Posted on 04 June 2009
I wanted to reflect back on a great lesson learned from a situation that happened to me a few years ago. I had realized I was a little disconnected from an internal stakeholder. I decided to insure that I get back in touch and tighten up the relationship. I noticed over the previous month a [...]
Tags: CIO, stakeholder relationship
Posted on 12 May 2009
I still have a very vivid memory of years ago when I has brought into a meeting to interview a potential vendor who was selling us a development product. I was a lead developer at a startup healthcare software company. Apparently this product was being pushed onto our development team because our project managers were told [...]
Tags: ROI, vendor, vendor management
Posted on 07 May 2009
A few nights ago we woke up to a call from a neighbor at 1:30AM who is a single mom. She was in a panic and begged for me to come over and see if someone was in her house. After a quick look around the perimeter I called the police to check inside reasoning that their [...]
Tags: Business Objectives, CIO, MBO, Most Important
Posted on 28 April 2009
Upon getting married almost a decade ago, my wife and I were determined to go have a white picket fence, a dog, and kids and then become the next June and Ward Clever. After a dose of reality and a few months of repeated “involved” discussions on whether the toilet seat should be left up or down at [...]
Tags: career lessons, marriage, work conflicts
Posted on 26 April 2009
There is lots of information out there on the do’s and don’ts of email usage, but if you are in a leadership role here are some extra precautions to take…
Tags: CIO, email, email usage