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...]
Is Shadow IT a Bad Thing?
August 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: August 21, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. IT managers hate shadow IT, or the purchase and management of IT services by business users outside of the IT organization. Why? Because, they think, users just don't know what they are doing when it comes to managing enterprise IT. Often, after purchasing their app, cloud … [Read more...]
IT Leaders and IT Managers
August 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: August 14, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Leaders and managers - both are critical roles for successful IT organizations. In my leadership development programs a must read is business guru John Kotter's classic HBR article on the topic. But more recently, I noticed a popular blogpost on LinkedIn's Pulse site written … [Read more...]
The Delicate Path of Managing Legacy Systems
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Dateline: August 7, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. 'Legacy systems' is not a dirty term, but it may seem so. Recently, Michael Krigsman, a popular ZDNet blogger on IT Project Failures, wrote a thoughtful piece about how CIOs must lead their companies through the delicate path of managing legacy systems, since they get in the way … [Read more...]
Good Ambition
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Dateline: July 31, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Ambition can be a good, constructive trait or bad and destructive. A recent Fast Company article explored the Six Habits of Ambitious People, and the difference in healthy and unhealthy ambition. Ambition that leads just to competing for competing sake can actually get in the … [Read more...]
Civility and the CIO
July 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: July 17, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. We spend lots of time with our workers, some of whom are a pleasure to work with, and others..well not so much. Recently the New York Times published a thought provoking opinion from journalist Christine Porath titled No Time to be Nice at Work that explored this subject. She … [Read more...]
CIO’s Role in Responding Instantly: The Remix Era
July 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: July 10, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. The only certainty about the future is that it will be different than the present. How good is your organization at responding to it's changing environment? Historically, we've seen many examples of companies who notice a change but can't respond in time. Or, as Professor Benn … [Read more...]
Provider, Promoter, Partner, or Peer
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Dateline: July 3, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Business relationship management has a critical role in helping IT leaders build the best capabilities possible for working with their business partners. Recently, the CSC Leading Edge Forum published a blog titled, Why is Business Relationship Management so Important … [Read more...]
