The Zander Report

From 7/12/10 Careerealism...
Securing a new job is akin to a successful product launching!  All the time spent running a well-organized marketing campaign and now the product is in the market.  Well... you've landed your new job!  As in the product launch, you want to continually work on product positioning and posturing for long term success, right?  Likewise, you want to do so for your long term career success.
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From 7/9/10 CIO Minute...
Are you a Gatekeeper? A Beancounter's Apprentice? The Chief Widgeteer?  Read about 10 CIO archetypes and what you need to know about them.
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From 7/9/10 CNN.com...
In 1973, Martin Cooper and his team at Motorola built the first cell phone.  Cost:  $3,900 and 50 cents per minute to talk!  Here's a summary of a recent interview with Martin who is now 81 years old.
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From 7/7/10 CIO Insight...
Read a summary of Gartner's latest report, "Mergers and Acquisitions:  Integration Without Tears."  As strategic m&a activity picks up, CIOs/CTOs will be put to the test in organizational integration and the challenge of demonstrating the business value of IT.  This summary outlines the key phases of integration and how you can prepare.
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From CareerBuilder...
Why do some people seem to reach the top of the corporate ladder easily, while others remain stuck on the middle-management rung?  You might it's all about brains, talent and powerful people in their corner.  But there is something else that is just as important:  attitude.
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From 6/21/10 Computerworld...
Read about the top 100 IT workplaces that combine choice benefits with hot technologies and on-target training.  Computerworld's 16th annual report highlights those employers firing on all cylinders
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From 6/16/10 CNN...
As companies use cloud computing to store video games, more & more games will be played on portable devices like the iPad...  resulting in "cloud gaming" becoming a "console killer."
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From 6/9/10 CIO.com...
CIO's need to be ready to answer these questions designed to gauge their strategic orientation.  They may be posed by CEO's to elicit a CIO's knowledge of business strategy, customers and their current industry.

From 6/4/10 WSJ...
In his new book, "The Shallows", Nicholas Carr says "when we go online, we enter an environment that promotes cursory reading, hurried and distracted thinking, and superficial learning."  Is the Internet turning us, and our kids, into fast-twitch airheads incapable of profound cogitation?  Find out more in this book review.
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From 6/1/10 CNNMoney...
Jobs may be coming back, but they aren't the same ones workers were used to.  Many of the jobs are temporary or contract positions, rather than traditional full-time jobs with benefits.  In 2005 the government estimated that 31% of U.S. workers were already so-called contingent workers.  Experts say that number could increase to 40% or more in the next 10 years.
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