I was curious to see what the state of Citrite.org was recently. It is now completely gone and has been replaced by another Sam Johnston production entitled “Citrix Universe“. It is still under construction but it does show what Sam…
We are getting closer to the end of “Good to Great”. This is about chapter 8 which is titled “The Flywheel and the Doom Loop”. Sounds a bit like something from Indiana Jones. Seriously, it hits upon the nature of…
Give these people a real budget! This is incredibly clever. It reminds me of Fantastic Voyage but with a Citrix twist. This is short movie following the lives of two youngsters caught in the Internet – and how they use…
I was looking around YouTube for Citrix related video and found an interesting TV show segment from BestPlacesToWork from KPIX in the Silicon Valley. This video which is five minutes long, promotes Citrix as being an excellent place to work…
We are now up to chapter 7 of “Good to Great” with the chapter title of “Technology Accelerators”. Most good companies understand that they need technology to progress. Great companies realize that not all technology is useful and that technology…
This is about chapter 6 of “Good to Great” and it is called “A Culture of Discipline”. In every new company is a seed of creativity and a sense of entrepreneurial spirit. Bold moves are made and if success comes,…
Marketing is a fascinating field. Ever since my close up exposure to early Citrix marketing, I’ve always wondered how these things really work. There was always a taste of what it was, but never any really deep understanding. Recently I…
For those of you already familiar with “Good to Great”, certainly the Hedgehog Concept is perhaps the easiest to remember. In relation to all the other areas (Level 5 Leadership, First Who Then What, Confront the Brutal Facts) we have…
Continuing on to Chapter 4 of “Good to Great”, we have “Confront the Brutal Facts“. Each of these chapters reveal something crucial to becoming a great company. In this case, it is the ability to face reality but at the…
1. WHO 2. WHAT Continuing on the path of understanding what makes good into great, the next step is understanding the value of the idea “First who, then what“. This is the third chapter of “Good to Great”. For most…
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