It’s not enough to lead

I was sitting in a doctor’s office over the weekend and picked up the latest copy of Rolling Stone to page through the interview with President Obama. And leaving aside my opinion on the president and his tenure to date, I found the article fascinating on a number of levels, the most important of which for this blog is the implications it had for leadership.

The execution cycle

I’ve cracked the next book in my quest to better understand the health care problems facing the U.S.: Getting Health Reform Right, by Roberts, Hsiao, Berman, and Reich. This is another long one, so a dedicate review is a ways off, but I came across an interesting framework in the opening chapters, one that, with some slight changes in emphasis, could have applicability beyond government policy to include corporate decision-making.

Words of wisdom – CIO roundtable, Oklahoma IT Symposium

I was lucky enough to attend the Oklahoma IT Symposium two weeks ago and hear a great CIO roundtable with leaders from a diverse set of organizations. I jotted down some things that struck me at the time and wanted to share them here.

Centrifugal and centripetal leadership

I’m reading The Innovator’s Prescription, Clayton M. Christensen’s excellent analysis of the health care problem facing the United States. It’s a long book (almost 500 pages), and I’m only 30 or so pages into it, but already it’s turned out to be thought-provoking.

One concept in particular caught my attention so far: the idea of decentralizing versus centralizing product development.

Speaking of Leadership – David DeLuna (part 2)

As part of the Speaking of Leadership series, I sat down with David DeLuna recently to talk with him about his time as CIO at Allied Van Lines, technology, and leadership.

Speaking of Leadership – David DeLuna

As part of the Speaking of Leadership series, I sat down with David DeLuna recently to talk with him about his time as CIO at Allied Van Lines, technology, and leadership.

David has 25 years of full business and technology solution implementation experience. In his current role as director of account management at ProspX, he and his team serve as the primary point-of-contact for all customers and leads day-to-day account management and customer satisfaction. Prior to joining ProspX, David managed high visibility, highly complex strategic projects for Doculabs, a leader in strategic consulting and market research. Prior to that, David served as CIO at Allied Worldwide, a $2+ Billion leading global relocation, moving services and logistics company. In this capacity, he managed a $14 million budget and 90 professionals and was responsible for implementing a claims management system that saved the company $1 million annually. David has held management level positions at leading organizations such as BSG, Trident, PerSe Technologies and Moveline. David is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and holds a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications.