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Innovation Research Event October 15
The Edmonton Chapter October luncheon event focused on the challenges and opportunities of ‘open innovation’ and the application of public research to address the needs of industry. The speaker, Geoff Gregson, …
CIO Award Winners: what does it take?
In a world where negative stories about IT project failures seem to dominate the top headlines, it is great to be able to celebrate CIO successes.
CIOCAN-SFU Leadership Development Program
Applications are currently being accepted for the CIOCAN-SFU Leadership Development Program. Our recent grad from Toronto found the experience very rewarding, and as the program literature says, this is indeed …
Switching from iPad to ‘more productive’ Windows 8 tablet has its ups and downs
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.
Why Michael Furdyk is using m-learning to connect with youth about Canadian identity
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?
How the Cheesecake Factory trains its staff with ‘bite-sized 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?
CIO leadership fundamentals #4: Managing the money
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.
CIO leadership fundamentals part 3: Building core capabilities
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.
Vancouver Chapter Member named CIOCAN Lifetime Member
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. …
CIO leadership fundamentals: Relationships do matter – 2nd in the blog series
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.
CIO leadership fundamentals: Relationships do matter – 2nd in the blog serie
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.
CIO leadership fundamentals: Strategy comes first
In an attempt to provide more direct insights into the world of the CIO from a layman’s perspective, here is the initial blog in a series on CIO Leadership Basics.
European and Canadian CIOs – Similar Challenges and Opportunities in 2015
On behalf of the CIO Association of Canada, I had the pleasure of attending the annual EuroCIO Conference in Brussels in late November. The theme of the conference was “Digital Business Transformation: What is at stake for the CIO”.
A CIO at CES: 5 most intriguing products from CES Unveiled
Hello from the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where I attended the CES Unveiled event, set out solely for the press.
A CIO at CES: the Weird and the Wonderful
Greetings once again from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where I am one of 160,000 attendees, 3500 vendors and 6000 media. Let me state at the start of this blog: I like technology gadgets but some of the devices I saw today makes me wonder, do we really need one of these?