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The New CIO Series on hiatus…for a week

September 24, 2009 By 2 Comments

Hi all – I’m on vacation enjoying the wonderful scenery in Yellowstone & The Grand Tetons…I’ll be back next week for a new article in The New CIO Series

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Book Review: Change by Design by Tim Brown

September 18, 2009 By 16 Comments
Change by Design by Tim Brown

I was lucky enough to get a pre-release copy of Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation by IDEO CEO Tim Brown through the Amazon Vine program….and I’m glad I did. If you take a look at some of the Pre-release copy reviews of this book on Amazon you’ll see a [...]

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Five (bad) Lessons for The New CIO

September 17, 2009 By 13 Comments
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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. There’s lots of articles, books and posts about how to be a good CIO and/or good IT leader….many you’ll find on my blog under my The New CIO series (shameless [...]

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Links for Sept 13 2009

September 13, 2009 By 6 Comments

Lego: How much does profit matter? from Hoover’s Business Insight Zone by Tim Walker Hire for Trustingness, Train for Trustworthiness from Trust Matters blog by Charles H. Green How do you create a culture that is not afraid to fail (or be more receptive to social media?) from Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social [...]

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Leading by saying No – The New CIO Series

September 10, 2009 By 26 Comments
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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. So you want to be a leader?  Great..hope you get there.  Will you be willing to do those difficult jobs a leader has to do? Will you be willing to [...]

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My New Blog – Road to the Doctorate Blog

September 9, 2009 By 3 Comments

If you didn’t know, I’m working on my Doctor of Science degree in Information Systems at Dakota State University. In the past, I’ve posted updates to this blog about my status but have always felt a bit like those updates (and my journey through the doctorate program) deserved more than just an occasional post on [...]

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Links for Sept 6, 2009

September 6, 2009 By 5 Comments

The Past and the Future of Digital Storytelling from Men With Pens by Taylor The Future of Content Management from assertTrue( ) by Kas Thomas 7 Marks of a Great Project Management Office from Making Project Management Better by Alec Satin Using Social Media to Deepen Customer Relations from Marketing Profs Daily Fix by Paul [...]

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The Dangers of Hidden Talent – New CIO Series

September 3, 2009 By 17 Comments
Talent

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. Do you know the full capabilities of your team? Sure…you know what their resume’s said.  You think you know their backgrounds and their experience…but do you really know your team? [...]

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