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Tao of IT is a social website dedicated to the business of living according to Tao, an eastern concept of the Way to conduct one’s life. Its target audience is the IT world.

IT, or Information Technology, is used here in the most liberal sense, encompassing everything and everyone having a role in the planning, development, operation and governance of computer technologies and their applications.

IT and Business is a world divided. Being an IT professional in today’s context is challenging. The expections from business users of IT services are high while their perception of same is low. Being an IT leader is doubly challenging. Hopefully, you will find here some useful information distilled from many years of practising the eastern philosophies in a decidedly western environment.
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A Short Hiatus

November 30, 2009  
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Since there were no activities here for the last couple of months, you may wonder if I have given up this Tao-of-IT.com website for good. It is not the case, but I have other priorities to take care of for the time being. I will be back in the new year 2010, definitely with a fresher [...]

The Quiet Force behind Genius

October 7, 2009  
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Sometimes, a genius needs help to fully realize his potential. That’s the story of Willard Boyle, the co-winner of the 2009 Nobel Physics Prize. Together with George Smith, a co-worker at Bell Labs in New Jersey, they have invented CCD (Charge-Coupled Device), a key component in digital sensor technology that was both revolutionary and widely applicable. More [...]

Knowledge is Information, transformed

September 28, 2009  
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If Information is "Data, correlated" then Knowledge is "Information, transformed". The transformation from Information to Knowledge is an exercise of the brain that, once understood, could shed light on the elusive process of capturing the tacit knowledge of business and corporate smarts.
Information is not Knowledge
The former is interesting but only the latter is useful. You [...]

On Clarity

September 23, 2009  
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When it comes to describe a great leader, one who can inspire others to embrace change, there is no single word that can adequately do so. We may have touched on one such word, Integrity, in previous posts. Credibility would be a close second. In the context of a business organization, however, there are many managers but [...]

The Fallacy of measuring Employee Engagement

September 16, 2009  
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I have been updating the Newly added Favorite Blog Posts & Articles section in the What’s New On This Site column in the sidebar for a while now, but this is the first time that I feel the urge to write about one of them. The blog post in question is Engagement Soup by Bret L. Simmons in his own Blog by the same [...]

3 More Leadership Styles

September 14, 2009  
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In a previous post, R.A.R.E. Leadership is Rare, I have described a style of leadership that is encapsulated in the acronym R.A.R.E. A RARE leader is one who has Respect for people and earns their Respect in return, has a positive Attitude, a Recognition of the contribution by others and Excels in his/her field of [...]