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 [...]
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 [...]
I hate consultants
January 28, 2010 By 17 Comments
“I hate consultants.” When I heard those words spill out of my lunch companion’s mouth as soon as we sat down, I knew it would be a long lunch meeting. Some background When I was an independent consultant I spent a lot of time in business development mode. Lots of time going to networking events [...]
Linear Thinking and the CIO
January 14, 2010 By 27 Comments
I’ve been sitting at my computer staring at the screen for a few minutes trying to come up with a topic for my weekly “New CIO” article. While waiting for inspiration to strike (i.e., surfing the web) I took a look at my Google Analytics account and noticed that the most visited article on my [...]
Do it or Don't….just stop talking about it
November 19, 2009 By 10 Comments
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 [...]
