IT Leadership

Define Your Social Ecosystem

One of the many interesting topics of discussion we get into in our Social Business Strategy workshops is around the social ecosystem. This is the name I have given the collection of business capabilities potentially enhanced by one or more social te

The Language of C-Suite Deceit

Fascinating Stanford paper instructs how to tell if a CEO, or a CFO, is lying about the numbers

What Jobs Crisis? CFOs Seek Finance Hires

Despite overall worries about how to reduce joblessness -- which President Obama will put on display tonight -- the fourth quarter looks like a strong one for finance hiring, CFOs say.

I Create, Therefore I’m a CFO

Half the battle in finance, though, is getting others to see the creative streak in finance -- and recognizing it ourselves.

Spiceworks Spices Up Interactions Between IT Pros

In part one of this two-part series, I described what many organizations have done in their first phase of digital transformation. Here, in part two, I explain how organizations should think differently as they embark on transforming their data and a

Spiceworks Spices Up Interactions Between IT Pros

Leaders Have to Learn the Job, Just Like Everyone Else

Newly promoted leaders, and leaders promoted to higher levels of leadership, need to learn new techniques to succeed in their new roles. Fail to give them the opportunity to learn these techniques and you're setting them up for failure.

Behind the Replacement of Yahoo’s Carol Bartz

Yahoo chief financial officer Tim Morse -- a veteran of the power General Electric finance-development powerhouse -- has been chosen on an interim basis to replace the fired Carol Bartz.

Cases of Ex-CFOs in Legal Trouble Wrapped Up

It has been a relief-filled week so far for ex-CFOs facing difficult legal circumstances -- one from New York drugstore chain Duane Reade, and the other a former finance chief at AOL.

Apple Gets Cozy with SF Police

Like a George Orwell novel, it's getting hard to distinguish between Apple private investigators and police officers.

Conquering The Technology/Marketing Divide

The new "it" couple is the CIO and CMO. Why? In the digital world we live in today, which Forrester defines as the Age of the Customer, empowered buyers demand a new level of customer obsession.