So You Wish to be a Future CIO! What Skills are Essential?

Many a CIO will have started their career being passionate about one or another aspect of computer technology. That may be business analysis, programming, quality assurance, project management, building networks, architecture, or a focus on hardware. Generally speaking IT is passionate about change. At the start of your career you learn how essential it is [...]

February 18th, 2010 by Peter B. Giblett 

Leadership: Understand the Needs of the Business, Not Simply Technical Brilliance.

Leadership: Understand the Needs of the Business, Not Simply Technical Brilliance.

A couple of weeks ago I talked about the Thirteen Qualities of Leadership which skimmed over many of the qualities required for good leadership. Today I want to expand on just one of those qualities our ability to focus on the need of the business, and not simply demonstrating technical brilliance. Irrespective of your technical [...]

November 6th, 2009 by Peter B. Giblett 

Things we can do to Improve the Visibility of our Posts (SEO for Beginers)

When you create a web page one of the things you need to get is traffic to the site. What traffic will depend on the type of site that you are creating. If you are creating a Hollywood gossip blog then you are likely to get a lot more traffic than a site advising physicians [...]

September 29th, 2009 by Peter B. Giblett 

Networking for Success!

Career outlooks within IT are changing at the current time. Over the last year there has been a major change within corporate IT. Staying in work or getting a new job depend largely on having a strong network. Within your network quality is usually more important than quantity. However you may need to build a [...]

May 26th, 2009 by Peter B. Giblett 

Is There Really an IT Skills Shortage?

We see it every day, “Fantastic opportunities for those who are willing to re-train into IT” This has been a standard advertising slogan for training companies for as long as I can remember. In fact I have almost become immune to the ad, until a discussion by like-minded professionals recently. I am talking to out [...]

March 26th, 2009 by Peter B. Giblett