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Keeping your IT staff Engaged and Happy – The New CIO Series

July 9, 2009 By 10 Comments

The New CIO is a weekly article about the challenges facing today’s CIO as well as what can be done to prepare for future challenges. Today’s CIO is having a tough time. They’re being asked to do more with less.  Budgets are being slashed.  Projects are being canceled.  Tough times indeed. What can the CIO [...]

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Time for a Mid Year Review

July 6, 2009 By 3 Comments

2009 is half over and its been a pretty good year so far. What’s transpired this year? In February, I put my consulting practice on hold to join the Boy Scouts of America full time after working with them for 1.5 years as a consultant.  Previous to starting full-time, I’d been leading the Sitecore Content [...]

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Links for July 5 2009

July 5, 2009 By 4 Comments

On Social Media and Culture Shift by Amber Naslund on Altitude Branding The ROI on Flexibility by Peter Campbell on Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media Corporate Twitter? The Three S’s That Must Be Overcome by George Tomko on TomkoTek Why It Matters Who You Are by Mark McGuinness on Lateral Action Should [...]

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The New CIO: Social Media and the Enterprise

July 2, 2009 By 18 Comments

The New CIO is a weekly article about the challenges facing today’s CIO as well as what can be done to prepare for future challenges. Ahhh…Social Media.  THE hot topic these days (and for some time to come I think). There’s no arguing that the use of social media is a valid and necessary way [...]

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Jeffrey Phillips on Intense Ambiguity

July 1, 2009 By 1 Comment

I just read a great post by Jeffrey Phillips titled Intense Ambiguity that really brought into light what it’s like working for a boss or organization that has no clear strategy and vision. What does Intense Ambiquity mean?  Jeffrey defines it as: …significant pressure from the management team to do something – especially new and [...]

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