Interview with Anant: IBM's CTM (Chief Trouble Maker)

Check out this video - Anant Jhingran, IM's CTO (or CTM, which I prefer) talks with James Governor about the shift of the Information Management organization within IBM, Web 2.0, OpenSocial, the relationship between IT and LOB, Open Innovation and much more.

James also gives me a nice plug (thanks!) that refers to a couple quotes and an old blog entry of mine from awhile ago that addresses the cultural shift with IT and LOB, and how IT is no longer the gatekeeper of information, but the enabler of providing this information successfully to their enterprise, the LOB units, and the folks that need it.

I actually had a discussion today with Michael Krigsman of Enterprise Irregular fame where we talked about how this is really necessary across the board in order to make projects successful. Michael actually has a new company out there that is working to help out IT in just this way as well. Very interesting stuff.

I love seeing how we're all as community and a group of vendors moving towards more openness with our products, our approaches, our visions, and really, our culture. We're at the tipping point of a major shift here, and I can't wait to see the outcome. This is one that we all need to shape. /LC

BTW: Anant, if you're Chief Trouble Maker, can I be your right hand trouble-maker? I am sure both Rod and David would agree with this!! :)