Nigel Fortlage | CIO/CMO at GHY International Nigel Fortlage is the President of CIOCAN’s Manitoba Chapter, and a member of CIOCAN’s National Board. GHY is an international customs brokerage founded in 1901. It’s a 4th generation privately held firm that has achieved Platinum status as one of Canada’s best –managed companies. Dual CIO/CMO role enhances …
In May 2015 a national webinar, hosted by Mary Anne Ballantyne, explored the hot topic The ‘Internet of Things’. The speaker for the event was Nigel Wallis, IDC Canada’s Director of Research Director for Vertical Markets. Association members Dave Codack, Shari Wallace, and Joe Schuldhaus provided input from their experience.
OK, I caved. I finally bought a Toshiba tablet running Windows 8. I’m a long time iPad user and resisted buying a different tablet. What finally convinced me is the ability to connect a USB to a tablet to import and edit Word documents and spreadsheets which can’t be done on the iPad without serious manipulations.
Recently I attended the Learning Solutions conference in Orlando, where along with 500 plus attendees, I learned more about mobile learning, or m-learning. What is mobile learning?
At the Learning Solutions conference in Orlando last month, I heard many of the vendors and speakers talk about bite-sized learning. What is it?
One of the most challenging aspects of a CIO’s position is to ensure that there are indeed adequate financial resources to accomplish what needs to be done to facilitate digital transformation.
In this presentation from the 2014 CIO Peer Forum, Brian Brennan made the case for Business Analytics being the driving force behind business innovation. His prescription is to transform business analysis practice from a culture of order-takers and requirements managers to a driver of organizational change and business value.
In her keynote address at the 2015 CIO Peer Forum, Abbie Lundberg shared highlights from recent research conducted at both MIT CISR and HBR Analytic Services that explored the nature of digital leadership from the board to the c-suite and into the lines of business. The confluence of mobile, cloud and analytics are transforming business …
Clearly it is true that tech advancements have significant impact on enterprise productivity and profitability. However, the implications of the massive cultural and leadership shifts inherent in changing business environment are often overlooked. In this presentation from the 2015 CIO Peer Forum, Steve Cadigan shares insight into leadership and talent management gained through his experiences in Silicon …
One of the most important objectives for any CIO is to build core based capabilities for their own organization to properly drive value both for today and for the future. Previously in my CIO leadership fundamentals blog series I addressed the topics of strategy and relationships. In this third blog in the series, a high level approach is outlined on how best to go about building core capabilities, from a practitioner’s perspective.
For outstanding contribution and service to the CIO Association of Canada, and its predecessor, the CIO Association of BC (CIOABC), Jim Williams has been named the second-only CIOCAN Lifetime Member. Jim Williams, Catherine Boivie and Blaize Reich were on that fateful bus trip to a Seattle I.T. Leadership Conference in 1997 that resulted in the …
The second step in covering CIO Basics is identifying and developing the internal and external relationships that are essential for supporting and successfully executing the strategy that was articulated in the first step.