CIO’s Equation for Strategic Influence

Dateline: June 14, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP - one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Trust and influence are critical success factors for any leader, including the CIO.  A recent blog by Michael Krigsman explored ways CIO gain strategic influence inside their organizations.  His blog, CxO Talk: Trust, engagement, and influence for the CIO, suggests, The equation is … [Read more...]

Brainstorming Doesn’t Work

Dateline: March 29, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP - one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. A recent Fast Company article, Why Innovation by Brainstorming Doesn’t Work, caught my eye.  Author Debra Kaye shared some thoughts on innovation from her recent book, Red Thread Thinking.  She begins by saying that “anything, even doing laundry, will help you dream up new ideas … [Read more...]

Lunch Roulette

Dateline: January 11, 2013 Welcome to the Friday WRAP - one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. January is always a time of renewing promises and setting goals for the coming year, and many write about resolutions.  One common resolution is to broaden our personal and professional networks.  This week’s WRAP is about one company’s solution to facilitate this. Harvard … [Read more...]

Developing a Competency in Conflict Resolution

Dateline:  Friday, January 4, 2013 Happy New Year! Welcome to our Friday WRAP 2013!  This blog is a spinout of the IT Leaders Forum.  Each Friday, we publish a short blog, with a link to something found around the web, and a though provoking question for the weekend.  The Friday WRAP has been around in a private mode for several years, but today, we launch the public version. The beginning of … [Read more...]