Management pundits have been predicting the imminent demise of the CIO role for years. Their premise seems to be that technology has become such an integral and mainstream part of doing business that it is no longer necessary or desirable to have this function managed separately from the other areas of the business. Many companies [...]
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Tags: CIO, innovation, IT, leadership | Category: career, innovation, leadership |
 Why do middle managers get such a bad rap? Like Rodney Dangerfield, we don’t get much respect. Both senior management above us and the folks working for us think they know how to do our jobs better than we do. And it’s not an easy act to pull off. Done right, middle management fills the [...] One company that has finally made the leap into the 21st century (better late than never) workplace is Best Buy. They have rolled out a program called ROWE (results-only work environment). Just like the name implies, the program lets employees focus on getting their work done rather than where and when they get it done. [...] Innovation is not “on-demandâ€. Innovation can’t be engineered. Innovation can exist because ideas exist. Ideas cannot be engineered. Ideas exist because you let your People the space (the time, the place) to express their point-of-view, to share their interests. Innovation exists because you empower your People in making things better than what they are. Because you foster in your People the “will†of making things better than what they are. Innovation exists at all levels of your organization. Innovation often exists in the corridors of your organization… Innovation hides in many negative conversations, and often follows the sharing of frustrations. Innovation is by nature chaotic, unexpected, a risky business, an experiment, sounds crazy at first. You don’t “do†innovation, you tempt innovation to come in your camp, and once there, you give innovation what it needs to stay [...] |
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