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Blue Slate's people think a lot about the challenges facing their industries today. In the process, they often come up with completely unexpected slants on current issues, or new ways of thinking about business problems. Bluespeak is where they share those thoughts. Feel free to read and reflect.

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Why Do So Many Information Systems Implementations Fail and What Can Be Done to Improve Our Success Rate?

Information Systems (IS) implementations normally fail due to a lack of ownership, planning and execution by the organization. The software and hardware tend to do what they are supposed to do. Their features and limitations are typically known, at least if we take the time to investigate. However, it is the organizational issues among and between business units and teams that actually require most of the effort when running an IS project.[Read More]