Dateline: July 4, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Decision fatigue, the exhaustion we feel when we have to sort through many options, may be getting in the way of IT effectiveness. Recently, Fast Company published a blog titled, Why Having Too Many Choices is Making You Unhappy. The author, writer Jane Porter, suggests, Too … [Read more...]
Competitive Advantage through Connections
June 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: June 27, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week's idea comes from a recent blog at Harvard Business Review online. Blogger Greg Satell's column is titled Strategy Is No Longer a Game of Chess. He suggests, Legendary strategists have long been compared to master chess players, who know the positions and … [Read more...]
Saying Less and Having a Bigger Impact
June 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: June 20, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Getting the right attention for your ideas is increasingly more difficult in an environment of overwhelmed, over-emailed/texted/interrupted colleagues and leaders. This week's WRAP comes from a recent review in Fast Company of a book by Joe McCormack titled BRIEF: Making a Bigger … [Read more...]
CIO Leadership 101: Trust Comes From Transparency
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Dateline: June 13, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week we explore trust- specifically trust between you and your business partners and customers. Recently, Charles Araujo, founder and CEO of the IT Transformation Institute, published an installment of his 8-part series on Seven Steps to a Next-Generation IT Organization. … [Read more...]
The Case for IT Control
May 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: May 30, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week’s WRAP examines IT control. Recently, Information Week published a blog by Jonathan Feldman, Chief Information Officer for the City of Asheville, NC, titled IT Control is An Illusion. In this blog, Feldman shares two points of view about IT control. He says, General … [Read more...]
Gut Level Data Check
May 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: May 16, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Our organizations are becoming increasingly savvy about using our data for more than just reporting on past performance. Companies using predictive analytics and even competing on analytics capabilities are more common. Recently, Sara Watson, a Fellow from the Harvard Berkman … [Read more...]
Tell Them Why
May 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: May 9, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Andy Sernovitz, an online marketing expert, recently published a blog post titled, The "Tell Them Why" Issue, which describes why it's important to make sure customers understand what is behind the service you are selling. It occurs to me that this is relevant to IT leaders, … [Read more...]
The Intertwined Cycles of Work and Life
May 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: May 2, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week's WRAP comes from a new blog written my my friend and writer, Saundra Goldman. Saundra recently launched Creative Mix, which she describes as a curated online studio for and about women stirring up new visions of the artist’s life, offering ideas and inspiration from … [Read more...]
