GDPR as a Forcing Function for Things That Should Have Happened Already

Dateline: April 6, 2018 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week we saw new announcements of data breaches affecting millions of individuals.  Delta, Sears, and Under Armor all reported hacks that impact information privacy, highlighting the fact that for just about every company, the question is not "if" but "when" they are hacked.  … [Read more...]

Executive Leadership Diversity Doesn’t Just Happen

Dateline: March 9, 2018 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. With the current focus on diversity in our work environments, it's time to also focus on our leadership ranks.  While the benefits of diverse thinking are well known, its also clear that while we have come a very long way since our grandmother's generation (or even our mother's … [Read more...]

AI Disrupts Competencies Needed for Leadership

Dateline: February 16, 2018 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Leadership as we know it today is soon to be a thing of the past...or is it?  As technologies take over more of the decision making activity, based on data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence advances, visionaries are seeing changes in the role of leaders, too. … [Read more...]

Executive Mistakes After a Data Breach

Dateline: January 12, 2018 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. We have a long way to go before we can be sure our data and systems are secure.  In the meantime, executives can take some comfort in knowing that many before them have had to made tough decisions to both protect and recover from sever cyber attacks.  Harvard Business Review … [Read more...]

Inner Work to Bring Out Our Best Leadership

Dateline: December 1, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Do you ever feel that the more you do the further behind you fall? Lately, work on my plate has piled up so fast that it feels almost impossible to successfully do all that needs to be done.  But a short article in Fast Company, that flashed across my email recently, reminded … [Read more...]

Offensive and Defensive Cybersecurity

Dateline: October 27, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. The complexity of being cyber-resiliant can be overwhelming.  Knowing what to do, and how much is enough is difficult to figure out for almost everyone.  Recently author Michael Lewis, the CIO at Copper State published an opinion piece at Information Management about a … [Read more...]

Treating Colleagues with Kindness Generates Huge Returns

Dateline: October 13, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. In a society where daily we are confronted with statements of criticism that increase our stress and uncertainty, a recent Harvard Business Review article caught my attention because of it's focus on civility.  These researchers found that treating colleagues with kindness and … [Read more...]

Boards Are Interested in Cybersecurity Too

Dateline: September 29, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. With all the media attention focused on recent cyber events, it's no wonder our Boards are getting involved.  Certainly a catastrophic event such as Equifax experienced recently shows Board leaders that a large vulnerability might exist in their company.  Making sure these … [Read more...]

Building Your Executive Brand on Your Resume

Dateline: August 18, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Most of our discussions on this blog have to do with activities and actions that lead to better outcomes for your organization.  But today we share an article that can help you personally.  Recently, CIO.com published an article titled IT Resume Makeover: Prove your Path to CIO … [Read more...]

Analytics Can Drive the Wrong Behaviors

Dateline: August 11, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Finding jewels in your data is a blast, but some of the jewels can lead to the wrong behaviors, according to a recent opinion article published at Information Management by journalist Lenny Liebmann titled Four Analytics Errors that can Defeat Data Project Efforts.  The article … [Read more...]