Field Notes — Ali Safari — 345 notes

Field
Notes.

Honest reactions to IS research, AI, and the theory I'm studying for comps. No summaries.

345 Posts
10 Topics
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IS Consulting vs. IS Academia: An Honest Comparison
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
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IS in Developing Countries: The Assumptions That Don't Travel
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
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IS Journals and How the Publishing Game Actually Works
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
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What IS PhD Programs Teach and What They Don't
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
225
What Nobody Tells You Before Starting an IS PhD
2026-05-14·IS Research Methods
6 min read
226
IS Research Borrows Constantly. That's the Problem and the Point.
2026-05-14·IS Research Methods
6 min read
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DeLone and McLean's IS Success Model Works for AI If You Flip Who the User Is
2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems
6 min read
228
The IS Success Model and What It Misses Today
2026-05-14·IS Research Methods
6 min read
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IS Research Has an Environmental Cost Problem It Mostly Ignores
2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems
6 min read
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The Theory-Practice Gap in IS: Who Is This Research For?
2026-05-14·IS Research Methods
6 min read
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IT-Business Alignment: Still Unsolved After Three Decades
2026-05-14·IT Governance & Strategy
6 min read
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The IT-Business Alignment Problem: Still Unsolved After 30 Years
2026-05-14·IT Governance & Strategy
6 min read
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IT Capability and Organizational Performance: What the Research Shows
2026-05-14·IS Research Methods
6 min read
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IT Outsourcing: Why We Keep Doing the Same Thing
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
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IT Project Portfolio Management: Why You Have Too Many Projects
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
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IT Vendor Management: The Relationship You Never Planned For
2026-05-14·IT Governance & Strategy
6 min read
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ITIL and COBIT in Practice: Frameworks vs. Reality
2026-05-14·IT Governance & Strategy
6 min read
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Why Knowledge Management Systems Usually Fail
2026-05-14·Comps & Reflections
6 min read
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Legitimacy Theory and Why Organizations Adopt Technology They Don't Need
2026-05-14·IT Governance & Strategy
6 min read
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Large Language Models and the Transformation of Knowledge Work
2026-05-14·AI & Agentic Systems
7 min read
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