp up for next week's return to work. In it we debated the relative merits of separating out a corporation's "information services," vs. the integration of those services into the company's larger tasks and deliverables.

My knee-jerk reaction to this has always been integration-integration-integration. But now I'm not so sure. In a field that already lacks clarity to outsiders, do we feed the fire by embedding ourselves with the troops? By separating ourselves, do we force ourselves to create clearer definitions around our functions and deliverables?

A larger question remains regarding my leadership potential at this firm. I have some clear challenges ahead in establishing both the department sub-group and my own career path.

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