Joe M. Mariano’s Post

Would you like to meet someone that has an audience of hundreds of thousands of CIOs and CISOs at their fingertips? Here's your chance if you're attending Gartner's IT Symposium next week... Rosie Pokorchak is #GartnerPeerCommunity's lead Community Manager for those in #IT and #InformationSecurity roles... which means she holds the keys to our largest and most active segments. She is a friend and ally, with a knack for making people smile (see below!), all while still working diligently to source #peerinsights related to their serious mission-critical priorities. A few things you'll benefit from connecting with her in Orlando (or virtually when she returns!): 😁What differentiates Peer Community as a special complement to Gartner research and other peer sources of intelligence 😁Leveraging the platform to its full extent, learn the depth of features and analysis possible 😁The most relevant, fresh, and trending #content to keep yourself on the bleeding edge of thousands of peer discussions 😁What it means to be an Ambassador, to have direct access to her, and 200+ of our most influential, respected, and active members 😁How to build your personal brand, using the power of peer to build your own public content calendar or support internal initiatives #gartnersymposium #lifeatgartner #gartnerconference #gartnerconferences Gartner Peer Experiences #gartnerpeerinsights #research #CIO #CISO #enterprisetechnology #technology

Yesterday was my 8th "Gartnerversary", and in celebration and reflection of this time, sharing my top 8 reasons why I love where I work. #1: Colleagues becoming friends for life - Nearly all of my friends post-college have come from meeting at Gartner. Whether we’re working together today or haven’t worked together in years, these colleagues turned friends have one thing in common - passion and zest for being the best versions of themselves, and helping pull their friends up with them. #2: Culture of Continuous Learning - The joke internally at Gartner is “change is constant,” and while that could be perceived as a negative from an outside perspective, I love that every day I am challenged to learn, grow, and evolve. #3: People First - Gartner continually invests in their people. Our benefits get better and more expansive every single year that I’ve been here. #4: Health > Results - This year I have experienced countless health challenges related to #BRCA2 (see previous posts if you want to learn more) and Gartner not only has such strong health benefits that the financial impacts of 4 surgeries have been personally minimal, but I also had such an incredible support structure at work that I was able to take multiple LOAs and pick up right where I left off, no pressure! #5: Access to World-Class Research - I can’t tell you how often I start my day with a Gartner podcast, webinar, or white paper. The wealth of information I have access as a Gartner associate have made a monumental impact on my professional development and career. #6: Gartner Symposium and Client Travel - I’ve had the opportunity to go to Gartner Symposium four times, and each time I have been legitimately blown away and filled with passion about our live events. If you haven’t been to Symposium, you are missing out. I’ve also had the opportunity to visit my clients in person across the U.S. multiple times over the years, and have had such amazing experiences each time. #7: Gartner Off-sites and Fun - Gartner invests in making work fun. Whether it is budget for EOY parties, team-building, recognition, field days, etc., I have never been at a company that consistently invests in fun regardless of economic performance. #8: Grow with Gartner - The sky is literally the limit at Gartner when it comes to IDP, professional development and growth opportunities. I’ve been privileged to experience multiple promotions in my 8-year tenure, and each one has come with not only a lot of hard work personally, but intensive and strategic investment into my development by senior leaders (looking at you Brynne Koehmstedt, Melissa Hopson and Jennifer Straley). Overall, I have grown so much as an individual, professional, and leader in my 8 years at Gartner, and I’m looking forward to continuing my journey. If you want to know more or are considering what a future at Gartner could look like for you, send me a DM! #lifeatGartner

Is Sunday the end of last week? Or the beginning of next week? You're either celebrating in reflection... or getting motivated in anticipation... How about a post that serves both minds? 🎉⏪Those looking for an opportunity to celebrate and congratulate - meet Gartner Peer Community's Top Contributing Ambassadors of Q3. Out of 500+ total Ambassadors which are all tasked with being active members and giving back to peers, this group went above and beyond their already prestigious designation. While the average Ambassador participates in dozens of discussions quarterly, this group answered the call of their peers hundreds (in some cases thousands!!) of times over the course of Q3. 🏃⏩If it is forward looking motivation you seek - do you have what it takes to join our Ambassador ranks? Are you feeling the need to grow personally and professionally? What better place to go then a free and safe environment where you'll find peers to support your journey. Our current top contributors are waiting to help inspire you! LinkedIn limits me from tagging every single person - instead - if you're already in the group take a bow!🙇♂️... if you see a familiar face congratulate them! 🎊... if you or someone you know needs motivation to get involved, tag them too! 👏 #gartner Gartner Peer Experiences #gartnerpeerambassador #lifeatgartner #gartnerpeer #gartnerpeercommunity #community #peerinsights #peerresearch #research

I don't think I've spoken with a single executive in the last year who wouldn't be interested in more tactics and guidance for Leading by Collaborating. We all have to get work done with and through others, and we all have (at least slightly) different goals, both spoken and unspoken. Watch Joe's video to see what best practices you might learn at our Gartner Digital Workplace Summit next month!

