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 [...]

 

 

 

This summer, Coca-Cola launches a new product. No, it’s not another new Coke to compete or cannibalize the Coke "Classic". It’s a Coke vending machine. It’s called the Freestyle.

So what’s exciting about that? According to Coca-Cola press release it’s the "next generation fountain beverage dispenser". What is remarkable is that it represents a rare [...]

 

 

 

Readers of this blog are now familiar with my stance on the Business-IT Alignment issue: that it would take an engagement from both sides and on a level-playing field. This is perhaps the biggest challenge facing the CIOs. Notwithstanding the constant struggle by the CIOs in the executive boardroom, the IT press coverage sometimes doesn’t help [...]

 

 

 

I was recently attracted to a discussion on LinkedIn’s CIO Network Forum started by Mark Chillingworth, Editor at IDG Communications. He referred to a CIO-UK article entitled "IT-business alignment is still on the CIO agenda", with the sub-title "Align with the IT, not the other way around" and the following teaser:
The debate is switching, the [...]

 

 

 

This is the third post in the recent series on Business-IT Alignment where the issue is examined from both sides of the coin so to speak. The objective is to demonstrate that Business-IT Alignment is possible if there is a level playing field where both Business and IT are accountable for their action, not just [...]

 

 

 

In a previous post, I asked the question: "What Business Would IT Align To?" to highlight the fact that Business is a generic term used indiscriminately for different entities in different contexts. So when a divisional head was not happy with the services provided by the central IT group, it could be called a Business-IT mis-alignment. [...]

 

 

 

This is a quote extracted from an interview by CIO Insight with Holly Morris, CIO at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (a faith-based, non-profit insurance provider) in the May 2009 issue:
"It’s more a Zen state of mind that you have to constantly be changing and morphing along with the business."
I like this quote very much [...]

 

 

 

"The mass of IT Leaders lead a corporate life of quiet frustration." 
This was the thought that crossed my mind when I read recent press articles on the CIO crisis. This quote is a paraphrase of Henri David Thoreau who has said "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation" more than 150 years ago [...]

 

 

 

This is the third and final post in the series on Staying Relevant to Business. In this post, I will review the types of competency that a CIO needs to develop to ensure predictable IT successes hence positive business perception.
In Part 1, I have highlighted the renewed threat to the survival of the CIO role (and [...]

 

 

 

This is a follow-up on an earlier post this week, CIO: How Do You Stay Relevant to Business? in which I suggested that the IT organization and its commander-in-chief, the CIO, could learn a lesson or two about Relevancy from one of the best organizations, the U.S. Marine Corps. Despite its repeatedly demonstrated value in [...]