Mike Morrissey, the new President & CEO of the International Insurance Society (IIS) visited ACORD today to discuss potential partnership opportunities in the future. Mike replaced the retiring Pat Kenny. Aside from their annual summer event, IIS partners with the Geneva Association on research and maintains the Insurance Hall of Fame. We agreed to continue to work together and reach out to other industry trade organizations in what can be a very silo-ed landscape. IIS Home Page
New Book
My latest book presents the challenges members face when adopting industry standards as well as the opportunities that come as a result. It features my discussions with many people over many years and follows the foundation I set in my first book "The Business Information Revolution".
Industry standards are never adopted in a vacuum. They become part and parcel of all the trials and tribulations managers face in their day to day work. ACORD Standards are always part of a larger software development project that brings along people, priorities and politics. Adopting industry standards isn't simple, but the benefits far outweigh the problems of building and maintaining proprietary alternatives.
I trust that you will appreciate my frankness, identify with some of the challenges and learn from what others have done to pave the way.
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Books
Gregory A. Maciag: The Business Information Revolution: Making the Case for ACORD Standards
This book was the end result of my writing monthly columns for ten years.John Hagel III: The Only Sustainable Edge: Why Business Strategy Depends on Productive Friction and Dynamic Specialization
John was our keynote speaker in Las Vegas.J. D. Lasica: Darknet: Hollywood's War Against the Digital Generation
I interviewed JD on ACORD Live. See the video.Thomas L. Friedman: The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
David S. Platt: Why Software Sucks...and What You Can Do About It
Barry Libert: We Are Smarter Than Me: How to Unleash the Power of Crowds in Your Business
Gregory A. Maciag: The Real-Time World:Enabled by ACORD Standards
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