Leadership in the 21st century has been a hot topic for years. It’s a big topic, with a broad swath being covered. Today let’s focus on IS leadership for the 21st century, specifically those responsible for programmers. Programmers still exist. Programmers largely aren’t programming games, smart phone applications or best of breed web sites. Most…
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Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin – Review
I’ll tell you right up front that Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us is a book you’ll dismiss or embrace. I’m fairly certain there is no middle ground here. What it comes down to is your willingness to believe you can lead and your acceptance that most folks are sheepwalking. Seth takes us through…
Toastmasters for Tojosan
Toastmasters has been around since 1924. The nonprofit organization now has nearly 235,000 members in 11,700 clubs in 92 countries. In my area there are several active clubs, meeting just about every day of the week. It turns out that the company I work for, Covidien, has its own club, The Covidien Communicators. The Communicators…
