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The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium 2007 was top-notch ……

As the Speaker and Panel Chair of the 4th MIT CIO Symposium, I enjoyed the entire process of inviting speakers and organizing panels. So did our speakers as far as I know. “The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium 2007 was top-notch — an unbeatable source of information on IT trends that directly impact CIO decision-making,” said […]

Financial Times profiles MIT CIO opening speaker, David Schmittlein of MIT Sloan

Read more about one of our opening speakers at the MIT CIO Symposium. Financial Times – Business Life

From Morgan to Google …

Hot off the Press… Google announced today that Benjamin Fried, a managing director in Morgan Stanley’s technology department will be their new CIO.  http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207401996

Where in the room is the CIO?

Here is another recent finding that talks about the apparent ‘downsizing’ in the influence of the Chief Information Officer. http://www.networkworld.com/research/2008/040708-cios.html?netht=rn_040708&nladname=040708 How do you see the pendulum swinging?  Where do you find CIO’s getting ‘placed’ in the executive pack?  How are you building the necessary competencies within your CIO team to be on par with partners […]

Innovation Rules

Read this fascinating article by Professor Heskett on Management Innovation.  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5887.html “Hamel envisions a future in which the goal of management is to build “nimble” organizations in which innovation is everyone’s job” In an age where generation X’s and Y’s are coming on board with new ideas and insights how do you think organizations will […]