To Grow a Company, You Need to be Good at Killing Things by Auren Hoffman on Summation Why IT Shouldn’t Be Involved in Marketing Software Decisions by Matt Sullivan on HubSpot‘s Inbound Internet Marketing Blog Why IT SHOULD Be Involved in Marketing Software Decisions by Jenn Steele on HubSpot’s Inbound Internet Marketing Blog Don’t Just [...]
Culture of Failure?
February 25, 2010 By 18 Comments
Do you know Hutch Carpenter? You should. He write’s some awesome stuff over at I’m Not Actually a Geek. Hutch recently wrote a post titled “Apple iPad and Google Buzz: Harsh Reality of Innovation” where he argues (successfully I think) that you’ve got to be OK with failure to really be innovative. In the article [...]
Links for Feb 20 2010
February 21, 2010 By 7 Comments
Talent: Develop Strengths or Weaknesses? Yes. by Steve Roesler on All Things Workplace 5 Tips for Improving the Synergy between Marketing and IT by Jenn Steele on HubSpot’s Inbound Internet Marketing Blog Learn to Ask Better Questions by John Baldoni on HarvardBusiness.org The IT Security Balancing Act by Mike Schaffner on Beyond Blinking Lights and [...]
Do you know your team?
February 18, 2010 By 14 Comments
Do you know your IT staff? Do you regularly communicate with them? If you do, good for you. If not, you’re missing out on a wonderful opportunity to build morale, inform and just generally build a cohesive, efficient and engaged team. An Example As you know, I like stories and storytelling…so here’s a real-world example [...]
Links for Feb 14 2010
February 14, 2010 By 10 Comments
I don’t normally do this, but I wanted to do a little self-promotion with this first link: Eric D. Brown’s Engineering Approach by Ron Egatz on The Induro Blog (an overview of me as photographer) Ok…back to sharing other’s great work: Little, inexpensive things mean a lot by Mark Riffey on Business is Personal Want [...]
The Leadership Test – A Book Review
February 12, 2010 By 3 Comments
A few weeks ago I received Leadership Test: Will You Pass? (amazon affiliate link) by Timothy R. Clark, Ph.D. to review The book is a small one (~99 pages in total) but packed with some interesting content. Clark uses a business fable to describe leadership and what makes up a good leader. I’m a HUGE [...]
Innovation or Imitation?
February 11, 2010 By 10 Comments
Are you innovating or imitating? Anywhere you go these days, you’ll find someone talking or writing about Innovation. Most of the stuff I’ve been reading is great stuff. In the discussions I’ve had with folks around the world, I’m hearing a lot of talk about innovative ideas and ‘new’ ways of doing things within the [...]
Links for Feb 7 2010
February 7, 2010 By 3 Comments
The most important thing in your company is not a thing by Mark McDonald on The Gartner Blog Network 6 Lessons for Life by Jon Gordon on Jon Gordon’s Blog | Developing Positive Leaders, Organizations and Teams The Hidden Value Of Loyalty by Tim Sanders on Sanders Says Words Matter But Actions Matter Most by [...]
CIO Bad Habits – Still valid 7 years later
February 4, 2010 By 9 Comments
I recently stumbled across an article on TechRepublic titled “The seven habits of wildly unsuccessful CIOs” written by Karen Ann Kidd in 2003. The article is an interested read and provides seven things a CIO or CTO can do to ensure they are unsuccessful. These seven habits are: 1. Acquire technology simply because it’s new [...]
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