• CIOs see potential for innovation, but lack delivery: survey

  By Rebecca Merrett | 22 May, 2013 09:00

  There are only a few CIOs who are delivering on their innovation initiatives in their organisations, with the majority struggling to find the time and resources to make it happen, according to Harvey Nash’s 2013 global CIO survey.

• Searching for winners: Google

  By Rebecca Merrett | 07 May, 2013 09:00

  In its never-ending pursuit to find new and different ways to organise and provide access to information – many of which are successful and some of which are not so successful – Google has cultivated a culture for innovation. The company’s chief technology advocate, Michael Jones, who was chief technologist for Google Earth, Maps and Local Search, shares his experience on creating an innovative organisation.

• Innovation: The next big thing

  By Tim Mendham | 10 April, 2013 14:29

  Nobody knows anything. These were the first words in American novelist, playwright and Academy Award-winning screenwriter William Goldman’s book, Adventures in the Screen Trade.

• The pros and cons of IT offshoring

  By Rebecca Merrett | 08 April, 2013 14:42

  Keep the work local and spend the extra money or send it overseas and get near the same value at a lower price? For many budget-conscious CIOs, the latter makes sense. But that doesn’t mean offshoring isn't a panacea for cost-constrained IT department; it can involve risks and potential long-term downfalls when it comes to business agility and innovation.

• Stoner pushes collaboration for innovation in NSW

  By Adam Bender | 05 April, 2013 10:58

  The New South Wales government today launched its $6.7 million Innovate NSW initiative, providing grants and other support to startups.

• Opinion: Innovate from the inside

  By Bridget Gray | 28 April, 2013 20:19

  Successful organisations do two things well. Firstly, they innovate externally by, for instance, producing better products than their competitors. Secondly and just as importantly, they innovate inside their businesses.

• How play at work can lead to IT innovation

  By Kim S. Nash | 26 March, 2013 17:45

  All work and no play does more than make Jack a dull boy. It can stifle creativity. A playful office helps corporate problem-solving and sparks innovation.

• Harness disruption or become obsolete: Forrester

  By Georgina Swan | 05 April, 2011 18:03

  Five years ago, Nokia dominated the smartphone market. How quickly things change. But before you sit back and think, ‘that won’t happen to me’, take a look at the competitive environment in which your company operates. Daunting, isn’t it?

• How to Make Time for Strategy

  By Martha Heller | 23 April, 2010 04:46

  Last week I asked a CIO roundtable which elements of the CIO Paradox they found most challenging. One item that showed up on every CIO's top-three list was "You were hired to be strategic, but you are forced to spend most of your time on operational issues." I spoke to five of the Council's most strategy-minded CIOs about how they managed to get out of the operational morass.

• Taming the Knowledge Towers

  By Rodney Gedda | 09 April, 2010 05:03

  With a diverse business unit portfolio that includes direct mail, call centres and electronic document management, Salmat CIO David Hackshall is working hard to instil a culture of collaborative knowledge management at the company and turn innovation into efficiency.

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