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Knowledge Management

Flexible tools and platforms for a changing world

In the IT world, we tend to take a single-minded approach to our technology platforms.   We have email systems. We have web systems. We have HR and

Feb 17, 2011 · 2 min read
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Featured

Reinventing IT might mean rethinking the Business

After my last post on the topic of Reinventing IT, I decided to think about the different aspects of actually reinventing IT and what it might actually

Feb 15, 2011 · 5 min read
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Sunday Links

Links for Feb 13 2011

Which is better, thought or action? by Laura Rose on UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley Quote: Everything begins with a thought. Without thought there is no

Feb 13, 2011 · 2 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday: Yet another Cardinal

One of my favorite birding spots is full of cardinals...so I get plenty of practice taking their photographs. Captured with Canon 1D Mark III with Canon

Feb 11, 2011 · 1 min read
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Information Technology

Reinventing IT?

There's been some excellent content and discussions recently about reinventing IT.  Mark McDonald at Gartner has been talking / writing about the subject

Feb 10, 2011 · 2 min read
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Social media

Revisiting Signal to Noise & Twitter

I had quite a lot of feedback from my Signal to Noise Ratio & Twitter post last week. Most of the feedback was positive and in agreement with my

Feb 8, 2011 · 2 min read
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Sunday Links

Links for Feb 6 2011

How to Use Communication to Establish Trust in Remote Teams by Celine Roque on GigaOm Quote: With remote teams, we must know how to communicate

Feb 6, 2011 · 3 min read
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Foto Friday

Great Egret – White Rock Lake

With all the snow here in Dallas, I thought I'd post a photo from warmer days. I took the 1D Mark III down to White Rock Lake in Dallas last week to learn

Feb 4, 2011 · 1 min read
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Social media

Signal to Noise Ratio & Twitter

I really enjoy twitter.  There are tons of great folks out there worth following and learning from. But....there's just as many (or more) not-so-great

Feb 1, 2011 · 3 min read
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Sunday Links

Links for Jan 30 2011

On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness by Mark Suster on Both Sides of the Table Quote: It’s my belief that through exceptional leadership you

Jan 30, 2011 · 2 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday- Brown Lemur at the Dallas Zoo

I feel like this little Lemur looks sometimes :) Captured at the Dallas Zoo with a Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L handheld. See more photos in my flickr

Jan 28, 2011 · 1 min read
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Book Reviews

The Little Black Book of Leadership – a book review

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

Jan 27, 2011 · 3 min read
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Featured

The Strategy Disconnect

Strategy...its a word that conjurs up a lot of images...some good and some bad. There are a lot of people writing and talking about strategy. There are

Jan 25, 2011 · 3 min read
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Sunday Links

Links for Jan 23 2010

A Four Step Process for Evaluating Risks in Social Business by Jacob Morgan on CloudAve Quote: I just finished reading “The New Supply Chain Agenda,” by

Jan 23, 2011 · 3 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday – Staring Contest between an Egret and Heron

While out at White Rock Lake in Dallas a few months ago, I saw these two great birds (a Great Blue Heron and a Great Egret) having a staring contest. I

Jan 21, 2011 · 1 min read