CIO Blogs: Sharp Takes for Future Stakes
Bold opinions to challenge IT leaders and ignite visionary thinking.
The Connection Between Enterprise Architecture and Service Oriented Architecture
Are Enterprise Architecture and Service Oriented Architecture one and the same? Does the EA and SOA difference matter? Quite often the alphabet soup of acronyms
Job 1: Managing Risk
Are managers missing the primary responsibility of their role? What are you hired to do? What are managers hired for? What is the primary mission/role/goal/objective
Leadership and Faith: “Perfecting the Jews”
Is there a place for faith in leadership? Or as Nicholas Carr would put it: Does Faith Matter? I have to admit, there are few
IT Spending: Does Size Matter?
Well, yes and no. The “where” makes all the difference on IT Value and ROI! Discussions on IT spending often focus on the size of
eStrategy: Getting Repeat Visitors
For some the objective is a little different: getting repeat customers! Learn how Nike is going about it. If I had a penny for every
Do CIOs face extinction?
It is not pretty to find mention in the chapter next to dinosaurs but that is what some would have you believe. Are you really
Has Zachman Framework outlived its usefulness?
When it comes to Enterprise Architecture the Zachman Framework is the answer. Is it? I read this interesting article by Graeme Simsion on the problems with the
The Scourge of the Steering Committee
Have steering committees become a reason for project failure? I am not sure what to commend and what to condemn. There was a time when
Leadership Tip: Feed the Liberal in you
Do leadership and compassion go hand in hand. Does compassion make you liberal? For the longest time there has been this belief amongst leaders that
CIO and Innovation
Does a CIO have a role to play in innovation? Has Six Sigma left you with room to play? I came across a very interesting article on