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Recent Blog Posts for CIOs and CTOs
- Novels of IT, Part 3: Adventures of an IT Leader31 January 2012, 10:14 pm
My long quest for an insightful, broad, and practically applicable “novel of IT” finally met with resounding success, once I got my hands on the outstanding book that is the subject of this post: Adventures of an IT Leader, by Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell. To recap: I was looking for [...]... - IT anti-patterns: reverse behavior lessons from Steve Jobs2 December 2011, 11:51 pm
I’ve written before about how I value Twitter’s ability to fine-tune one’s personal information gathering, selecting people to follow who, over time, prove to be the most useful, interesting, and stimulating. I commonly refer to the people I follow as my “personal Algonquin Round Table,” in homage to the well-known literary group of the 1920s. [...]...
- Can DHS Even Handle Its Own Cyber Security?22 February 2012, 8:30 pm
DHS website doesn’t use encryption and displays passwords in plain text.read more...
- Microsoft Pans Google Apps with Silly but Effective Mock Video22 February 2012, 7:59 pm
Microsoft definitely needs to work on its TV parody skills, but a new video roasting Google Apps gets its point across.read more...
- Insights into Action - Improving Service by Listening to the Voices of your Customers14 June 2011, 7:27 pm
The vehicle and equipment rental world is one of the most ultra-competitive business segments around. read more... - The Future of Mobile Banking - Part 2: Top Opportunities for Gaining Market Share14 June 2011, 7:25 pm
At a recent BAI conference, I was asked the following question: What are the top opportunities for gaining market share through mobile commerce?read more...
- Can we do lunch? The importance of casual meetings20 February 2012, 8:31 pm
Building executive and business presence in your company is a concern of CIOs and IT professionals because it is important and hard to do. This post is one in an occasional series about relationship building at the executive level. The question for today is – If I want to build a relationship with top management [...]... - Security is personal and professional more than technical17 February 2012, 4:19 pm
I don’t blog a lot about security. I leave that to the security experts like John Pescatore and others. But recently in the last three weeks security has become a question raised by CIOs and business leaders. Security is a big issue related to technology given recent security lapses at high profile companies and ongoing [...]...
- Add Google Docs to the Windows 7 New menu22 February 2012, 8:21 pm
With a Windows Registry edit you can add Google Docs to the entries listed in the Windows 7 New menu.... - The new Windows logo: It's not as bad or as good as you think21 February 2012, 7:32 pm
Ugly or not, Deb Shinder argues that the new Windows 8 logo accomplishes its primary objective....
- Two ways to add checkbox controls to a Word document22 February 2012, 4:16 pm
Use a customized bulleted list or a content control to insert checkboxes into a Word document, depending on how you are going to use it.... - Simple steps to convert a list into a formatted Word table21 February 2012, 7:53 pm
Lists are great, but sometimes, a table is better. Learn how to quickly convert a list in Word into a formatted table....
- Grade your job results: IT project manager24 January 2012, 6:24 pm
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- Social Collaboration: Four Steps to Success22 February 2012, 7:47 pm
Co-authored with Jeff Auker Imagine encouraging your customers to talk among themselves about the job you’re doing for them. The loss of control and the opportunity for surprise is enough to rattle even the most fearless of executives. To improve customer service, one B2B company braved the unknown. Enterprise software deployments are complex, customized to each customer and incredibly time consuming. To speed rollouts and improve customer satisfaction, one of the largest software company̵... - Mobilization: The Missing Link between Strategy and Execution16 February 2012, 10:10 pm
Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go wrong will. Unfortunately, when rolling out large scale initiatives, too many companies fail to anticipate the bumps in the road and to assign leaders who are ultimately accountable for keeping projects on task and budget when the inevitable hiccups happen. As a result, organizations often blow deadlines, overspend and backtrack because they skip the crucial stage: mobilization. Mobilization connects strategy and execution. This is the step where [...
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