learn how to build your own capability and presence as a Digital CIO

Digital CIO Masterclass

CIO Master Class led by Colin Beveridge London 20th September 2011

In this interactive workshop you will learn how to build your own capability and presence as a Digital CIO, by following a well-proven, strategic and systematic approach to digital engagement.

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Parliament investigates effective governance of IT

Public Administration Committee

Good governance: the effective use of IT

Tuesday 8 March 2011

Committee Room 6 Meeting started at 10.33am ended at 12.33pm

Witnesses Professor Helen Margetts, Oxford Internet Institute, Dr Ian Brown, Oxford Internet Institute, and Dr Edgar Whitley, London School of Economics Professor Nigel Shadbolt, University of Southampton, and Sir Ian Magee, Institute for Government.

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making meetings more effective

going round the table is a waste of time

white horse round table by id-iom on flickr

So-called ‘face time’ is increasingly precious to all of us, which makes me wonder why we routinely waste so much time, at the beginning of meetings, by ‘going round the table’ to introduce ourselves to each other.

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getting past the gatekeepers

Lion Gatekeeper by Daniel Y on flickr

We live in an increasingly connected, some would say open, world. And yet there still seems to be no shortage of gatekeepers, whose primary function is to guard against unfettered access to people, places and ideas. Have you worked out how to get past the gatekeepers?

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enabling effective integration

Loosely connected but firm enough

stickle bricks by ⚫ on flickr

The successful and effective integration of systems needs more than component inter-operability and compatibility: we need to be able to build Systems that are loosely coupled to each other – but connected firmly enough not to fall apart.

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