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	<title>SimonStapleton.com &#187; IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)</title>
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		<title>As A Leader, Your Personality Is Everything (Part Two)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I began discussing the subject of Personality , and why it is important to IT leaders. Your personality is your personal brand and it&#8217;s how people, particularly your followers, will expect you to behave. Your behaviors are the root of your leadership style, and consistent behavior is what makes that style predictable by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Consider Business Readiness as an Afterthought?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/30/do-you-consider-business-readiness-as-an-afterthought/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/30/do-you-consider-business-readiness-as-an-afterthought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[BPM]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Project Manager]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business readiness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business risk]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=936</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You wouldn&#8217;t talk to someone who isn&#8217;t paying attention. Nor would you make a movie if you didn&#8217;t know who would watch it. So why do technology projects often deliver to a Business who isn&#8217;t ready to receive?
Business Readiness is a loose term which can mean the Business&#8217;s ability to take on what a project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Outsourcing Goes Wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/28/when-outsourcing-goes-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/28/when-outsourcing-goes-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[outsourcing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=928</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unless you&#8217;ve been living on the moon for 20 years, the subject of outsourcing shouldn&#8217;t be new to you. It isn&#8217;t a new phenomenon but it has grown, as a business practice, to meteroric proportions over the last 10 years. The Indian economy owes much to the practice. And China has been a location of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forrester Research: High-Impact Innovation for IT Leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/22/forrester-research-high-impact-innovation-for-it-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/22/forrester-research-high-impact-innovation-for-it-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[forrester research]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[high-impact]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=881</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was lucky enough to go to the Forrester Research IT Forum this summer which I thoroughly enjoyed as it crystallized a lot of my thinking and shone a torch on some important issues. My immediate reaction was to look at the Industrialization of IT  , and it&#8217;s impact on the workers  within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Reasons Why Managing Techies Is Like Driving A Car</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/15/10-reasons-why-managing-techies-is-like-driving-a-car/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/15/10-reasons-why-managing-techies-is-like-driving-a-car/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[managing techies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[technology management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=807</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was in a deep-thought moment and struck upon this analogy!
Managing Techies is like driving a car because&#8230;

You have to steer it, but you shouldn&#8217;t try to turn the wheels yourself  - techies need direction and guidance, but really don&#8217;t want you to do their job for them, so don&#8217;t attempt it. A common [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diary of a Tired CTO</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/03/diary-of-a-tired-cto-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/03/diary-of-a-tired-cto-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thejendra</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[




Dear Diary
I did the following things this month.
Met fourteen different IT vendors who gave an impressive high impact presentation on how their products and services can guarantee cost effective, cutting edge, optimized, and seamless, business value in tune with our strategic goals.
Rejected three vendors as their presentations were not in line with strategic customer oriented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Are The Super Geeks?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/02/who-are-the-super-geeks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/02/who-are-the-super-geeks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Geek]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[super geek]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=703</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The last quarter century has seen the rise of the Super Geek. This recent CIO.com article features 11 Super Geeks that have transformed society by disruptive technologies. This collection of individuals, if together, might be confused with the cantina in Star Wars, but their combined wealth is a hundred squillion dollars (roughly). Who are they?

