Mike Lammers Most of the architects, CIOs and CTOs I have run across tend to have a natural curiosity for technological trends. Kind of an obvious statement given their roles, but what I’ve also found is that these same individuals are some of the biggest skeptics you’ll find. I would include myself in that mix. Why? Because we’ve been burned, over … Read more
During the Holiday season many of us think about the tradeoff between want and need. For example some may want a new BMW 7 series (~ 85 K ) but the need is for personal and family transportation. There are dozens of models both used and new to address the transportation need. A late model, … Read more
As the co-owner of a Technology Solutions group, I have struggled to explain what it is that Tricension does. We create business value through technology – an accurate statement, but really doesn’t convey what we do. We hired a number of marketing firms and consultants, but have yet to really land on a way to … Read more
We are seeing a trend in the region of mid-market companies losing their competitive advantage due to outdated or lackluster business technology. We see a number of causes, but most commonly we are finding companies holding onto a “keep the lights on” strategy as they did during the downturn in the economy or IT not … Read more
One of the many lessons learned in my early Cerner Experience was looking through the current set of seemingly insurmountable problems and being able to keep the long-term vision in perspective. I recently read a book called The Hard Thing About Hard Things (Horowitz) where the author uses a car racing analogy to make the point. If … Read more
The history of complex enterprise wide systems implementations and support are littered with stories of failure, risk and consequences. Every person on the value chain of a systems implementation emotionally buys in to the excitement of the potential outcomes for process automating systems. The humans that architect, create requirements, develop, configure, test and support these … Read more
The fourth experience I would like to share was one of those off experiences I have always remembered, but didn’t really understand until I personally experienced frustration in team members lack of urgency. After the Community Hospital of Indianapolis (CHI) experience, one of our crack sales guys sold a project at Kuakini Medical Center in … Read more
The third experience I would like to share was confusing back in the day, but clear as it can be now. As a recent college graduate with a degree in Medical Technology, I viewed the responsibility of patient safety with the utmost importance, like any professional in healthcare does. Well, as I wrote in the … Read more
Thirty years ago I was fortunate to get the opportunity to combine my formal education as a Medical Technologist (BSMT) with my technical tendencies and joined a startup called Patterson, Gorup, Illig and Associates, now known as Cerner. This year marks thirty years since joining Cerner and 15 since leaving in 1999. I wish to … Read more
While growing up in Casper Wyoming I often worked for my dad in his plumbing business and was called the “what is it kid.” I loved to take things apart and figure out how they work. So systems thinking was a natural tendency and reinforced by learning how plumbing and heating systems work. Thirty years … Read more
