Finding Inspiration at the Counter
About two months ago, I needed to get my primary tennis racket restrung. Rather than go to a chain store…
Redefining Leadership in the Emerging Social Business Environment
It's 2010 and business has changed. The combined impacts of technology shifts like the social web, real-time mobile computing, and…
U.S. Taxpayers Fund IT Offshoring in Sri Lanka
When your August 9th issue of the InformationWeek magazine comes in the mail, be sure to turn to page 18…
What Are CFOs Worrying About?
Not unlike any organizational function – the so-called silos – the finance function underthe CFO is striving to shift their…
The (still) coming privacy boom
A year ago, at a cover meeting at BusinessWeek, I proposed a big story: The Privacy Pay-off. The idea was…
The Twilight of Network-Centric Warfare
Highly respected writer and industry analyst Loren B. Thompson has just penned an opinion piece on recent changes in the…
Which came first, the Data Quality Tool or the Business Need?
This recent tweet by Andy Bitterer of Gartner Research (and ANALYSTerical) sparked an interesting online discussion, which was vaguely reminiscent…
A Little Too Literal (or, How to Teach Innovation)
Spoiler alert: It can’t be taught … What are you, somebody's lawyer? - Jim Dempsey, ca. 1984 One of the…
The UI for which You Will Shave Your Head
Researchers from down under in Australia want to bring the user interface up on top -- the top of your head,…
Information-Driven Business: How to Manage Data and Information for Maximum Advantage
After submitting my final draft to Wiley at the end of last year, my wait is finally over! I have…