Comments on CIO Blog: 2007 Diary - week 11

I do actually think that Blogs could well reduce m...

2007-04-02T15:19:00.000Z

I do actually think that Blogs could well reduce meetings and be a useful tool within an organisation. I thought Wiki's may have also been useful but have struggled with these because of their openess. But blogs I think could be very usefull and I am certainly going to try these initially within IT.

Peter:Regarding your comment "One of the downsides...

2007-03-30T12:36:00.000Z

Peter:

Regarding your comment "One of the downsides is meetings": do you think that adoption of tools like blogs within an organization might help to reduce the need for so many meetings by allowing some collaboration and communication activities to be accomplished without having to meet face-to-face?

You make some good points here. I am particularly ...

2007-03-25T13:35:00.000Z

You make some good points here. I am particularly biased towards Governance.

I am often frustrated at how challenged IT personnel are to do more than pay lipservice, there are real benefits to the organisation. I had recent involvement as below. It was a real eye opener

The Information Technology Process Institute (ITPI) and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers released studies into IT controls performance and IT governance.

CIO Magazine interviewed Dwayne Melancon, ITPI research fellow, and Steve Woolley, partner of the Pricewaterhouse Coopers advisory and technology practice, about the results and discussed how a CIO can turn IT controls into business productivity.

The podcast is here.

http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;593558102