I ran across a press release from Progress Software, that I though worth sharing with my regular The New CIO series readers. Below, you’ll find an excerpt from the press release along with my commentary on these predictions. You gotta love December…always some “Top 10 list for…” or “Predictions for…” to read.
Progress Software’s CTO Dr [...]
In a previous article titled “Leading by saying No“, I implore CIO’s to lead their organization by saying ‘no’ whenever necessary.
As I said in that article:
Saying “no” is a powerful thing. No can mean rejection, disappointment, being wrong, being right and a whole host of things. The one thing it doesn’t mean is ‘yes’….well…unless [...]
Just finished reading Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization’s Toughest Challenges
My review in two words: Excellent book!
Whether you are an expert in the Enterprise 2.0 world or just a beginner, this book has something for you. Whether you believe in Enterprise 2.0 or not, this book has some excellent concepts that can be [...]
I’ve got a few pet peeves. Linear Thinking is one of them. Another one is talking about doing something but never doing it.
I’m not talking about ‘not following through’ on things. That’s a performance issue and one that can be addressed with some coaching and basic management skills.
What I’m talking about are those folks (or [...]
This is a short one….lots going on this week.
I got a lot of great feedback on a post I wrote titled “Consultants – Do we need them?“. In that post I argue that consultants are necessary…not a necessary evil mind-you…but a necessity for modern day IT organizations.
One of the lines of that struck a chord [...]
In the world of technology we tend to use either really big words, really small words and/or acronyms.
What do you think of when you think of ‘the cloud’ what do you think of? Do you think about Amazon’s EC2 or S3 or do you think about “Parallel and Distributed Processing”? Both could be right but [...]
Starting with Trust by Jamie on Get Me Jamie Notter
Self-Organization vs. Emergence by Jurgen Appelo on NOOP.NL: Managing Software Development
When Organizational Silos Hurt Innovation by Isaac Sacolick on Social, Agile, and Transformation
What Should IT Measure? by Steve Levy on No Secret
Innovation ROI – Why Every Enterprise 2.0-Enabled Connection Counts by Hutch Carpenter on I’m Not [...]
Last week I wrote about “Turbulence, IT & The New CIO” and discussed the need to embrace agility and speed in order to address the turbulence that we see in business today. In order to be agile, I mentioned the OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) model for use in helping keep agility at the front [...]
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.
I just completed reading The Upside of Turbulence: Seizing Opportunity in an Uncertain World. Great book. Go buy it…the link above is an affiliate link or just go grab one from [...]
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.
I just read a ‘call for papers’ from Cutter IT Journal with the title “The Great Recession Fallout: Will CIOs Be Elevated or Exterminated?” It doesn’t look like they’ve posted this [...]