Alan Kay - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Punch Above Your Weight! Drop Some Business Steroids - Get Your CIO Career Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/punch-above-your-weight-get-your-cio-career-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/punch-above-your-weight-get-your-cio-career-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[business steriods]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[career plan]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[commitment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[MBA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=706</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CIOs don&#8217;t become c-level through luck - so why put your career to chance?
Silicon.com have just run this story to highlight the important of having a career plan. CIOs don&#8217;t let their career become a game of wait-and-see, but they actively plan for it. But many people don&#8217;t do this, but instead meander their way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Projects Are About People, Not Technology (According To Elizabeth Harrin)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/25/projects-are-about-people-not-technology-according-to-elizabeth-harrin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/25/projects-are-about-people-not-technology-according-to-elizabeth-harrin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Freelancer]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent post on her blog, Elizabeth Harrin shares with us some research from Forrester which (in her words) reminds us that projects are about people, not technology. 
Elizabeth Harrin is a blogger (a girl&#8217;s guide to project management) who won the ComputerWeekly 2008 IT Blog Awards in the Project Management category. Her post [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Respond To The Current Financial Markets Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/18/how-to-respond-to-the-current-financial-markets-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/18/how-to-respond-to-the-current-financial-markets-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cost-savings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[expenditure]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=601</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Right now, every business will be looking at its finances. With volatility in financial markets, it&#8217;s time to take another look at budgets and expenditure to insulate your business from the downturn. What should IT leaders do? Cut, cut some more, but don&#8217;t cut deep.
If you control budget and expense it&#8217;s likely you&#8217;re already involved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten REAL Reasons Why IT Projects Fail</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/17/ten-real-reasons-why-it-projects-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/17/ten-real-reasons-why-it-projects-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=582</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do IT Projects fail? Project Managers reel out a million reasons and excuses. But in my years of working in projects, whatever the size or budget, there are 10 reasons why failed projects end up that way.
1. Too Many Parallel Activities into One Completion Date
Project deadlines are not like train stations. Activities of a project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Comment on &#8216;Business Readiness for the Facebook Generation&#8217; on the Silicon.com CIO Jury</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/15/my-comment-on-business-readiness-for-the-facebook-generation-on-the-siliconcom-cio-jury/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/15/my-comment-on-business-readiness-for-the-facebook-generation-on-the-siliconcom-cio-jury/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Surveys &amp; Opinion]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently invited to join the Silicon.com CIO Jury , and I&#8217;ve had my first opinion posted. In this article, I comment on whether Businesses are ready for Facebook generation.  
Simon
&#169;2008 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved..]]></description>
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		<title>Barack Obama Makes His (Pointless?) Play on Outsourcing</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/08/barack-obama-makes-his-pointless-play-on-outsourcing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/08/barack-obama-makes-his-pointless-play-on-outsourcing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=531</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama has publicly stated (I assume in his Government, should he get in) that organizations who outsource overseas won&#8217;t get tax breaks. What tax breaks though? In the US, organizations don&#8217;t get tax breaks specifically for this. And what has an organization&#8217;s choice of outsourcing got to do with politics, I would add - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Google&#8217;s Chrome To Disrupt the Browser Market, But Will It Disrupt the Enterprise Desktop?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/03/review-googles-chrome-to-disrupt-the-browser-market-but-will-it-disrupt-the-enterprise-desktop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/03/review-googles-chrome-to-disrupt-the-browser-market-but-will-it-disrupt-the-enterprise-desktop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Geek]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[chrome]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[google chrome]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Google&#8217;s usual style, there was a bit of a fanfare yesterday (September 2 2008) for the launch of their new &#8216;killer&#8217; browser, Chrome. Google&#8217;s brand and penetration will make it an overnight success and I am confident that it will displace Internet Explorer (further) and Firefox (less so) in the consumer PC market. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of Your Super Performers</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/03/beware-of-your-super-performers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/03/beware-of-your-super-performers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thejendra</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[excellence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[super performer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ If you have  the habit of reading business magazines, management books or articles you will definitely  encounter countless references about various super performers (or hyper efficient employees) that  exist in various organizations, departments, teams, etc. Of course, the  definition of a super performer is a subjective term that can vary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take the CIO Project and Portfolio Management Assessment</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/28/take-the-cio-project-and-portfolio-management-assessment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/28/take-the-cio-project-and-portfolio-management-assessment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Project Manager]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ppm]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[project]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I found a tool offered by Computer Associates which gives CIOs the ability to assess their organization&#8217;s Project and Portfolio Management (PPM). CA says:

68% of IT organizations are underutilizing their project resources - how do you compare? Take this opportunity to gauge the maturity of your own IT organization&#8217;s Project and Portfolio Management process with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web Outages - What is Your Story?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/25/web-outages-what-is-your-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/25/web-outages-what-is-your-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote an article about the really embarrassing issue of not knowing when your website is down - particularly before your boss does. Does this still happen to you?
Have you got a story along these lines? And how did you solve it? 
  
 Here is a story that a Charlie Steed, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brilliant Basics: When Good People Become Bad Bosses</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/25/brilliant-basics-when-good-people-become-bad-bosses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/25/brilliant-basics-when-good-people-become-bad-bosses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thejendra</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[bad boss]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bad management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As soon as the word bad boss is mentioned most people start imagining pictures of a wicked person, a crook, a tyrant, a scheming backstabbing individual, a selfish ogre, etc. And typical textbook definitions of a bad boss is one who screams, threatens, intimidates, grabs credit, fires people, throttles people’s necks and so on. While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Piss Off IT Professionals: Misalignment of Objectives</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/22/how-to-piss-off-it-professionals-misalignment-of-objectives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/22/how-to-piss-off-it-professionals-misalignment-of-objectives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[alignment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bad management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[employee satisfaction]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[morale]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[objectives]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my more popular articles recently has been &#8216;12 Behaviors Most Disliked by IT Professionals &#8216; in which I shared the 12 things IT professionals hated the most about their leaders. In this article, I will be addressing one of these - when the objectives of different leaders are misaligned. 
  
