Letting go of the Details – Part of the Management Challenge
Some of the thoughts that I have been having recently are looking back to some of the challenges I faced many years ago when I became a new manager. As with many people I had always thought myself as an expert, a problem solver, perhaps one of the best in my particular field (even if [...]
Providing Strategic Value: Solidify your BI Strategy
One of the major challenges that IT leaders face, particularly the CIO, is in providing strategic value. One aspect that always needs to be considered here is the provision of strategic information through Business Intelligence (BI) and Corporate Performance Management (CPM). Not Just Simple Reporting BI type solutions, of which CPM is a key part, [...]
You Cannot Ignore Web Video: Consider, Plan, Execute
“If everyone and their mother are using web video and you aren’t it will only make you look bad and cause you to lose customers to competing companies with an online video presence”, Asserts Megan O’Neill. I am not saying that she is wrong about the importance of web video, but I have always been [...]
2010 a Great Foundation Year!
This is a very personal post and it comes from being reflective as we all are at this time of year (December). It is important to take time to look at what you have achieved and tick it off against that list of plans that you had at the beginning of the year. How many [...]
Blogs – A Vital Component of On-Line Business Success
In a recent article relating to the advantage offered by small business the author mentioned that “With any blog the article writer is best advised to write articles of general interest to their area of expertise”. Until recently Blogging has largely about personal image building, rather than building the image of brands or products. As [...]
The Small Business Advantage – Near the Customer’s Heart
Listening to a representative of a local winery at a recent event gave me a time to listen to the experiences of a local small business. Of particular interest was the thought that “in our business if you want to talk to the marketing department you call me. If you want to talk to PR [...]
Belt Tightening or Growth? IT’s Opportunity to Contribute!
Having recently moved house and office I came across an article I had meant to read months ago, which somehow ended up packed in a box for discovery this week. In particular what caught my attention was an article called “Return to Growth“. In it Chris Murphy makes the point that “belt tightening isn’t over, [...]
Building a Enterprise Perception for the Technology Specialty
There is one certainty throughout the whole of our business life and that is the constant need for transformation. Business change is necessary in all places, that is certain, indeed we have to change in order to remain competitive. This statement is accurate through both good times and bad. This existing decline which we have [...]
In The Rush to Socialize Does Your Website Look Stupid?
All types of companies are endeavouring to make their website Social Media friendly. One of the aspects that can lead to success here is the use of social widgets on the site to allow users to share information about your site with others in their network. Whether socializing a product website or an on-line magazine [...]
30 Tips for Building your Social Media Following
This set of tips has been drown together from experience and a few one liners that I have heard during the better part of the last three years. It is curious how one has to live and experience social media life in order learn how to best assist others: Help someone each day, in some [...]
When Publishing in 30 Hours is One Day Too Late!
There once was a time that getting an article published the next day meant you would have to be a staff journalist with the lead story in your hand. In today’s world of Internet publication and publishing on-line is now the normal route to get many items of interest out to the world at large. [...]
The Danger of Advertising Posts on Social Media
A new form of advertising has started to appear on Twitter streams, it takes the form of a message that appears as if it is from a connection and you are guaranteed to see it because it mentions your user name or comes as a direct message. You may have received a post somewhat like [...]





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