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Blog

Time for a Mid Year Review

2009 is half over and its been a pretty good year so far. What's transpired this year? In February, I put my consulting practice on hold to join the Boy

Jul 6, 2009 · 2 min read
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Sunday Links

Links for July 5 2009

On Social Media and Culture Shift by Amber Naslund on Altitude Branding The ROI on Flexibility by Peter Campbell on Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use

Jul 5, 2009 · 2 min read
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Information Technology

The New CIO: Social Media and the Enterprise

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. Ahhh...Social

Jul 2, 2009 · 6 min read
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Leadership

Jeffrey Phillips on Intense Ambiguity

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

Jul 1, 2009 · 1 min read
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Innovation

So you want to be a Change Agent?

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

Jun 29, 2009 · 3 min read
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Leadership

Links for June 28 2009

Why Your Corporate Message Isn’t Being Heard by Jason Falls on Social Media Explorer The 7 Sins of Customer Service by Valeria Maltoni on Conversation

Jun 28, 2009 · 2 min read
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Information Technology

The New CIO – An Introduction

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's fitting that my

Jun 25, 2009 · 3 min read
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Information Technology

The New CIO – a new weekly series

I've been thinking about writing a weekly article and finally found a topic that I think lends itself well to this approach. I'm planning on writing about

Jun 24, 2009 · 1 min read
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Innovation

Beware of the Linear Thinking Trap

One of the most visited posts on this blog is titled "The Problem(s) with Linear Thinking".   That one post makes up for a good amount of monthly visitors

Jun 22, 2009 · 3 min read
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Leadership

Acting vs Being

I just finished reading an article in the Dallas Business Journal titled Acting like a a 'Best Boss' and the only thing I could think about while reading

Jun 21, 2009 · 1 min read
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Social media

Links for June 21 2009

Lots of great stuff out there this past week...can't share it all but will share some.  If you want to track all my shared stories from my google reader

Jun 21, 2009 · 2 min read
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Book Reviews

Book Review: The Element

I just finished reading The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything and have to say that I really enjoyed it. While the book spends a little

Jun 19, 2009 · 2 min read
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Leadership

Strategy, Tactics and Hope

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.

Jun 17, 2009 · 2 min read
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Innovation

You're doing it wrong!

You're doing it wrong! I hate when people tell me that. Who are they to tell me how to do something? OK...OK...there are times when 'right' and 'wrong'

Jun 15, 2009 · 3 min read
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Sunday Links

Links for June 14 2009

Your Success as a Leader Depends on the Kindness of Strangers by Tammy Erickson on HarvardBusiness.org Who's Minding the Store in Corporate America? by

Jun 14, 2009 · 1 min read