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The Problem with Pay-Per-Service in Healthcare and IT

Tweet I caught part of a Charlie Rose interview with Jay Rockefeller this morning (episode not online yet) and heard the senator say that pay-per-service healthcare is a bad idea.  Being deeply immersed in the cloud computing discussion that hangs its hat on a similar payment model, I paid more attention than I might normally.  […] MORE

September 18, 2009

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Is Agile an "All or Nothing" Proposition?

Tweet By Michael Mariani, Scott Likens, Imran Ilyas and Chris Curran When it comes to Agile methodology, many organizations have resisted it because of a belief that they have to implement it across the entire organization or not at all.  Furthermore, there is a fear that Agile isn’t proven for large, complex, enterprise-class projects.  However, […] MORE

September 16, 2009

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Top 5 CIO Tweets of the Week – September 11, 2009

Tweet The travel doesn’t seem to quit as I hit London this week and will be back next week too.  Here are some of the great CIO and IT leadership tweets of the week that I’ve been able to collect while in the Admirals Club. [tweetlist:3785207801] 1.  I haven’t heard much from the 1-to-1 marketing […] MORE

September 11, 2009

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Social Media as the CIO's Trojan Horse

Tweet By Chris Curran and Rajesh Balaraman Many senior IT leaders in the US believe that they are beyond the first level of business engagement.  They have established IT’s value in general and have regular ways to interact with other parts of the organization, both to establish strategic plans and for specific project design and […] MORE

September 10, 2009

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Software as Soulcraft?

Tweet In his book Shop Class as Soulcraft, Matthew Crawford contrasts the fulfillment from working with your hands with the abstract world of the knowledge worker.  For an abbreviated version, check out his NY Times essay.  Being a closet Maker myself (more here), I was drawn into this topic as I often struggle with the […] MORE

September 07, 2009

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4 CIO Priorities for 2010 (slideshow)

Tweet I had the opportunity to speak to 100+ of India’s top CIOs yesterday at the 10th Annual CTO Forum in Beijing – it’s been a great event so far.  I thought I would share the presentation I made that builds a case for 4 CIO leadership priorities to take into next year’s planning (or […] MORE

August 23, 2009

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Top 5 CIO Tweets of the Week – August 21, 2009

Tweet I’m posting this weeks Top 5 list from Beijing as I get ready for the CTO Forum Conference.  Sorry if my writing seems a bit jet-lagged and for the low volume (read: none) of Tweets.  China still seems a bit put off by Twitter. [tweetlist:3388084576] [tweetlist:3392741191] 1-2. The first post set of a series […] MORE

August 21, 2009

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Top 5 CIO Tweets of the Week – August 14, 2009

Tweet This week’s #CIO tweets were overshadowed by John C. Dvorak’s assertion that our nation’s CIO, Vivek Kundra, is a fraud – at least his resume might be. You will need to make up you own mind on that one. [tweetlist:3266652940] 1.  I have been a PC Magazine reader for years, but never got into […] MORE

August 14, 2009

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Professional Identity Online – Are You a Dog?

Tweet Peter Steiner published his infamous “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog” cartoon in 1993.  This mental image for me was just a joke – until recently.  For the most part, you know the people who email you, link up with on Facebook or LinkedIn.  Those you don’t recognize, you just write off […] MORE

August 12, 2009

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Top 5 CIO Tweets of the Week – August 7, 2009

Tweet Instead of cranking out #followfriday all day last Friday, I thought I would try something new by listing some of my favorite #CIO tweets from the week. Hope you like them and find some new follows as a result. Let me know what you think. [tweetlist:3140019138] Diamond has a few clients who are using […] MORE

August 10, 2009

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