Books, Blogs and the latest research about IT, management and leadership as compiled by the staff of CIO magazine. Tough times call for trusted leadership. Whether you’re addressing your staff about budget cuts or answering a question at a board meeting, you don’t want to look like you’re hiding something. Morgan, a communication coach, tells you how to align what you say with your body language. If gesture and posture are in synch with your words—and you convey your meaning with passion—you’ll be a charismatic speaker whose message rings true. And because communication isn’t one-sided, there’s advice for being a charismatic listener, too. Jossey-Bass, 2009, $27.95 “How to Fix the Innovation Gap” The McKinsey Quarterly, January 2009 Research: In this multimedia presentation, former Cisco CTO Judy Estrin talks about the importance of basic research and learning from failure. Read snippets or watch segments of the interview. See the McKinsey Quarterly SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe Counterintuitive By George Colony Blog: The founder and CEO of Forrester Research seeks to “question prevailing sentiments” via research that affects CIOs, CEOs, CMOs and strategy professionals. blogs.forrester.com/colony The Power of Less The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential By Leo Babauta Book: Babauta, who writes the blog Zen Habits, interprets the simplicity movement for workaholics. One piece of advice worth considering: Don’t write any e-mail more than five sentences long. Hyperion, 2009, $16.95 Bytes from Lev By Lev Gonick Blog: The vice president of IT Services and CIO at Case Western Reserve University opines about IT’s impact on academia and society. Recent entries address broadband, outsourcing and the economy. blog.case.edu/lev.gonick “The Next Wave of Green IT” Deloitte/CFO research services Research: You’ve consolidated servers, rationalized applications and bought a ton of energy-efficient hardware. So what’s next when it comes to going green? That’s the question at the heart of this study, which explores how global Fortune 1000 companies are changing their IT practices to save money, improve performance and shrink their carbon footprint. www.deloitte.com/us/nextwavegreenit Technologizer By Harry McCracken Blog: The former PC World editor in chief covers the consumer tech landscape, from Windows 7 to gaming. technologizer.com Business/IT Fusion How to Move Beyond Alignment and Transform IT in Your Organization By Peter Hinssen Book: The entrepreneur and business school lecturer offers a manual for becoming a “fusion leader” at the helm of an IT department that is tightly integrated with business operations. The book is divided into readable chunks about topics ranging from alignment models to lateral (the opposite of logical) thinking. Mach Media, 2009, $58 Related content feature Mastercard preps for the post-quantum cybersecurity threat A cryptographically relevant quantum computer will put everyday online transactions at risk. Mastercard is preparing for such an eventuality — today. By Poornima Apte Sep 22, 2023 6 mins CIO 100 CIO 100 CIO 100 feature 9 famous analytics and AI disasters Insights from data and machine learning algorithms can be invaluable, but mistakes can cost you reputation, revenue, or even lives. These high-profile analytics and AI blunders illustrate what can go wrong. By Thor Olavsrud Sep 22, 2023 13 mins Technology Industry Generative AI Machine Learning feature Top 15 data management platforms available today Data management platforms (DMPs) help organizations collect and manage data from a wide array of sources — and are becoming increasingly important for customer-centric sales and marketing campaigns. By Peter Wayner Sep 22, 2023 10 mins Marketing Software Data Management opinion Four questions for a casino InfoSec director By Beth Kormanik Sep 21, 2023 3 mins Media and Entertainment Industry Events Security Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe