Effective technologists implement good technology; effective technology leaders enable others to do this. These are two very different roles. However, most technology leaders usually start their careers as “line level” technologists. Technologists need three essential skills to become effective technology leaders…

Before any organization can begin to actively manage risk, it must first change its culture to one that openly and freely discusses risk at all levels. This is not easy. It requires commitments from management and staff at all levels. However, it will pay off in many ways: higher trust, increased respect and better results…

In response to the explosion of use of social media over the past 12 months, many leaders are developing formal Social Media Polices to guide their staff in approved use of these tools inside the enterprise. By using bottom-up design principles, leaders can create Social Media Policies that productively encourage creativity—without risking their enterprise’s mission and reputation.

Over the past year, we have seen a proliferation not only of social networking tools and services but the addition of the moniker “2.0” to everything from Mobile to Health Care. It is important in all of this to remember that networks start–and end–with people. If we forget this, all of the technology and process we develop will simple add clutter to everyone’s lives…

Update: Over the past 90 days, I have been hearing more and more about Health 2.0 — the use of Web 2.0, Gov 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 technologies to help improve medicine and health care. In response of I have updated my post outlining the major HHS and FDA regulations any Health 2.0 service provider will have to navigate to deliver a regulatory-compliant solution…

In 1999, the Four Horsemen of the Internet were positioned to transform our economy through Creative Destruction. It do not happen (instead the Internet integrated with how we work). The same thing is about to happen in Web 2.0