Heavy Strategy
From technology to workplace culture, from geopolitical trends to economics, Heavy Strategy debates pivotal questions in enterprise IT. Hosts Johna Till Johnson & John Burke bring their technical expertise, analytical acumen, and contrasting viewpoints to discuss complex topics of interest to IT leaders. Frequently irreverent and always thought-provoking, these are the conversations you wish you could have at the leadership table. Tune in and join the think tank, where unanswered questions are better than unquestioned answers.
Latest episodes
Mar 10, 2022 • 31min
HS017 The Role of Standards in a Conflicted World
The internet has become part of society now and this means that governments will want to put controls on it. Are our standards bodies fit for purpose ?
Feb 10, 2022 • 0sec
HS016 Team Structure for Technology Teams
Discussing what might drives team structure in Enterprise IT.
Jan 20, 2022 • 36min
HS015: Targeting in IT Marketing – Who and When
With so much money allocated to marketing teams, why do customers find it disagreeable and unpleasant to be a victim of their activities ?
Dec 13, 2021 • 0sec
HS014 Software Defined Infrastructure – New Build or Not ?
Do you need new hardware to cloud enable your infrastructure ? Should you strategise products on new hardware/greenfield basis or enable your existing brownfield infrastructure ? In this episode we discuss value of enabling existing infrastructure Beware of the vendor goldfield that Greenfield represents Whether supply chain impacts your decisions ? The value of federated... Read more »
Nov 18, 2021 • 0sec
HS013 SaaS Solutions – What Does the Customer Lose ?
SaaS is popular as a 'not my problem' solution and easy-on-pocket entrè. So lets examine adversarial question "What does the customer lose?". Johna and Greg discuss many issues on both in the search for critical analysis on SaaS and the longer term impacts.
Nov 4, 2021 • 39min
Heavy Strategy 012: Professional Development in Infrastructure Technology
A rarely covered topic in technology is professional development. Other careers have extensive programs to ensure practitioners develop and maintain a wide range of skills but this principle is rare in IT.
Oct 20, 2021 • 31min
HS011 Can We Survive IT Supply Chain Disruption
We discuss what we know so far about supply chain disruption, what impacts to your projects. We also consider resellers/distributors survival and what plans can companies make.
Sep 2, 2021 • 34min
HS010 Budgeting for Cybersecurity
When it comes to allocating budget for cybersecurity there are many approaches to breaking it down into line items. We discuss various ideas and possibilities that might offer some insight for your own situation.
Jul 28, 2021 • 0sec
HS 009 The Metrics of IT Security
How do you measure IT Security ? Specifically, how do you decide to allocate budget and justify the underlying reasoning. Most companies allocate a percentage of IT Budget, but Johna argues differently.
Jul 15, 2021 • 31min
HS 008: Five Core Issues for IT Architects in 2021
What five issues would be top of mind for IT architects ? Security, Backup.Recovery, Cloud, Skills Development and Distributed/Hybrid Work. Listen in on why and how these issues are our choices. If you have feedback or want us to followup then head over to our Follow Up page and send us your anonymous (or not) feedback.
