CIO Survey shows serious impact to IT budgets
CIO Magazine ran a survey of 208 Chief Information Officers (CIO) and reported the results in an article titled "IT Budget & Staffing Survey Shows
Boy Scouts CIO Interviewed on Enterprise Leadership
Tom Parish has interviewed Nathan Langston, Chief Information Officer (CIO), of the Boy Scouts of America on Enterprise Leadership Online. The
Having trouble getting things done?
I ran across an easy task tracking system that is working well for me and may help you get more done. The system is the Autofocus System by Mark Forster
Links for March 1 2009
Is Marketing Evil? by Seth Godin Process Improvement - Been there, done that. Have you Really? by Glenn Whitfield on IT Business Alignment (IT2B) 6 Ways
Guest Post: The Cost of Employee Disengagement
This is a guest post from Michael Sebastian, PhD. Find out more information about Michael here. Anger, fear, depression and fatigue. These are the
10 Habits of Highly Effective IT Professionals
Are you looking to improve your IT skills? Are you a business leader looking to make your IT organization more effective? If so, take a look at Simon
Are you a leader or just loud?
Sometimes I wonder about our leaders. These leaders may be your country's leaders or they may be your teacher. Perhaps your VP or your CEO. I think about
Links for Feb 22 2009
Success without failure is impossible. . . by Alexander Muse on Texas Startup Blog Top 10 Outsourcing Trends by Small Businesses in 2009 by Amit
Book Review: The Three Laws of Performance
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
Links for Feb 15 2009
Help IT Run a Less-Risky Business by Susan Cramm on HarvardBusiness.org Why Social Media Will Not Get You A Job In A Recession by Jason Falls on Social
Leadership lessons learned from Photography
Over on my photography blog, onefourPhotography, I wrote a post titled "Photographs are taken by people - not technology" that got me to thinking. I
Connecting IT with Business – The Go Betweens
Oracle's Profit magazine has a nice article titled "The Go Betweens: Ten Tips for Connecting Information Technology with the Business" has some excellent
Links for Feb 8 2009
Inspiration Without Action is Wasted Time by C.C. Chapman on Reality Bitchslap IT Doesn't Have To Be Annoying by Mike Schaffner on Beyond Blinking Lights
Simon Stapleton on "The Industrialization of IT"
Received an email yesterday from Simon Stapleton (blog and RSS Feed) with links to a few older articles he wrote about a concept that he calls "The
Glenn Whitfield asks "IT Project or Business Project?"
I hope everyone out there is reading Glenn Whitfield's great blog IT Business Alignment (IT2B). I'll wait for you while you jump over and check out
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