I’m trying out a new approach to my link sharing posts. I’m now using delicious to capture the the articles that I want to share along with my notes. I then use a javascript call to pull the bookmarks for each week from delicious. Hope you get some value from this new approach.
Knowledge Management In Projects – An Overview
March 26, 2010 By 10 Comments
I’m continuing my research into Knowledge Management practices and principles within the project world. Currently still in literature review mode and hope to have the majority of this review done by mid-year. I put together a presentation on what I’ve learned so far…hope you enjoy it. In this presentation I talk about the need for knowledge management [...]
Technical Excellence isn’t enough
March 25, 2010 By 13 Comments
Technical Excellence is something we all strive for in areas that we care about. We all want to be really good at something don’t we? It takes a long time to be excellent at something. You’ve heard of the 10,000 hour rule right? You’ve got to practice for 10,000 hours to be ‘the best’ [...]
Is Creativity & Innovation enough?
March 23, 2010 By 19 Comments
I just finished reading Chase Jarvis‘ post titled “Creativity alone is not enough“. In this article, Chase argues that Creativity isn’t enough for people working in the creative world (photographers, designers, etc). Jarvis argues that creative folks need to embrace other mindsets (such as being different, brilliant and innovative) to be successful. According to Jarvis, The key to [...]
Links for March 21 2010
March 21, 2010 By 5 Comments
Too Big to Trust? Or Too Untrustworthy to Scale? by Charles H. Green on Trust Matters Preach it Brother Edelman by Robbin Phillips on Brains On Fire Blog Marketing Can’t Be Controlled By a Dashboard by Jonathan Baskin on Baskin Dim Bulb The Key to Strategic Agility by Samuel B. Bacharach on The Bacharach Blog Winning [...]
Cheetah Learning – funny video ad for CAPM
March 19, 2010 By 6 Comments
Kristen over at Cheetah Learning, one of the best Project Management Training groups out there sent me a link to this YouTube video…..I love it! Why do ads have to be boring? They don’t…and Cheetah has figured out a way to get their point across in a funny manner. Enjoy the video…and if you’re looking [...]
Focus of the CIO for 2010 and Beyond
March 18, 2010 By 5 Comments
I’m a bit slow on my reading lately….so bear with me as I catch up. Just read through the 2010 State of the CIO Survey published by CIO.com. A few highlights: This year, nearly one third—30 percent—of the 594 IT leaders we polled say meeting or beating business goals is a personal leadership competency critically [...]
Links for March 14 2010
March 14, 2010 By 6 Comments
Strategy Is Boring by Kneale Mann on One Mann’s Opinion Are you stress testing your IT strategies? by Christina Torode on TotalCIO Innovation and the Future by Jeffrey Phillips on Innovate on Purpose IT Leaders: Building the Next-Generation Bosses By Thomas Hoffman on CIOInsight Teaching Entrepreneurship – By Getting Out of the Building by Steve [...]
Do you have a technology strategy?
March 11, 2010 By 7 Comments
Gene asks “Is Cloud Computing part of your Strategic Plan?” While Gene’s question is a fair one, I have to ask a much simpler question….do you have a technology strategic plan? Or at the very least, do you discuss technology and/or IT in your organization’s strategic plan? I know its a simple question….but its an [...]
Certifications in IT – Worth it or not?
March 8, 2010 By 16 Comments
My good friend, and partner at CIOEssentials.com, Gene Delibero asks a few interesting questions in a post titled “Certification: No Guarantee of Competency – But it Can’t Hurt” on CIOE. In this post Gene highlights the pros/cons of IT Certifications and asks these questions: Do you rely on IT certification when hiring? What has your [...]
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