On June 18th, CA Technologies sponsored our presentation by Brian Johnson.

All you wanted to know about services but were afraid to ask; Brian discussed services from the perspective of the business and that of IT, perspectives that are widely confused or downright misunderstood. Using examples both old and new the presentation covered why developers are from Mars and operations staff are from Venus while on planet Earth the business (the people who pay the bills) get more or less what they do not want.

The presentation will discussed how service definitions can arise and how good practices can be used (or often abused) to justify IT based perspectives that frequently cause business user frustration—and where some really good practices can be found.

On May 14th, Ian Durey, HDI’s VP of Programs explained why most change initiatives fail.

The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus famously said “The Only Constant is Change” and yet, 2500 years later, we are confronted with the unpleasant statistic that 70% of all change initiatives fail.

Join HDI Regina’s own VP of Programs, Ian Durey, for a discussion on why change initiatives fail and what you can do to improve your organization’s chances of success.

Ian Durey is an entrepreneur and consultant. He started his first company in 2007 and is currently finishing his MBA at the University of Regina.