The Czech Republic is one of the top reading groups on my blog. I’m very curious as to why- is it my name, Turek? or the topics ringing true? More importantly, I want to learn and be influenced by what is going on in your country.
My personal heritage is Czechoslovakian with great grandparents and one […]
I noticed a marked uptick in my Australian readers. I admittedly am not tuned into the business climate there and would appreciate any and all suggestions as to sources of information about innovation and executing business strategies in your country. In particular, how do the United States economic forces and expectations affect your economy? Is […]
Sometimes things happen that are seemingly unrelated but the timing and topics are alarmingly similar. I was speaking to a technologist about selling Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) approaches to companies. The struggle is that it is very much an IT sell and it should be a business sell. Using my strategy mapping mentality I related […]
CIO Insight’s article on CIOs who take on more roles in the business brings up many issues to ponder. One of them is a potential career path beyond CIO that might be facilitated by a willingness to add roles and responsibilities to a CIO’s portfolio. The story of Beth Perlman, CIO of Constellation Energy, is […]
CIO Insight’s great reporting uncovered another trend related to CIOs expanding their roles. Forrestor’s Alex Cullen commented on how CIOs might fit into other parts of the organization:
“We see the broader role more and more in areas like real estate management,” he says. “CIOs make really good chief operating officers for other parts of the […]
Alan Wilensky at bizcast has graciously commented on my blog lately. His post on social networks is full of insights- here are a couple:
“Strategies for Social Media, in particular, have been a challenge when soft pedaling my services in the outreach phase. Companies want to just jump in and create systems from whole cloth, offer […]
Often the people who comment on my posts bring tremendous insights into how project management offices (PMOs) are deployed. Commenting on “Execution Is the Only Strategy That Customers See“, Lisa Koslow at koslowmarketing.com discussed how companies in the consumer packaged goods area focus on project management:
Lisa- Completely agree, that a poorly executed strategy is doomed […]
What frustrates me about most surveys and studies is the lack of definition of the terms. The result is a survey that means virtually nothing. CIO Insight uses the phrase “strategic mindset” when discussing responses to one of it’s survey statements to CIOs:
“There are some companies where the head of the information technology department is […]
I’ve noticed that my visitors number went up 60% last month but the pages you’ve viewed is about the same. This must mean that many of you aren’t aware of how to quickly get more information on my interesting views on a variety of topics. In other words, I need to help you find some […]
CIO Insight has a wonderfully short but sweet video on the role of the CIO. In it, IT metrics guru Howard Rubin makes a few important points. One has to do with understanding IT economics, including value of projects, and helping the organization be more tech savvy.
This advice flies in the face of other consulting […]
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