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Trying to keep up with the fast-moving world of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) these days isn't easy -- here are a few news subscriptions I've found useful: * I find the TLDR email newsletters great surveys of news, including the AI one (and several others) * The AI
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As an introvert, it’s easy for me, when under pressure to prioritize a heads-down, intense work mode, which can be powerful (e.g., Cal Newport's Deep Work and Pomodoro Technique). After enjoying yesterday's HMG CIO Summit, I was reminded that building professional peer relationships is
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I recently presented to Academy Investor Network's AINVentures on principles and some recommended software tools by technology category for early stage companies. AIN is a great pre-seed and seed-stage focused venture fund, with a focus on connecting U.S. Military Academy graduates and investing in dual-use (Government and
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SIM (professional group for CIOs and their direct reports) hosted a webinar today about Enterprise Architecture (EA), in partnership with Info-Tech Research Group. Enterprise Architecture is a triggering, baggage-laden phrase for people who have had bad experiences with ivory-tower architects who want to throw TOGAF diagrams at people and tell
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iDEAFest2020 is a great new virtual conference, which is a new two day event that started yesterday and will end later today (April 21-22, 2020). It's a diverse set of speakers talking about Agile, process improvement, cyber security, customer experience, leadership, and many other domains. While it'
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With so many in-person conferences and events cancelled, I'm excited to be presenting at iDEAFest 2020, a virtual (all online) 2 day conference on April 21 and 22. The two-day event will be all online, and only costs $99 to attend. Speakers will include: * Ty Schieber, Chair of
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The Department of Defense Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) was released today (Version 1.0), and is available on DoD's OSD website here. This is a cyber security standard, with 5 maturity levels, created in partnership between the SEI Institute and the DoD. The DoD has announced that
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I recently went to the 2019 Gartner Security and Risk Summit in National Harbor (outside of DC). This was my second Gartner conference, and so far they're 2 for 2 at delivering high-quality, impactful, intense 5 day conferences. The event was jam-packed with great sessions, roundtables, workshops, and
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Microsoft recently posted 3 ways to outsmart shadow IT, which talks some technology ways that CIOs can fight against Shadow IT (when employees use technologies not provided/controlled by the company to do their work, such as Dropbox or Gmail). While security of company information is incredibly important, and Shadow
agile
Organizations must intentionally determine how opinionated their collaboration tools (business systems) should be, to align with their culture and business model. Opinionated tools align well with top-down organizational cultures, while non-opinionated tools align well with decentralized, self-organizing cultures. Organizations struggle at each extreme: 1. Top-down organizations struggle to scale effectively,
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I recently spoke at the 2017 Capability Counts conference, put on by the CMMI Institute. It's an interesting event that isn't focused just on CMMI maturity models -- instead it's a conference where a few hundred people get together to discuss process improvement, Agile,
CIO
If you're the CIO, Director of Technology, IT Person, or Only Person (Solopreneur) at your organization, here are 5 areas of questions areas to consider when determining if a specific IT system or process would align with your small company's needs: 1. Alignment: Does this system