Articles on Management

High-trust organizations decide in 3 days. Low-trust ones take 4 weeks. Like F1 pit stops, consistency and speed determine who wins markets.

New research reveals experienced developers are 19% slower with AI tools, exposing the hidden process problems that actually control development speed.

That 'just ship it fast' decision created a $100K maintenance headache. Your developers aren't slow — they're paying interest on your shortcuts.

One fuzzy C-suite decision spawned 17 meetings and 43 emails in six weeks. Here's how unclear decisions create a hidden 'meeting tax' on your organization.

Real-world lessons on balancing speed with stability and how tracking technical debt like financial debt can transform your development process.

Brilliant technical work gets ignored because it's presented wrong. Here's how data scientists bridge the gap to business leadership.

Three warning signs your technical debt is critical: devs leaving, simple changes need refactoring, bug fixes create new bugs. Here's a fix framework.

Are you managing risk within your organization or are you avoiding risk? As a CIO, you should help the organization manage risk.

Choose KPIs that work for your organization. Leading indicators help you pivot quickly, but the right lagging indicators can work just as well.

A CIO and A CMO walk into a bar... ...except...they aren't in the same bar. They made plans to meet at Good Time Charlies on Monday.   You know - the CMO

This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. Think about the CIO's that you know...or...if you are a CIO, take a hard look at yourself. As we

I'm a big believer in the mindset that you've got to measure it to manage it. If you can't measure something, its very difficult to manage that

Last week the author of The Little Black Book of Leadership, Todd Dewett Ph.D., contacted me to say hello, complement me on my work here and offer up an

Over on InfoBOOM yesterday I wrote a post titled The Cloud and The Silo where I discussed one of the current challenge of CIO's and IT groups today - that

Late last week I received The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success, 2nd Edition by Scott Eblin (amazon affiliate link) from Daniel

Some smart-ass (like me) will probably say "1 letter"....but let's dive into that question a little more deeply. Last week, in an article titled "CIO's

Improve end-user workforce productivityEarlier this week I wrote a post titled "The relationship between the CIO and CMO?" where I reported on a survey

CIO.com has an article titled "CMOs and CIOs: Can This Relationship Be Saved?" where they discuss surveys results released by the CMO Council and

Last week I wrote a long article titled Building Tomorrow's Organization - without today's IT? The purpose of that article was to walk through a 'what if'

Did you know that technology selection is about much more than technology? Yep...its true.....but most people don't realize it. Many in the IT world love

I get the occasional request to review a book or two from publishers, PR folks and authors. Normally, I get less than one request a month for reviewing

The Case for Listening by Rajesh Setty Quote: To be totally effective, you have to be doing something now or increasing your capacity to do something in

I've been thinking about approaches to small business technology initiatives and whether it makes sense for small business to outsource a good portion of

I've just started reading Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter (affiliate link) by Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown.  Actually...I've only

Competition is overrated by Chris Dixon on cdixon.org Quote: Startups are primarly competing against indifference, lack of awareness, and lack of

Lead From The Front and The Back by Simon Sinek on Re:Focus: Yes leadership is about leading, standing out front.  Yes leadership is about painting a

I really dislike it when I hear someone in IT say that its time 'run IT as a business'. Why? Because both terms normally convey a sense of importance upon

BP oil spill: Leadership and IT failure Quote: As the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues to grow, reports suggest that several IT failures may

Strategy. That one word can send shudders through many folks.  That one word has made millions and millions for consulting companies and consultants. Can

You Too Can Be a Strategy Consultant: Three Secret Tools Revealed by Charles H. Green on Trust Matters Quote: The art of general management and strategic

You’re Just the Founder « Steve Blank A great reminder to everyone that what you do today might just come back around to bite you in the future. Applying

kindfully + mindfully by Leo Babuata on Zen Habits Quote: The Golden Rule goes something along the lines of, “Treat others as you’d want to be treated (in

Short answer?  Nope. Long answer?  Read on :) Vince Kellen does a great job arguing the point in a post titled "Echolalia: The CIO is Dead! Long Live the

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

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

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

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

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

My good friend, and partner at CIOEssentials.com,  Gene Delibero asks a few interesting questions in a post titled "Certification: No Guarantee of

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

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

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

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

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

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

Competing with Pirates by Mark Fidelman on Seek Omega and Cross Posted on CloudAve Why Planning Is Important, Your Plan is Not by George Krueger and

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

Starting with Trust by Jamie on Get Me Jamie Notter Self-Organization vs. Emergence by Jurgen Appelo on NOOP.NL: Managing Software Development When

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

What Human Business And the Social Web Are About by Chris Brogan on chrisbrogan.com The Insider Threat: What CIOs Need To Know by Dr. Jim Anderson on The

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

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

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. So you want to be a

The Past and the Future of Digital Storytelling from Men With Pens by Taylor The Future of Content Management from assertTrue( ) by Kas Thomas 7 Marks of

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. Do you know the full

Social Media and IT Security: Adversaries or Partners? by Steve Radick on Social Media Strategery The T.S. Eliot Guide to Success by Mark McGuinness on

How to SWOT away Strategic Planning by Steve Neiderhauser The Role of the CTO: Four Models for Success by Bob Gourley on CTOvision.com A Tendency to Blame

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. As a follow-up to my

What Happens When Managers Coach? by Steve Roesler on All Things Workplace Trend to Watch: Trust in Business Is Running Out by Eric Beinhocker and

