Annual Oscar may not just impress us with red carpet elegance or stunning fashion style, quintessentially it’s an event to share the historical footprint of film industry: from black & white to full of color; from silent to voice, from automation to animation, from flat to 3D, from booming to struggling, from tragedy to happiness, the progressive...
Three “Art of Winning” Lessons from 84th Oscar Academy Award
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 | comments
Five Styles of Conversation Modern CIO need Master For
Friday, February 24, 2012 | comments
Contemporary CIOs not only need wear many colors of hat or try different pairs of shoes, they may also need master all styles of conversations to develop situational wisdom and influential competency, to rebuild IT’s reputation as value creator and innovation hub. 1. Strategy Presentation at Round TableFirst, as technology becomes increasingly...
Business Transformation: A Tale of Two Rules
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 | comments
Traditional hierarchical business structure & command control leadership style, and short-term shareholder profit focus business purpose might be based on:Theory X: In this theory, which has been proven counter-effective in most modern practice, management assumes employees are inherently lazy and will avoid work if they can and that they inherently...
Three Big WHYs for Big Data
Sunday, February 19, 2012 | comments
Economically, data is about 80% of business asset today; technologically, big data brings up the opportunities to pursue and big challenges to conquer; culturally, we may just enter the exciting big data renaissance; artistically, data is now growing and flowing, full of color, both comprehensive and abstract, visible & viable, essential with style....
Three Love Essentials
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 | comments
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods. Plato If holiday season is the time to pursuit of happiness, then Feb. could be the month of pondering the love, happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length; then does love lack of its wisdom since it’s...
From Seven Wonders to Seven Traits of Future of Travel
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 | comments
Travel industry is not only the economic barometer at modern society, it may also reflect consumers’ life enrichment, happiness index, or the human advancement overall. Modern technologies also empower travelers with knowledge, shared wisdom and more seamless total travel experience. Seven Wonders of World may not be the only hot destinations...
CIO’s Innovation Dilemma
Thursday, February 9, 2012 | comments
Today’s CIO is one of the crucial leadership roles facing significant transformation, Being a Chief Infrastructure Officer to align IT operation with business is no longer sufficient, since the rate of changes is accelerating at the age of digitization. CIO is facing the modern innovation dilemma: Just keep the light on when the users are...
To Celebrate Charles Dickens’s 200th Birthday: Wisdom From Heart
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 | comments
"Charles Dickens was born at midnight on February 7, 1812. . . . It was reported that the newborn baby began to cry as the clock struck 12, and many feel that his voice is as real today as it was 200 years ago." Raymond M. LaneDickens wrote 15 major novels and countless short stories and articles before his death in 1870, Dickens became known all over...
