by Mark P. McDonald | February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
A personal observation, nothing more. The Chicago Tribune Sunday edition (2/8/09) ran an article about the change in style driven by the recession and the new President. The article focused on how there has been a return to more formal business dress, suits, ties, clothes that fit better. They attribute part of that to the [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: personal, professional life
by Mark P. McDonald | February 9, 2009 | 4 Comments
Yes if you keep your eyes on the mission. Public sector CIOs often see the need for change more clearly than other executives and administrators. They also see the need for managed change in order to continue to deliver agency services. The latter factor makes many public sector organizations risk-adverse and conservative in their approaches, [...]
Category: Innovation Strategy Tags: Public Sector
by Mark P. McDonald | February 8, 2009 | 1 Comment
Deep within every organization there is a struggle between what people are supposed to do and how things get done. Particularly in an environment of cost control, cash preservation and risk aversion, managers implement new policies, guidelines and processes that increase their degree of control. These are TECHNICAL systems that see to exert control by [...]
Category: Leadership Strategy Tags: Leadership
by Mark P. McDonald | February 6, 2009 | 2 Comments
The question refers to an individual’s win/loss record at their company. So for you, in your company, is it better to have five wins and no losses, or to have twenty four wins at the cost of losing four times? Your answer says a lot about your company’s culture, your position in the enterprise and [...]
Category: Innovation Leadership Uncategorized Tags: Culture, Leadership
by Mark P. McDonald | February 4, 2009 | Submit a Comment
In the first part of the ‘myth’ series we discussed the old myths related to the CIO and IT. The next step of the process is to identify what has changed since the old myth was formed more than 10 years ago. Understanding these changes establishes the context for the new myth. The next installment [...]
Category: CIO Leadership Tags: Myth of CIO
by Mark P. McDonald | February 2, 2009 | 8 Comments
For years the relationship between revenue growth and IT transaction growth have been similar. Increased revenues generated increased IT transaction volumes and the need to fund additional investments in infrastructure capacity and operations. The connection between the two made funding for these investments relatively straightforward as CIOs sought additional capacity to support additional revenue. CIOs [...]
Category: Strategy Uncategorized Tags: Business
