How CIOs Become Influencers With digital technology now universally deployed throughout organizations, the CIO as the center of technology knowledge has waned. People in marketing know far more about customer relationship management (CRM) services than the CIO, though the CIO may retain accountability for certain critical features, like single sign-on and other aspects of … [Read more...] about How CIOs Become Influencers: Moving from Policy to Persuasion
Management
Ten Things No One Tells You About Your First 60 Days as CIO
Your first "60" days as CIO There is no shortage of articles and posts on the web about the first 60 days as CIO. All of those pieces of content offer good, pretty obvious, politically correct advice. Hopefully, this post will prove a little different. We attempt to fill in the gaps left in other lists from a few decades of observing CIOs struggle through the first 60 days … [Read more...] about Ten Things No One Tells You About Your First 60 Days as CIO
Disney Heroes & Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume is Not Just Window Dressing at Seattle’s MoPOP
The MoPOP Disney Heroes & Villains exhibit: Last week, I was privileged to join other journalists and writers at Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture to preview the touring display of Disney costumes originally shown at D23. For Serious Insights, I concentrate on logistics and design. As suspected, project management, IT, and some very diligent task management. Here is what I … [Read more...] about Disney Heroes & Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume is Not Just Window Dressing at Seattle’s MoPOP
Scenario Planning and Agility: The Case for Scenarios In an Uncertain World
Scenario Planning and Agility: The Case for Scenarios In an Uncertain World Scenario planning and agility. Too often, managers and leaders focus on how to control the near-term. They don't take the time to consider if what they prioritize as important today, will be useful, valuable, or applicable to some future state of the organization. As soon as the future comes up … [Read more...] about Scenario Planning and Agility: The Case for Scenarios In an Uncertain World
Why Best Practices Suck
 Photo by 100 files on Pexels.com Why Best Practices Suck: Best practices are like vampires: They can suck the life out of an organization, kill its productivity, drain its creativity, and bleed its initiative. If you seek perfection in perpetuity, your organization’s learning apparatus will become an animated corpse cursed through the ages to feed on its ancestors. Every … [Read more...] about Why Best Practices Suck