The CIO colouring book
The CIO colouring book
The CIO colouring book
Whew. Deep breath. Looking at this blank page I just realized that the next 500 or so words I write will be my last ones for this magazine because I’m moving on
Once again I find myself on the road, this time with an itinerary that started with the long haul from Sydney to Finland by way of Singapore and Frankfurt - all of which translated to some 36 hours of time spent in the air and airport lounges
About a year ago our company decided to explore going green
Psst. Hey you. Yes, you. Over here. How about sending me a heap of personal information?
Happy belated 2008. Holidays are over. School's back. Traffic sucks. The weeks off were not only welcome but refreshing, although I must admit there was the odd day or two that saw my "peace on earth, good will to men" disposition - well, shall we say - lacking
At the risk of incurring the wrath of some 100 plus members of the Greed Grid consortium and hundreds, if not thousands, of pundits, consultants, analysts and other purveyors of expertise, I have to ask a question: Does anyone else agree with me that Green IT may be the biggest non-event of 2007?
Since early October I've fielded at least a couple of calls a week from various PR people asking if I plan to do a year in review feature in my last issue of 2007
I write this having just arrived on the US east coast after spending 24 hours on planes and in airports. I'm a tired and uninspired (in truth, jet-lagged and brain-dead would be more accurate) so this will be short if not particularly sweet
Last week I fired my entire staff. Why? Because - all evidence aside - they are obviously a bunch of slackers. I know it's true - even if my own eyes tell me otherwise - because there's research to prove it. An excess of research, in fact
I have a suspicion that life's not exactly a holiday on Primrose Lane for a fair few mid-market CIOs these days
Welcome to my blog. And no, this doesn't find me polishing my black leather boots in anticipation of doing some Yank-Aussie hybrid of Cossack dancing. Largely because it's been a decade or more since my knees have cooperated in any kind of deep bending, and I have little doubt that a high kick — or even a mid-kick — would find me immediately in traction
If CIO magazine named a "Person of the Year" in the tradition of <I>Time</I> magazine I had my dead-cert 2007 winner picked in early June. And you'd probably be surprised that he's not a CIO
Spend the better part of the day with someone, and you tend to get a measure of them
So do you want the good news, the not-so-good news or the bad news first? Okay, I'll decide for you - let's kick off with the good news, which is plentiful. More of you are reporting to the CEO than in any previous year