There has been a big push by our new CIO for our IT organization to be more innovative. What things can I do in my department to enhance our innovative culture?

Innovation doesn’t always require the use of new leading technologies, such as AI. Within IT, innovation most often comes from innovative ideas on how to use technologies and equipment you already own.

Below are 10 questions you can ask your staff, maybe one question per weekly staff meeting, that may help you drive innovation within your department . . .

Giving someone a promotion sounds like it should be easy. You call the person into your office, tell him he has been promoted and to continue doing great work, shake his hand and send him on his way. In one sense, it is that easy. However, there are a number of factors to consider . . .

My boss is a great person, but sometimes I can’t seem to get his attention and support for the things I think are most important for my department. Any suggestions on how influence my manager in this way?

The first thing you must do to gain the support and ear of your manager is . . .

Managing up is one of the most important things that you must learn to do. To a large extent, the levels of management above you control your success and future at the company. If they like you, respect you, and think that you can help their careers, they will . . .

User-Computing, previously called “Shadow IT” until the term was reused by the cloud and cybersecurity community, refers to people outside of IT performing IT-related tasks, such as programming, SaaS application customizations, and other similar activities.

AI brings with it another whole new set of end-user tools that can be used by the non-IT community to automate processes, enhance productivity, and work with data.

This webinar discusses these realities from an IT perspective and provides various ideas on how to assure these activities are properly monitored, secured, and production ready.

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Rule number one is to be a team player. It will make it easier for you, easier for your boss and easier for your group.

Assuming that your peers are also managers, your boss is then a manager of managers. As a result . . .

Wow, what an industry we’re in, technical mega-trend after mega-trend. There’s gold in them there trends for the techies that can identify a unique niche, application type or business need, or job opportunity.

These industry-changing trends can be of great career and financial benefit to you . . .