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		<title>Business-IT, Aligned?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Long Huynh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the third post in the recent series on Business-IT Alignment where the issue is examined from both sides of the coin so to speak. The objective is to demonstrate that Business-IT Alignment is possible if there is a level playing field where both Business and IT are accountable for their action, not just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which IT Needs Business Alignment?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Long Huynh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post, I asked the question: &#8220;What Business Would IT Align To?&#8221; to highlight the fact that Business is a generic term used indiscriminately for different entities in different contexts. So when a divisional head was not happy with the services provided by the central IT group, it could be called a Business-IT mis-alignment. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Quiet Force of IT</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Long Huynh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The mass of IT Leaders lead a corporate life of quiet frustration.&#8221; 
This was the thought that crossed my mind when I read recent press articles on the CIO crisis. This quote is a paraphrase of Henri David Thoreau who has said &#8220;The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation&#8221; more than 150 years ago [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CIO: How Do You Stay Relevant to Business? &#8211; Part 3</title>
		<link>http://tao-of-living.com/2009/06/cio-how-do-you-stay-relevant-to-business-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Long Huynh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the third and final post in the series on Staying Relevant to Business. In this post, I will review the types of competency that a CIO needs to develop to ensure predictable IT successes hence positive business perception.
In Part 1, I have highlighted the renewed threat to the survival of the CIO role (and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CIO: How Do You Stay Relevant to Business?</title>
		<link>http://tao-of-living.com/2009/05/cio-how-do-you-stay-relevant-in-business/</link>
		<comments>http://tao-of-living.com/2009/05/cio-how-do-you-stay-relevant-in-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 21:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Long Huynh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note.- Today is the Memorial Day, a day to remember. To those who are skeptical of the CIO future, I want to say upfront that NO, this post is not a commemoration of the fallen CIOs of recent past (1). It is to pay tribute to the U.S. soldiers who died while in military service, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Plan or not to Plan, this is a CIO question</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 19:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Long Huynh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you have early last year a plan for (how to deal with) the economic downturn? And this month, do you have a plan for its return to growth? In short, do you have a plan for different market scenarios? If you ask the CIOs, the most likely answer is NO. Few would be able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The CIO in time of Fear &#8211; Uncertainty and Doubt</title>
		<link>http://tao-of-living.com/2009/05/the-cio-in-time-of-fear-uncertainty-and-doubt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 19:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Long Huynh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent news about the potential Swine (now renamed H1N1) Flu Pandemic prompted me to think about the role of a CIO in time of Fear &#8211; Uncertainty &#8211; Doubt (FUD), especially when those FUD factors threaten the business continuity. It is easy to dismiss the news as &#8220;hype&#8221; by the media hungry for sensational reactions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Essential Roles of the CIO</title>
		<link>http://tao-of-living.com/2009/04/3-essential-roles-of-the-cio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Long Huynh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you &#8220;google&#8221; the phrase &#8220;roles of CIO&#8221; you will received over 1000 hits, not exactly a popular subject such as &#8220;Obama&#8221; (282 million hits) yet still of interest to many. Some of these entries will give you a laundry list of essential tasks or best practices. Others will focus on certain role-of-the-month jobs such [...]]]></description>
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