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		<title>Re-thinking: CIO Role in a 21st Century Corporation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 07:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been lot of discussions about the role of CIO in 21st century enterprises. While some pundits strongly argue and make their predictions on slowly diminishing role of CIOs – some strongly believe that CIOs should play a strategic role in shaping and preparing the enterprises for 21st century. Peter Drucker wrote many books [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.skreddy.com&blog=266213&post=261&subd=skreddy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Views and Experiences: Growth by Innovation or M&amp;A?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Furrier kicked-off an interesting conversational thread on twitter: Grow through innovation or M&#38;A interesting discussion going on here; re: Cisco vs Juniper &#8211; two different visions on growth. Jake Kaldenbaugh, Susie Wee joined me in the discussion. I have summarized my thinking and position on M&#38;A vs Innovation driven growth strategy. My argument is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.skreddy.com&blog=266213&post=244&subd=skreddy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Talking to Myself. Reinforcing My Values. Then Me to We.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soliloquy. Talking to myself. Back in Chicago for weekend. Weekends in Chicago are fabulous and gives me an opportunity to critically look back and find better ways to do my job. It is a great time to reflect on what worked and what didn&#8217;t. Surprisingly, there are always better ways to do things. But we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.skreddy.com&blog=266213&post=138&subd=skreddy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When we were sleeping &#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;. a massive earthquake reduced the financial world to rubble. First, Globalization changed the business landscape &#8211; intensified global competition energy constraints, and politically instability will keep the tectonic plates keep shifting all the time. Second, the global economic crisis also challenged the long believed notion of market&#8217;s invisible hand serves as an instrument to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.skreddy.com&blog=266213&post=109&subd=skreddy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Twoodle?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a week! I have been struggling this week (and many weeks, may be months, before) to focus on too many problems – there are way too many problems. Some problems are breeding new problems. I am less than pleased with Status Quos or Sacred Cows. Nor happy with mediocre results. Since I left Oracle [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.skreddy.com&blog=266213&post=102&subd=skreddy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leaders in the crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to McKinsey(McKinsey August 2009), Many executives have found it difficult to look beyond addressing the short-term effects of the crisis. More notably, satisfaction levels are markedly lower when executives rate their overall performance. Relatively few executives are pleased with their performance when it comes to positioning their businesses for growth, retaining and attracting talent, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.skreddy.com&blog=266213&post=99&subd=skreddy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Sacred Cows: They Trample Innovation and Graze Productivity and Profits.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Companies today are working in an environment of incredible change. The customer base is shifting, technology is constantly changing, margins are shrinking and competition is stiffer. Whether change is abrupt or gradual, the rules that once worked have become outdated. Ignoring that reality is so devastating. The key to success is change readiness. Forget about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.skreddy.com&blog=266213&post=52&subd=skreddy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who Needs Charisma?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8221; Great leaders move us. They ignite our passion and inspire the best in us. When we try to explain why they are so effective, we speak of strategy, vision, or powerful ideas. But the reality is much more primal. Great leadership works through the emotions.&#8221; &#8230;Daniel Goleman in Emotional Intellitegence This week&#8217;s Time published [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.skreddy.com&blog=266213&post=47&subd=skreddy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dance of Innovation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rapid Innovation is a Way of Life. It is a dance – series of steps and a particular rhythm. If you get an idea, you need to run a very quick and dirty test of your idea. Immediately after your initial test, you need to ask yourselves: “What happened? What can we learn from that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.skreddy.com&blog=266213&post=45&subd=skreddy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>4 Pillars of Leadership: Framework to Sustainable Effectiveness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 07:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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