Comments on: Transparency means accountability http://www.successfactors.com/blogs/business-execution/transparency-means-accountability/ Execution is the Difference. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:42:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: tvnavinkumar http://www.successfactors.com/blogs/business-execution/transparency-means-accountability/comment-page-1/#comment-176 tvnavinkumar Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:25:29 +0000 http://10.50.0.97/wordpress/workforce-performance/index.php/transparency-means-accountability/#comment-176 I have been using Gartner , Forrester, Yankee..and u know many of such company reports for nearly 3 years now. Though I agree with your point or rather intension to say "why are they relectant to showoff their names when being used by 3rd party", i am not sure if "transperancy means accountability" fit it.. For one i think its too harsh. lets assume u r the CXO's of these firms, and if some one asks u, "how sure are these numbers?" i bet u might end up saying a) its all depends on population surveyed / analzed. b) there are always 20-30% factors which we might have not considered or ignored. in a sense, you are (CXO) in short of saying mine is 100% right. This is true even to the best done analysis and we have to accept. Now only after you read it u might agree with what i said, how abt millions of ppl who have read this. I would like to point an article in Mckinsey in this regards; "Unrewarded and rewarded risk" guess that was an interview with a prof from Harvard Univ. Publishing their name is "Unrewarded risk", but having a format/ template, by which every one will immediately tell this is Gartern/ Frost/ Forrester is "Rewraded Risk." Cheers!! I have been using Gartner , Forrester, Yankee..and u know many of such company reports for nearly 3 years now. Though I agree with your point or rather intension to say “why are they relectant to showoff their names when being used by 3rd party”, i am not sure if “transperancy means accountability” fit it..

For one i think its too harsh. lets assume u r the CXO’s of these firms, and if some one asks u, “how sure are these numbers?” i bet u might end up saying
a) its all depends on population surveyed / analzed.
b) there are always 20-30% factors which we might have not considered or ignored.

in a sense, you are (CXO) in short of saying mine is 100% right. This is true even to the best done analysis and we have to accept. Now only after you read it u might agree with what i said, how abt millions of ppl who have read this.

I would like to point an article in Mckinsey in this regards; “Unrewarded and rewarded risk” guess that was an interview with a prof from Harvard Univ. Publishing their name is “Unrewarded risk”, but having a format/ template, by which every one will immediately tell this is Gartern/ Frost/ Forrester is “Rewraded Risk.”

Cheers!!

]]> By: Josh Bersin http://www.successfactors.com/blogs/business-execution/transparency-means-accountability/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Josh Bersin Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:52:30 +0000 http://10.50.0.97/wordpress/workforce-performance/index.php/transparency-means-accountability/#comment-175 As the CEO of an analyst firm let me weigh in here. When we select a product/system for our own use, we tend to be savvy buyers because we do talk with so many solution providers. And, as with any user of any product, we develop opinions. In our case, one of our principles is research integrity - so we have to provide unbiased information about products and solution providers regardless of our own personal experience. Therefore I believe it is best not to disclose what we are using - it only makes this process more difficult and may give our clients the idea that we are recommending products which we use. Analyst firms are very specialized companies, and the products they use are not necessarily appropriate for large corporations, government agencies, non-profits, and other types of organizations. As the CEO of an analyst firm let me weigh in here. When we select a product/system for our own use, we tend to be savvy buyers because we do talk with so many solution providers. And, as with any user of any product, we develop opinions. In our case, one of our principles is research integrity – so we have to provide unbiased information about products and solution providers regardless of our own personal experience. Therefore I believe it is best not to disclose what we are using – it only makes this process more difficult and may give our clients the idea that we are recommending products which we use. Analyst firms are very specialized companies, and the products they use are not necessarily appropriate for large corporations, government agencies, non-profits, and other types of organizations.

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