Sometimes, even the soundest engineering isn’t sound-enough engineering. So when things go sideways, politics can be a shrewd tool or your undoing.
Consensus: Easy to say, easier to recommend, but very hard to accomplish. Here’s how leaders turn a group into a team.
CEOs have every reason to expect IT leaders to make unrealistic technology expectations happen. Simplifying IT may be the only way to cope.
Best practices aren’t. Best, that is. Wise CIOs practice them anyway — by setting the bar lower and then jumping real high.
What can IT learn from the US penny dilemma? That some ‘low-hanging fruit’ can be poison.
Malfeasance (n): Intentional conduct that is wrongful or unlawful. Here are some common examples of how CIOs can handle it when it arises in their ranks.
As leaders, CIOs are supposed to think strategically, or so we’re told. And so they should. But Dr. Yeahbut says “strategy” obscures as much as it elucidates.
When it comes to solving big problems, chances are your in-house experts have a solution. Maybe you should listen to them before hiring outside experts who find their solution by listening to your in-house experts for you.
Blamestorming for fun and profit: The debris has mostly cleared from the CrowdStrike outage. But we still haven’t recognized some of the IT impacts that matter most.
AI hasn’t changed a 娇色导航fundamental: IT’s job is to deliver business capabilities. Right now, stopping the slow slide into customer alienation should be a top priority.
Microsoft Recall may be built with artificial intelligence, but its building lacked judgment and wisdom — two things CIOs and IT teams must impart to get AI right.
The board wants to buy back stock, and you’re thinking it’s not in your wheelhouse? You’re the CIO. Sure it is. Here’s why.
Calling a plan ‘strategic’ doesn’t make it so. Instead, zero in on the purpose of each layer of your plan to build more effective vision, mission, and focus.
The risks executive teams espouse have little to do with the dangers CIOs deal with every day. Still, trying to avoid those dangers can be even more hazardous to a CIO’s career health.
IT leaders must anticipate not just actual AI risks, but perceived ones as well. Here’s what you’ll most likely encounter and how to address it.
When it comes to your AI strategy, forget the “plans” part. A random walk will serve you better.
Microsoft’s newly transformed content and collaboration platform depends on more capable artificial intelligence capabilities. But it won’t be successful without more capable human beings.
Effective leaders don’t do. They motivate those who do. And the trick to fostering a motivated staff lies in the subtleties of motivation itself.
What’s the key to meeting your CEO’s IT expectations? Managing those expectations so your CEO’s disappointments aren’t blamed on you and your IT organization.
Chronic complainers are annoying. But when employees can’t complain? That can be a whole lot worse.
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