CyberSecurity Tech Accord: New Thinking About Increasing Resiliance

Dateline: April 27, 2018 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. It's clear we need some new thinking to increase cyber resiliency in our society.  Recently tech execs from more than 30 leading companies made a public commitment, called the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, to improve cybersecurity.  The Accord website, cybertechaccord.org, stated … [Read more...]

Rethinking IT for Simplicity

Dateline: July 22, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Recently, well-known CIO advisor and recruiter, Martha Heller, published an interview with Rich Richardson, CIO of Spirit AeroSystems, about managing complexity in the information systems organization.  What caught my eye was the focus on reducing complexity and the value of … [Read more...]

Digital Ecosystems

Dateline: July 1, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Last week's idea was from MIT's recent CIO Symposium.  Today's idea also came from that event.  Professor Peter Weill, Director at CISR research center, moderated a panel session on Thriving Through Digital Ecosystems.  The research discussed in that session found that digital … [Read more...]

Managing IT Human Capital in the On-Demand Economy

Dateline: June 17, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. The on-demand economy (also called the Gig Economy) has created numerous unintended consequences for IT organizations and their business partners.  One impact is redefining the way work is done and who is doing it.  Recently MIT Sloan School held their annual CIO Symposium and … [Read more...]

Tech Forces Shifting the Playing Field…Again

Dateline: June 3, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Technology can be a CxOs best friend or biggest problem.  Recently, Research Analyst Trip Chowdhry from Wall Street firm Global Equities Research pulled together a frightening prediction of massive layoffs due to technology shifts that have eroded the base of many organizations. … [Read more...]

Virtual Reality Changes How We Will Hold Meetings

Dateline: March 18, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week, I've been at SXSW Interactive scouting out innovative ideas and identifying trends.  SXSWi celebrated it's 30 anniversary this year, and the conference was as overwhelming as ever with hundreds of sessions, speakers, and events to attend over a 5 day period.  One trend … [Read more...]

Process Reengineering with Machine Algorithms

Dateline: March 11, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend.    Optimizing business processes, or reengineering. as it was called back in the early 1990s when it was made famous by my former colleague Dr. Michael Hammer, is back in vogue again, but with a twist.   In a Harvard Business Review article, Companies are Reimagining Business … [Read more...]

Information Security Maturity

Dateline: September 11, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This is Information Security month for our blog.  The topic today is Information Security maturity.  A survey of 1825 IT leaders, conducted by the Ponemon Institute for Dell SecureWorks, was summarized in a report titled the 2015 Global Study on IT Security Spending and … [Read more...]

The Kill Chain for Information Security

Dateline: September 4, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Let's talk IT security. It's probably one of the least favorite topics for IT leaders, but of course one of the most crucial since protecting assets is critical for business success.  Recently I ran across a well-written white paper published by Dell's SecureWorks titled, "The … [Read more...]

What CIOs can Learn From Nordstrom’s Digital Transformation

Dateline: June 19, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Retail giant Nordstrom's has undergoing a digital transformation.  Researchers Jeanne Ross, Cynthia Beath and Ina Sebastian from the MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) published an article in the Harvard Business Review titled, Why Nordstrom's Digital Strategy … [Read more...]