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Archives for May, 2012


A glimpsed impression of Poland

by Mark Raskino  |  May 31, 2012  |  Comments Off

This week I visited Warsaw for the first time in five years. I came away very impressed but with perhaps just a little concern for the distant future. This is clearly a hard work, striving culture.  Growth is everywhere. The customer service ethic is good. Buildings are going up, new roads are being built.  Most [...]

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Info strategy: a video story. Part 3 of 3 – the Financial Future

by Mark Raskino  |  May 28, 2012  |  Comments Off

For Gartner Symposium last year, I wanted to convey some high level points to CIOs about the future of information in business strategy formation and how their role needs to change.  Here’s the third and final episode of three 2 minute videos I created for the purpose.( First video here , second one here if [...]

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Info strategy: a video story. Part 2 – the Watercooler Wiseman

by Mark Raskino  |  May 25, 2012  |  Comments Off

For Gartner Symposium last year, I wanted to convey some high level points to CIOs about the future of information in business strategy formation and how their role needs to change.  Here’s the second of three 2 minute videos I created for the purpose. ( First video here if you missed it). Bob, the CIO [...]

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Info strategy: a video story. Part 1 – the inquisitive intern

by Mark Raskino  |  May 23, 2012  |  6 Comments

For Gartner Symposium last year, I wanted to convey some high level points to CIOs about the future of information in business strategy formation and how their role needs to change. Humour helps with challenging messages and I was inspired by this hilarious You Tube cartoon explaining quantitative easing. So I learned to use Xtranormal [...]

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Information is the only import from Space

by Mark Raskino  |  May 22, 2012  |  Comments Off

Today, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket into orbit.  A new private industry was born. Pioneers like SpaceX are massively ambitious – you only have to look at the company’s stated goal: ” To renew a sense of excellence in the space industry by disrupting the current paradigm of complacency and [...]

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About half of CEOs use a media tablet

by Mark Raskino  |  May 21, 2012  |  Comments Off

In our survey of over 220 large company CEO’s world-wide, conducted in November and December of 2011, 41% said that yes, they do use an iPad in their job.  I have little doubt that figure will be more than half by now. Are you surprised by this?  I was, a little.  Rarely has a technology [...]

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Three Ts of Business Innovation Leadership

by Mark Raskino  |  May 18, 2012  |  3 Comments

Gartner analysts see many CIOs and IT leaders who are frustrated that they are unable to lead technology related innovation in their companies. IT is too often pushed back into a supplicant role. So I’m always on the lookout for examples of people in business who are really breaking through walls of disinterest and cynicism, [...]

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