skills in comment and analysis
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.10.09
Round-Up How many times have you heard a tale of woe that features 1) an incriminating photo from an office party and/or 2) a comment on the skills of a co-worker along the lines of "witless, talentless buffoon of a man" and 3)... [16 Oct 2009]
Naked CIO: Put more business in IT education
Comment Know-how also varies greatly depending on the environment and discipline - and the generalist education is woefully inept at preparing young minds to apply technical skills in specialised environments. [12 Oct 2009]
Christian Engström
AS Profile He honed his political skills as a member of the Swedish Liberal People's Party and with eight years services in local politics before the founding of the Pirate Party in 2006. The issue of piracy has never been more... [08 Oct 2009]
How to grow tech businesses during a recession
Comment Delivering better services requires people with a wide range of skills and capabilities. Entrepreneur and Dragons' Den judge James Caan explains how to shape up your business through the downturn. IT is more fundamental... [06 Oct 2009]
Karen Price
AS Profile As CEO of e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for business and information technology, it's Karen Price's job to nurture and grow the nation's IT skills. The Agenda Setters judges... [29 Sep 2009]
Naked CIO: Top 10 reasons to be a CIO
Comment Despite what some say about the skills gap, Britain still has some of the best and most refreshing young IT minds in the world - and we get to work alongside them. Do the pros of being an IT leader outweigh the cons? [17 Aug 2009]
How to keep staff happy during the downturn
Comment The IT organisation at Company A also supports managers by providing tools such as personal balanced scorecards and IT skills road maps to use in manager-employee discussions. Approach 2 - Create compelling opportunities... [10 Aug 2009]
Seven ways to boost your workplace confidence
Comment Other high profile business bosses have their own trademark methods of demonstrating confidence and winning trust in their leadership skills, from a quietly assertive Terry Leahy, the unapologetic Michael O'Leary, and an... [29 Jul 2009]
Inspire creativity at the office - here's how
Comment We're not trying to control our staff anymore, instead we're trying to harness the best of their skills and experience. The 21st century office needs to inspire creativity more than mere productivity. [28 Jul 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Three clicks away from eight million people
Comment All civilisations have been critically dependent upon the development of communication skills, language, mathematics and abstract thinking. Compiled at the IoD and various hotels in London over several days, polished on... [23 Jul 2009]
Naked CIO: We need an offshoring tax
Comment Secondly, more research needs to be completed on the impact of offshoring to assess the impact on local skills, total cost and/or benefit, and the net impact on local businesses present and future. Offshoring is here to... [20 Jul 2009]
Naked CIO: Speak up for British jobs
Comment This trend could lead to an age where we no longer have the skills or the infrastructure to support technology business or large-scale technology departments within the UK. Government to offshore more IT jobs? [14 Jul 2009]
Do small businesses need BI?
Comment These are not global companies, so there's a skills difference, there are fewer users, generally, and less sophistication," he says of small businesses. This is unlikely to be something that... [07 Jul 2009]
On a new Voyager, tackling fraud and the intellectual challenge
Comment Joining Nationwide has given me the opportunity to build on the skills from my younger days around programme management, project management and the implementation of IT systems," he added. Nationwide IT director Peter... [06 Jul 2009]
How to make Google sit up and take notice
Comment Most web users don't have the time or patience to develop the skills of a professional researcher so their search experience is the antithesis: type something into Google, choose the top three results, one of which will... [17 Jun 2009]
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