Notes from 9:15am Minhtu Earl session – topic is “New Ideas”
Minhtu introduces by saying she doesn’t have slides or any agenda, just wants to trade ideas
Sherry talks about how many instant messaging and how many platforms all need her attention, inability to get reports into some of the platforms, how the architecture drives some reporting, like ServiceNow is kinda similar to Salesforce which means UIT needs to support several platforms
Scotty Logan - How Arizona State didn’t have so much money as Stanford, so it forces some platforms to be adopted campus wide (no choices within Arizona State). Discussion about how funding (via Alex in the great wig!) arrives to UIT, and how decentralized versus General Funds (and how overhead-high-rates might lessen interest when we sell services to Budget Units. Thoughts charging at Dean-level, so lower budget units don't have to feel the pain (and therefore micro-manage their IT expenses).
How vendors see Stanford as wealthy, and how freebies pull you in and hook IT, how IT must compete with Silicon Valley people who are sharp (and therefore in demand), and how this might increase on next five or ten years as more UIT projects need attention,
Hiring practices as we aim to future technical requirements, and how we sometimes hire looking at past standards,
How STLP might influence the above qualifications, and how taking risks leads to rewards, and how failure is shunned and this is a cultural problem,
Berkeley guest (Michelle Bautista) said UC suffers from similar, TED talk “Psychological Safety” via professor Amy Edmonson.
How the FAA allows for self-reporting on failure, with no punishment. Stanford needs to solve how to reward (and not punish) innovators who push the envelope.
