Did you catch the news earlier this week? Gene De Libero and I started a new blog titled “CIO Essentials“. Gene and I have known each other for a few years now and recently collaborated on an article for Cutter IT Journal titled “The Futureproof CIO“. That collaboration has turned into CIO Essentials (CIOE).
I had [...]
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.
A few months ago, I aksed a question on LinkedIn about the role of the CIO (read the original question & responses):
Will the CIO role change in the next 5 years? [...]
John P. Kotter, author of “Leading Change” and “Our Iceberg is Melting” is set to release a new book titled “a sense of urgency” (release date September 3 2008). I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy to review….and for the most part, I’m glad I read it.
The basic thesis of the book is [...]
Peter Vajda has a great post over on Slow Leadership titled “Why People Resist Change” that is well worth the time to read.
Peter argues that the reasons people resist change is that they are ‘told’ to change….rather than being ‘asked’ to change. He writes:
What’s the most common process for introducing change in our organizations? We [...]
I was reminded this past weekend by Bruce Henry that I sometimes push “publish” much too quickly on a blog post.
Go read my post titled “Leadership and Organizational Change” and specifically Bruce’s comment. Bruce called me out on some of my comments in my post….and rightfully so.
I still stand behind the overall message of the [...]
Recently, while reading a book on Organizational Change and Project Management, I noticed a disturbing pattern.
The book I was reading discusses the creation of a central project office to manage all projects within organizations (note…it is not the book I reviewed here) and looked interesting when I saw it at the local half-price book store.
The [...]