DAY 3 of #GartnerSYM begins! If you are attending and have yet to receive a demo Gartner Peer Community - our fresh approach to virtual professional #networking and #peer-only research - that is FREE for your ENTIRE organization to leverage... Make sure you connect with the group that's been unofficially dubbed the "Mythbusters"... helping to address some notable misconceptions about #GartnerPeerCommunity from new users at the conference... that is worth sharing with my entire network. 🙅"The #community is new, right? A pilot you just launched?" - NO! Thanks largely to the acquisition of Pulse over 2-years ago - we did recently complete the work of migrating other client-only "peer" offerings to one destination - but the entire time tens of thousands of leaders have been participating and growing with us! 🙅"I can't (or shouldn't) participate in my own question posts, right?" - NO! You have two options even; 1) Interact with respondents, encourage discussion, get more insights - still without revealing you made the original post! 2) Dox yourself and drive more engagement based on members now realizing the full context of the question. 🙅"I don't have a strong network or personal brand, so I won't get answers, what am I to expect for results?" - NO! Peer Community removes this burden for the benefit of all its members. You do not need followers, friends, or connections to get engagement with your questions and polls as they are effectively released to the entirety of your matching peer group. Have another question or concern? Meet us on-site - or get in touch to talk when we return to our home offices next week! #gartner #lifeatgartner #gartnersymposium #technology Gartner Peer Experiences #peerinsights #gartnerpeer

I am excited to share that I recently completed Gartner Crew, Kappa cohort '24, an eight-week professional development and networking program open to all associates at Gartner. Through my experience in Crew, I connected with Gartner associates across the globe, in many different business units, who traditionally I would not have crossed paths with. I learned so much from the open discussions we had about various different topics over the past 8 weeks. Check out this blog to learn more about Gartner Crew: https://lnkd.in/gXJbXsGD #LifeAtGartner”

I am excited to share that I recently completed Gartner Crew, an eight-week professional development and networking program open to all associates at Gartner. Shoutout to everyone rowing forward with me in Lambda Crew: Ashley Artrip, Comisha Canady, Brian Keating, Thais Moraes Pimentel, Michael Shanler, and Travis Wickesberg. Check out this blog to learn more about Gartner Crew: https://lnkd.in/gBRQV7dB #LifeAtGartner”

Is it your final day at #GartnerSYM? Headed home with unanswered questions? No need to panic or let your discussions with peers die! #GartnerPeerCommunity is your year around, 24/7/365 resource for getting feedback from verified peers - including all the 9,000+ attendees of Gartner #ITSymposium and so many more! 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 #𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏-𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒚! Here's some quick tips: ❓Did you search to see if your question was already asked? Our #feed is great for seeing what people are up to - but most leaders rely on searching the existing content to capture the value of our platform - "I have a question, I need a fast answer" ❓Launch something quick, simple, and more broad; 1-2 sentence questions get the best engagement, you can then nurture the discussion by asking more specifics from initial respondents (still without revealing you made the original post) and connect privately with those who you wish ❓No need to "greet" or "sign-off"; our #community and most active users are fueled by an ingrained pride in giving back to each other ❓Questions and Polls never "die"; especially if you are searching for existing posts, or returning to your posts via the "My Content" section of your profile, recent activity drives more organic activity, share the link publicly in order to encourage more participation! #gartnerpeercommunity #gartnerpeer Gartner Peer Experiences #peerinsights #gartnerpeerinsights #networking #conference #technology #IT

Just finishing up a 10 day trip through Europe to meet and collaborate with teammates, prospects, and customers. This plus my last trip equals 24 days on the road out of the last 40. Sorry Emily Dubin. 😬 My time here was super valuable though - here's some of the things I've learned: 1. The 4me team is ready to RUN! They've achieved so much success already and that is just the tip of the iceberg. 🚀 2. Trade shows are a great place to get gifts for your kids - stuffies, light up balls, lego people, cool notebooks - my kids love this crap. Just don't tell them I am getting all of it for free. 😂 3. Customers really do love 4me - at Gartner IT Symposium/XPO in Barcelona we had many customers stop by to say hello and 100% were 100% happy! It's refreshing to get out of our marketing hype bubbles and hear such great feedback. 🙏 4. Flights are only delayed if they see you have a connection to make. I feel like I've run through every airport in Europe at this point. 🏃♂️ 5. Pipeline doesn't generate itself - the key is deep collaboration between marketing, BDR's, sales, and pre-sales. We all need to hold each other accountable and keep pushing to do better. 📈 6. Marketers need to be more measured in their AI messaging. People are rolling their eyes since there is so much smoke and so little fire. 🤖 7. Europe speaks English and takes credit cards - 20 years ago when I lived over here, visitors struggled if they didn't speak the local language and it was very much a cash economy. Not so anymore and that goes to show you the pace of globalization and digitalization today. 💳 8. Multi-tenancy is the best - best security, best scalability, best collaboration, best ROI, best innovation, etc. It's still sort of surprising that so many IT leaders livelihoods are tied to on-prem or single tenant cloud systems which are too ancient and fragile to expand and optimize. I'm proud to be working at a company that's leading innovation in this area. 🏢 Luckily, I'm going to get to sleep in my own bed for a bit - but I am also already looking forward to what I am going to learn on my next trip! 🛫

"Gartner Peer Community, it's so fetch!" - Gretchen Wiener, Mean Girls (2004) Sorry to all you Regina George's out there, it is a thing, and it is happening... #GartnerPeerCommunity will be on-site at Gartner It Symposium in Orlando, Florida, October 16-19th - - where we will be pushing an "Anti-Mean Girls" agenda: 👯♀️You CAN sit with us - our platform is open to professionals of all roles and career levels, both Gartner clients and non 👯♀️We DO HAVE RULES - we can still be the "cool" platform, but there is no selling, no recruiting, and no self promotion for a reason 👯♀️NO "burn book" here - rumors, gossip, and *unverified* peer insights are not what you will find in our feed 👯♀️No one is personally victimized - no shame or judgement, ask your questions anonymously So get in, we're going shopping for #peerinsights... and stay tuned for more updates on opportunities to connect with myself and the team as the #conference approaches! #gartnerpeer #peerresearch #networking #lifeatgartner #gartnersym #ITxpo #ITsymposium Gartner Peer Experiences #gartnerconference