Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
Here’s a simple yet profound secret to achieving the success you want in your life and career: Change the future you envision and you will change what actions you take, which, in turn, will change your future. Have you ever thought about the legacy you will leave as CIO: what you want to achieve, what…
by Daniel Burrus of Burrus Research One inevitable byproduct of advancing technology and every changing competitive landscape I talk about in part one of this article is commoditization. Someone makes an innovative breakthrough, and by doing so they stand out as unique in their field. However, because of the breakneck speed of technological advance, soon…
by Robert Simmons of the Forsythe Solutions Group A winning knowledge management program (KMP), one that increases staff productivity, product and service quality, and deliverable consistency by capitalizing upon codified intellectual and knowledge-based assets, cannot subsist on technology solutions alone, It must also consider people, processes, structure, and culture. Many organizations leap into a knowledge…
As a CIO, you are keenly aware that rapid change in business and technology is the “new normal.” However, in the 21st Century, “change” is actually too weak a descriptor. Today, it’s all about transformation. This means you can’t go backward, and you can’t stand still. You can’t rest on your laurels and you can’t…
As a member of the C-suite, you now have an urgent question in front of you: Are your customers changing faster than you are? Are they learning faster than you are? Because they are changing and learning fast, if you are not already designing and providing the solutions to the problem they are going to…
Wouldn’t it be great if you could predict the future? If you could solve tomorrow’s problems… before they happen? If you could have what I call a “flash foresight” — a sudden burst of insight about the future that produces a new and radically different way of doing something by opening up invisible opportunities and…
Retailers worldwide are expecting Santa to be a little less jolly this year. Economic pressures are squeezing retailer profits and stock prices as consumer’ fears dampen the season’s good cheer. Margins dip as stores add a long list of loss leaders to bait skittish customers and then slash prices on the rest of the stock…
With the shift from backroom to boardroom still a work in progress, CIOs are finding their role far from defined. Suddenly, it’s no longer good enough to have a seat at the table, to build a business case, to forge business alignment, or even to bring innovation to bear, now CIOs are being pushed into…
Technology executives have to strike the right balance between being technically brilliant, and letting go of enough detail to have the time and energy to invest in leading. Of course, some level of technical competence is required to be in the game, but it becomes a problem if it comes at the expense of leadership…
“How do I get my computer’s coffee-cup holder to come out again?” That may sound like a baffling request, but for seasoned help desk professionals, it’s not out of the ordinary. In a new survey, CIOs identified the most unusual requests they or their support staff have fielded. The survey shows that it takes more…