Enthusiastic individuals and corporate marketing professionals alike are desperate to learn the secret of what makes an online group grow into an effective and viable community. This is the challenge for everyone in the “connected” world.
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Do businesses really regard their CIO as the Cheap Infrastructure Officer? picture credit: project 404 Well that was the thrust of an extremely interesting observation made by Ilhan Aksoycan, who commented on one of my earlier articles about the future role of the CIO. I am sure that many will dispute the attribution of cheap infrastructure Hard times call for hard thinking, supplemented by effective action. Achieving and sustaining our future relevance in the currently turbulent economic context will need a radical new approach to the way we deliver value to our enterprise stakeholders. Picture credit: alicepopkorn A good first step would be to scrap the role of Chief Information Officer and create  Picture credit: Sarabbit Here are a couple of thought-provoking questions:
Reflecting on your answers might help to avoid falling into the traps of the three envelope gag (see below) which painfully describes the all too common difficulty of transmitting hard-won management wisdom and insight.
 picture credit: xiaming Many organizations suffer from undiagnosed premature evaluation. Decisions are made without adequate information, leading to unexpected costs and disappointment. We could mitigate the risk of premature evaluation by adding a new sign-off requirement to the business case for all new initiatives: a qualifying level of confidence in the quality of information supporting the proposal. |
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