CIO, What’s your Mojo?

The CIO is a strategic role based on the influence made across the organizational boundary. Modern CIOs could be one of the most sophisticated roles in today’s  hyper-connected, hyper-competitive and hyper-complex world, you may need to wear many colors of hats or take many pairs of shoes, you need to be both transformational and situational, both innovative and tactical, both business savvy and technology insightful, both communication effective...

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Seven Business Visions Social Business get United for

It’s time for business to unite 3P: purpose, principle and people; It’s time for business to achieve 3 values: economic value, societal value and people value; The silo-based, hierarchical business structure shaped at the industrial age of 20th century may not be agile enough for organization to adapt to the rapidly changes at era of digital economy. Social business with the hybrid structure has been perceived as better model to focus on  3P:...

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Five Ponderings on Why IT Projects Fail

Stakeholder satisfaction, timely delivery and staying within budget top the list of measures that indicate a project’s success. In the United States, we spend more than $250 billion each year on IT application development, statistically, 31% of projects will be canceled before they ever get completed., 53% of projects will cost twice as of their original estimates, overall, the success rate is less than 30%. Why did the project fail?  From...

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The Plum Blossom Symbolize the Spirit of Spring Festival

Never be surprised Plum late, struggle to catch a glimpse of the snow.If  New Year's day is the time to self-reflection and make resolution, then Lunar Near Year's day, or Spring Festival could be the time to refresh and re-imagine: 2012 is the Year of the Dragon, which is a legendary creature considered to be sublimely auspicious: a symbol of power, health and happiness. The dragon is often shown clutching a pearl -- a symbol of supernatural...

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Three Talent Debates: Tough Choice for the Future

"The voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new horizons, but in seeing with new eyes." -Marcel ProustThe great recession we‘ve just been through, the over-complex business eco-system, the hyper-competitive global environment, and the accelerated economic changes make talent management more strategic imperative than ever at the digital era in the 21st century. Character or skill, which one is more critical? Leaders, would you...

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Three Essentials we learn from Martin Luther King Jr.

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”–"Strength to Love"     Martin Luther King, Jr.It’s Marin Luther King Jr.’s birthday again, it’s time to keep repeating his dream, and also our dream relentlessly,  King's main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States, which has enabled...

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Seven Up Contemplations to Power Leadership

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.  Plato Today’s leadership is facing unprecedented challenges than ever, the marketing volatility is constant; the global competition is the new normal, the multi-generational, multicultural  workforce is phenomenal, the “command & control” style leadership is no longer effective and democratic enough to adapt to the change, engage employee and delight customers. The contemporary...

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Ten Disciplines to Measure IT Performance

“You can only manage what you measure.”    - Peter Drucker In today’s rapidly changing environment, information & technology becomes a more invaluable asset for business to survive and thrive, on the other hand, many IT organizations are struggling with the image as a cost center,  intend to improve reputation as an innovation engine and value center through high IT performance. When you think of "IT performance," what comes...

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New Year Reflection: Who AreYou, Really?

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” Lao Tzu New year day is every human’s birthday, it’s also the time for self-reflection: who are you really? Are you getting wiser since you are getting older? Are you getting happier if you are getting wiser? Are you getting healthier if you are getting happier? Are you getting...

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