I want to know something.
Is your company’s IT department in tune with your business divisions? Do they play nice together? Do they work together to achieve whateverthehell is needed? I have found examples of this, like @curiousmitch‘s place of work.
Or, if this isn’t the case, are there one or two secret agents who duck the radar and grease whatever wheels are stuck in order to make it possible for IT and Business to git ‘er done?
Same question, different departments: Sales and Marketing. Or, Marketing and Engineering. Or Communications and HR.
Is there an entire army of enterprise secret agents who don’t know one another exists, perhaps? Maybe they should form an Illuminati-like society, get tattoos and hold secret ceremonies where they sacrifice small kitchen appliances or viral YouTube videos or CAD drawings to appease the Department Gawds.
Secret Agent, I salute you. I won’t blow your cover. But please, tell me your secrets.
I have no idea what you’re talking about. There is no such thing as “Secret Agents.” They are completely mythical beings.
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hmm, “secret agent.” I like it. Adding it to my business card : )
I just realized that the Wet Noodle is one tool of choice for the Enterprise Secret Agent. They can push it up a hill, or flog people with it. Very versatile.
From my limited observations, the IT departments in most organizations are just barely able to “keep the lights” on given several years of “doing more with less”. To the extent that new business initiatives get launched in concert with a supporting IT initiative it’s either a) due to “secret agents” who are just trying to get good things done for the company or b) due to a person who is building a name and/or image for themselves and then EVERYONE knows about it.
I tend to flit between secret agent, not-so-secret agent and fixer. If things are going well you sit back and just put some grease on the wheels. When things start going a little badly it may be a case of more grease or you need to go undercover to make the right connections or cut out the bad bits. When it all goes pear-shaped you just go in and mop things up.
I wonder what the demographic, or “psychographic” of an Enterprise Secret Agent is? Hmmm… What traits, characteristics, and qualities make you so successful?