 I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money Isn&#8217;t Everything, According to IT Professionals (who responded)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/20/money-isnt-everything-according-to-it-professionals-who-responded/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/20/money-isnt-everything-according-to-it-professionals-who-responded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Pay &amp; Money]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just read an excellent article, written by Ann All, on the IT Business Edge website that discusses the working environment that IT professionals prefer to work in.
What I like about it is Ann&#8217;s honest view about the conclusion that IT people like to work in a positive, challenging environment. I&#8217;m pleased that IT people see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 Behaviors Most Disliked by IT Professionals</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/14/12-behaviors-most-disliked-by-it-professionals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/14/12-behaviors-most-disliked-by-it-professionals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Opinion isn&#8217;t one-sided! In response to my recent article on the 11 behaviors most disliked by IT leaders, here are the 12 behaviors most disliked by IT workers of their managers/leaders. This list was created from surveying some of the IT professionals I know and connect with from a number of countries and industries (56 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaders Must Exorcise The Curse of Email</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/08/leaders-must-exorcise-the-curse-of-email/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/08/leaders-must-exorcise-the-curse-of-email/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[conflict]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[email]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[negotiation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[saying No]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote about the 11 Behaviors most disliked by IT Leaders, and #9 in that list was:
Email-itis - in other words, staff using emails rather than interacting with each other in person. The added hatred was the use of blind copy and the overuse of copy to a wide audience