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. It as if we're more

The Value Every Business Needs to Create Now by Umair Haque on HarvardBusiness.org Three Key Principles when Leading without Authority by George Ambler on

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. Innovation. That's a

Skilled or Gifted by Stephen Gillett on The Guild CIO Hire People Who Disagree with You by John Baldoni on HarvardBusiness.org Project Management: Is PMP

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. Earlier this week, I

“None” is Not a Social Media Strategy by Chris Curran on CIO Dashboard Web 3.0 Is Coming – Are CIOs Ready? bt Dr. Jim Anderson on The Accidental

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. We've all heard the

Get Ready As Corporate Sites and Social Networks Start To Connect by Jeremiah Owyang on Web Strategy Why Authenticity is More Important Than Ever by Aaron

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've seen many

I just read a great post by Jeffrey Phillips titled Intense Ambiguity that really brought into light what it's like working for a boss or organization

I was recently reading Dagmar Recklies' article titled What Makes a Good Change Agent? and started thinking about some of the people that I know who are

What happens when you create the best strategic plan in the world but don't have a plan to implement it? Lots of wheel spinning and very little progress.

Can an organization be built on individuality with a focus on bringing humanity back to business? I think so. The modern day corporation was developed to

Every team/group has a 'go to' person. You know...that person that you (and others) know you can count on to 'get stuff done'. You find yourself always

Hello everyone...I'm back from my trip to Orlando...links are lite this week due to being away from the computer. Enjoy the few I do have. How the Cloud

Customers sometimes do not know what they want by Matt Rhodes on FreshNetworks Blog Mistakes matter: post-project reviews by Elizabeth Harrin on Project

We have a huge budget and too much time to complete our business intelligence (BI) project by Martin Proulx on Analytical Mind 9 tactics to effectively

The Case for Customer Communities by Valeria Maltoni on Conversation Agent Tap Employee Passion by Harry Hoover on THINKing Accountability Begins at the

Mike Schaffner pointed me to a great new blog titled 'Bridging the gap between business and IT' written by Laura Brandau.  The description of the blog is:

Why Ideals are the New Business Models by Umair Haque on HarvardBusiness.org The 5 Percent Trick: Finding Passion and Purpose in Life by Albert on Zen

I received an email a few weeks ago asking if I would be interested in reviewing the new book from Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan titled "the three laws of

A few weeks ago I received a complimentary copy of Lead Well and Prosper: 15 Successful Strategies for Becoming a Good Manager from Nick McCormick, the

McKinsey has recently released a report titled "IT's unmet potential: McKinsey Global Survey Results" that shows that there is still a lot of work to do

Positive Communication and Leadership by Stephen Smith on Slacker Manager A Lean, Scalable Requirements Information Model for the Agile Enterprise by Dean

I initially said I was going to post some links every Sunday...but I'm running across some really interesting things out there. So...I'll be posting

A new feature here on the blog...Sunday links. Look for 5 to 10 interesting links every Sunday. The Four Dharmas of Project Management by Bas de Baar -

Steve Neiderhauser posted some excellent commentary in a blog post titled "Persuasion Equation".  In the post, Steve mentions a class he attended that

Management Issues had an article on Sept 25 titled "Looking after talent is vital in a downturn" that gave me hope when I saw the title. The article

The first year of my doctorate program is done! Actually...I finished my last course about a month ago but with the Fall 2008 semester starting next week,

As mentioned here and here, I presented a paper titled "Project Management and the Stockholm Syndrome" at the 2nd Annual University of Texas at Dallas

Just a reminder...the 2nd Annual University of Texas Project Management Symposium is today and tomorrow (August 18 & 19). Yours truly will be

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

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

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

Recently, while reading a book on Organizational Change and Project Management, I noticed a disturbing pattern. The book I was reading discusses the

I was browsing the local Half Price Books and noticed a book titled "The Program Management Office: Establishing, Managing And Growing the Value of a PMO"

I've been holding off on this announcement until I finished the paper (mainly to make sure I actually finished it!). I'll be speaking at University of

One thing that I've heard often is that a project manager role is a good thing for your career and will help your ascent up the ladder to more

The topic of Information Technology Strategy is one that is near and dear to my heart.  In fact, I've harped on this subject a few times (a few posts for

Discusses the need to lead information technology

I just finished reading The Strategic Project Leader: Mastering Service-Based Project Leadership by Jack Ferraro....not a bad book. In section two of his

Interesting analysis today over on Jeffrey Phillips' Thinking Faster Blog in an article titled "Productivity Barriers". Note: if you have an interest in

Over the last few years I've started noticing a trend toward specialization within the field of project management. These specializations seem to break

Timothy Johnson, author of the Carpe Factum blog (great blog...check it out), had an interesting St. Patrick's Day post titled "The Luck of the Irate"

Jeff Attwood over at Coding Horror wrote a great article titled "The Years of Experience Myth" that everyone should add to their 'must read' list. The

Excerpt from a paper on Information Technology Human Capital as Competitive Advantage, covering IT-business alignment and human capital management.

Organization Alignment seems like one of those 'touchy feely' things that most technical folks would rather not discuss but it's actually quite relevant

When I first heard of participative management, I thought that it must be some 'new fad' (which isn't true at all) and after reading a few things about

This is an excerpt of a paper I wrote while working on my MBA. To read the entire article, download the PDF titled "Strategic Project Management."

This is an excerpt from a paper I wrote while working on my MBA. The modern

This is an excerpt of a paper I wrote while working on my MBA. One