“One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints.Modern CIOs have one of the most paradoxical but significant executive roles, as information technology becomes so pervasive, they craft their organization’s architectural blueprint; they shape their business’s digital footprint; they are responsible for their enterprise’s information footprint,...
Mirror, Mirror, What is Best Strategy
Sunday, April 29, 2012 | comments
A strategy is a set of choices following with a series of action designed to achieve a vision and compete for the future. There’re so many good strategy theories from ancient to contemporary, from eastern to western, today’s strategist may just wonder: what is best strategy? 1. The Origin of StrategyTo trace its lexical root, a strategy...
Earth Day Pondering: Three Pillars of Sustainability
Sunday, April 22, 2012 | comments
This Sunday is Earth Day, with its mission: “to raise support for a more sustainable future as climate change continues to wreak havoc across the globe. As a sustainable society will only come about through the accumulated actions of billions of individuals. “Essentially Earth Day reminds us of sustainability and perceive nature as something that sustains...
Three Wonders of Wisdom
Sunday, April 22, 2012 | comments
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. Robert Frost1. Cleverness is not wisdom. EuripidesWisdom is on how to dig into root cause or hunt for essentials; Cleverness struggles at surface, takes shortcut to reach the comfort zone; Wisdom is the guide for purpose, progress and change the...
Five Principles of Carl Von Clausewitz's Strategy
Sunday, April 22, 2012 | comments
Von Clausewitz's book On War is a classic, he had career in the Prussian army, and served in a number of major campaigns, he was a thinker and philosopher who studied war to with in-depth knowledge that no one else had ever done before. He also believed that war was more like business. As he points out, both war and business involve the clash of interests,...
Talent Master: Insight via A Photo, A Parable and A Painting of Race Horses
Thursday, April 19, 2012 | comments
“Human resources are like natural resources; they're often buried deep. You have to go looking for them, they're not just lying around on the surface. You have to create the circumstances where they show themselves.” ~― Ken Robinson 1. A Photography of Race HorseOn 4/8, Google has celebrated the 182nd anniversary...
Three Big HOWs to Tame Big Data
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | comments
In its May 2011 report on big data, the McKinsey Global Institute projected a 40 percent annual growth in global data—a doubling of data volumes every two years. Much of this data is complex, unstructured data that doesn’t submit readily to analysis. In fact, big data refers to the volumes of mostly complex, unstructured data whose analysis could yield...
Three Big WHATs to Identify Big Data Challenges
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | comments
Big data means both big opportunities and big risks for organizations, at Three Big Why for Big Data, we clarify why Big Data is such a big deal, also why Big Data may cause big distraction, here we further describe the three big WHATs to identify the potential challenges facing organizations when manage Big Data. 1. What are characteristics...
Three-Step IT Investment Strategy
Sunday, April 15, 2012 | comments
New MIT research used data from more than 400 global companies from 1998 to 2003.: “The Impact of IT Investments on Profits” finds that investments companies make in IT increase profitability more than investments in advertising or R&D do.”. IT investment now is strategic imperative for forward-looking business to pursue the growth, but how...
