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Links for March 14 2010
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
Do you have a technology strategy?
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
Certifications in IT – Worth it or not?
My good friend, and partner at CIOEssentials.com, Gene Delibero asks a few interesting questions in a post titled "Certification: No Guarantee of
Links for March 7 2010
Pick one and own it by Jason Cohen on A Smart Bear The Strategy Trap: Why focusing too much on strategy could be killing your ability to execute by
Culture and the CIO
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
SWAT – Seize the Accomplishment Review
I just put down SWAT - Seize the Accomplishment (Amazon affiliate link) by Timothy L. Johnson....and now want to pick it back up and read it again. It's
Links for Feb 28 2010
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
Culture of Failure?
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
Links for Feb 20 2010
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 team?
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
Links for Feb 14 2010
I don't normally do this, but I wanted to do a little self-promotion with this first link: Eric D. Brown's Engineering Approach by Ron Egatz on The Induro
The Leadership Test – A Book Review
A few weeks ago I received Leadership Test: Will You Pass? (amazon affiliate link) by Timothy R. Clark, Ph.D. to review The book is a small one (~99 pages
Innovation or Imitation?
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
Links for Feb 7 2010
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
CIO Bad Habits – Still valid 7 years later
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
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