What is so annoying about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Sell SOA to Your Business</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/06/how-to-sell-soa-to-your-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/06/how-to-sell-soa-to-your-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[SOA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=229</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To most people outside of IT, SOA is really dull. I hear business people talk about it as &#8216;hype&#8217; and an &#8216;excuse&#8217; to delay work. Well that might be true in some cases. But I think it is more likely because of a lack of understanding and appreciation of the potential upside.
I recently wrote about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Know If You Live Your Organization&#8217;s Values?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/02/do-you-know-if-you-live-your-company-values/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/02/do-you-know-if-you-live-your-company-values/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[company values]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[organizational values]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Good leaders know what they value and what their values are, and they recognize the importance of ethical behavior. The great leaders consistently and recognizably exhibit their values and ethics in their leadership style and actions. But what about the values that your organization declares it honors in corporate brochures, office posters and standard desktop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11 Behaviors Most Disliked by IT Leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/11-behaviors-most-disliked-by-it-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/11-behaviors-most-disliked-by-it-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I met with 20 CIOs and other senior IT leaders over dinner and we approached the subject of behavior in their departments. We went around the table sharing the behaviors we would most like to see the back of. So I noted them down to share with you.
I should first say that, of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Successfully Share Your Vision for IT</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/29/how-to-successfully-share-your-vision-for-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/29/how-to-successfully-share-your-vision-for-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[it strategy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[it vision]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Successfully sharing your vision for technology in your business is a constant challenge.  If there was a silver bullet to this, it would be worth more than its weight in gold (nice metaphor, eh?)
The IT vision isn&#8217;t something owned only by the CIO, it is a product of many people in the organization. Once [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Painful Reminder About Change Management</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/24/a-painful-reminder-about-change-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/24/a-painful-reminder-about-change-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[business transformation]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re headlong into a programme of work which requires significant process change, it is so easy to forget about the people the processes have an effect on. I&#8217;ve just realized this to my dispeasure!
Right now I am involved in a programme of working changing IT delivery processes, that covers the standard ITIL approach of Release [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SOA Demands Different Leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/21/soa-demands-different-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/21/soa-demands-different-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[BPM]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Business Analysis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) isn&#8217;t a new concept, but its emergence in organizations is demanding transformational leadership to be applied at all levels.
I&#8217;m assuming you already know about SOA, but I want to recap one important point. The nature of SOA is that it demands server-based technology functions, such as an accounting suite, to become the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is CRM On Your Agenda?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/17/is-crm-on-your-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/17/is-crm-on-your-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[IT Leaders have been burnt badly over CRM (Customer Relationship Management).
There are many failed CRM initiatives to dine out on. But CRM is set to face a resurgence as technology and business has matured towards being really ready for it. And this I think is they key reason why. CRM in the late 90s and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Win the War on Disaster Recovery!</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/16/how-to-win-the-war-on-disaster-recovery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/16/how-to-win-the-war-on-disaster-recovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[business continuity]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Disaster Recovery is one of the most dull and least important issues in IT, or so I am told (reading between the lines). 
Even in large, multi-billion dollar organizations, disaster recovery and business continuity management is given less than 2% of the annual budget. It&#8217;s as if 9/11 never happened, which we all know, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Afford the Cloud?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/15/can-you-afford-the-cloud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/15/can-you-afford-the-cloud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[information security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cloud Computing, where the architecture of your technology estate is based upon the integration of third-party technologies and services, is gaining momentum in the industry. 
It&#8217;s a natural extension of outsourcing where an organization uses technology within it&#8217;s own physical boundary (i.e. its data-center) but the technology is owned and operated by the vendor. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of the Danger of Blocking on the Web</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/11/beware-of-the-danger-of-blocking-on-the-web/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/11/beware-of-the-danger-of-blocking-on-the-web/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I found an interesting article on mashable.com where the blocking of content is discussed. With the rise of cloud computing and increasing number of teleworkers, IT leaders might be putting their business at risk if they are not in control of their ISPs, who may act on their own discretion to block connectivity.
The link: http://mashable.com/2008/07/11/take-back-the-internet/
IT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why IT Infrastructure really is the &#8216;Dial-Tone&#8217; of Business Operations</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/09/why-it-infrastructure-really-is-the-dial-tone-of-business-operations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/09/why-it-infrastructure-really-is-the-dial-tone-of-business-operations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Your company&#8217;s gateway to the Internet is replacing your Shop Window and your Telephone Switchboard. Outage can be measured in lost dollars and reputation.
If you pick up the phone to make a call and don&#8217;t here the dial-tone, what do you do? You might swear and bang the receiver repeatedly in disgust. If you go to a retail outlet and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Reasons Why To Love The IT Industry, and 5 Reasons To Hate It</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/06/5-reasons-why-to-love-the-it-industry-and-5-reasons-to-hate-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/06/5-reasons-why-to-love-the-it-industry-and-5-reasons-to-hate-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The IT Industry has come along way since its professionals were consigned to the basement floors in the domain of flashing lights and large reel-to-reel tapes. IT is Business. IT is the core of commerce. IT has a seat at the Executive table . So what&#8217;s to like about the industry recently emerged from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why BPM is a Real Tough Sell to Your Boss</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/03/why-bpm-is-a-real-tough-sell-to-your-boss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/03/why-bpm-is-a-real-tough-sell-to-your-boss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[To continue the recent thread of posts about BPM, we&#8217;re going to look at the Real Tough Sell of it.
BPM is about Evolution, not Revolution: The Western world is addicted to the Quick Fix, Instant Gratification and Revolution. High Impact is expected. BPM follows the concept of Kaizen (a Japanese philosophy) where the organization continually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Top Tips That Will Improve Morale in the IT Ops department</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/02/10-top-tools-that-improve-morale-in-the-it-ops-department/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/02/10-top-tools-that-improve-morale-in-the-it-ops-department/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is your IT Ops team productive and always on top of their game? No? Then maybe it&#8217;s their morale that needs a boost.
There are some simple, low-cost and very effective things that can be done to improve this, and you&#8217;ll see that morale and productivity is boosted:

Invest in information boards:Using the traditional dot-matrix panels or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you a Budding IT Exec? How to find out</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/01/are-you-a-budding-it-exec-how-to-find-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/01/are-you-a-budding-it-exec-how-to-find-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=115</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To continue the theme (see Are you a Technical Professional? and Are you a Geek?), you can find out if you&#8217;re a IT Leader in the making by asking yourself if you exhibit three or more of the behaviors below:

You find yourself thinking with pragmatism and not with perfectionism
You wish COBOL.NET was THE language of choice, so you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How IT Leaders Can Get The Most Out Of Developers</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/29/how-it-leaders-can-get-the-most-out-of-developers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/29/how-it-leaders-can-get-the-most-out-of-developers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am not going to take credit for all of this post&#8230; I was inspired by Esther Schindler &#8217;s article on CIO.COM titled &#8216;Managing and Motivating Developers: Tips for Management Cluefulness .&#8217; The subject is close to my heart as over the last 8 years I&#8217;ve been doing exactly that. I&#8217;d also say that Esther&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 More Tips for Aspiring Execs&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/10-more-tips-for-aspiring-execs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/10-more-tips-for-aspiring-execs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re an aspiring CIO or CTO then you have to keep on your game CONSTANTLY . But it isn&#8217;t always about being clever. It&#8217;s about doing a number of simple things well, and continuously.
I post a number of articles about career progression from the shop floor to the board room table, and below is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Must Industrialize IT to Secure your Organization&#8217;s Future</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/18/you-must-industrialize-it-to-secure-your-organizations-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/18/you-must-industrialize-it-to-secure-your-organizations-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you afford to continue wasting time and resources by re-inventing the wheel and firefighting? This is the question many IT leaders are asking themselves in light of a downturn in financial markets and pressure to get more from less.
Recent keynote addresses by companies like IBM and Forrester say that IT must move away from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prepare for the Future of IT Organization, or Be Left Behind</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/17/prepare-for-the-future-of-it-organization/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/17/prepare-for-the-future-of-it-organization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve just come from the Forrester IT Forum in Lisbon, Portugal, and discovered a number of insights that crystallized some thoughts I’d been having for a while. One of these insights that resonated especially was the future of IT Leadership and the potential fork in the road of the IT career path.
During the last few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Build Your Virtual Center of Excellence</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/16/how-to-build-your-virtual-center-of-excellence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/16/how-to-build-your-virtual-center-of-excellence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=112</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Virtual Center of Excellence is a fairly new organizational concept. Its aim is to bring the capabilities, knowledge and expertise together from diverse teams across geographical and organization boundaries to create something exemplary and distinguishable within its domain.  Said another way, VCOEs create a kick-ass team of experts brought together over the web. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delivery is still the top concern of Execs!</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/12/delivery-is-still-the-top-concern-of-execs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/12/delivery-is-still-the-top-concern-of-execs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/12/delivery-is-still-the-top-concern-of-execs/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been mixing with some of the top Execs (CIOs, CTOs, Heads of IT) over the last few days at the Forrester IT Forum in Lisbon, Portugal, and I&#8217;ve had a number of conversations about the top issues they face.
Not surprisingly, delivery is still the key concern.

What I discovered though is that this issue varies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to respond when prospectors call following Press Announcements</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/04/when-prospectors-call-following-press-announcements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/04/when-prospectors-call-following-press-announcements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/04/when-prospectors-call-following-press-announcements/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you noticed that when your organization announces something in the press that you begin to receive an unusual number of calls offering consultation and other services? Your company may have just announced a new product launch, division, lay-offs or a serious accountancy error.
It can be a pain in the ass, quite frankly. But remember, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Implications of the Product Life-Cycle (Part Two)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/03/the-implications-of-the-product-life-cycle-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/03/the-implications-of-the-product-life-cycle-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/03/the-implications-of-the-product-life-cycle-part-two/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a continuation of this previous article, which looks at the implications of the Product Life-Cycle. In the previous article, I discussed the phases Development, Introduction and Growth.
Now onto Maturity. Maturity is the phase where the product is well established in the market in terms of market share and is turning a healthy profit for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Implications of the Product Life-Cycle (Part One)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/05/28/the-implications-of-the-product-life-cycle-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/05/28/the-implications-of-the-product-life-cycle-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 10:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that organizational shape and behavior tends to reflect it’s company’s products? I suspected this but it was recently confirmed in this HBS Working Knowledge paper. So when this subject was suggested by Katy Ling I thought it might be interesting to reflect on this phenomenon, and what it means to Technical Professionals. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diary of a Tired CTO</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/01/07/diary-of-a-tired-cto/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/01/07/diary-of-a-tired-cto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thejendra</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[


Dear Diary
I did the following things this month.
Met fourteen different IT vendors who gave an impressive high impact presentation on how their products and services can guarantee cost effective, cutting edge, optimized, and seamless, business value in tune with our strategic goals.
Rejected three vendors as their presentations were not in line with strategic customer oriented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To MBA, or not MBA&#8230; that is the question?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/01/03/to-mba-or-not-mba-that-is-the-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/01/03/to-mba-or-not-mba-that-is-the-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Does completing an MBA give you a ticket to success as a business leader?
Answer: No, it doesn&#8217;t.
The virtues of an MBA are often hyped and rarely understated. So why is it such a big deal? Well the average MBA will cost a student 25K UKP/50K USD, so the universities have a good reason to [...]]]></description>
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