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Julian Goldsmith
Julian has been a business and technology journalist for nearly 20 years. Some of the many titles he worked on include silicon.com, Retail Week and TimesOnline.
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May 22, 2012
Five tips on presenting and public speaking
The bane of many managers' lives, but vital for all CIOs
I just came across this useful five-point guide to presenting and public speaking on Forbes, through LinkedIn. The author has tried to cut through...
Posted by: Julian Goldsmith
April 30, 2012
Who are your key staff?
Some questions to ask yourself when you need to choose the people you absolutely can't do without
I just came across this interesting article on the BBC about identifying essential workers. Its focus is on the rising tendency for certain groups...
Posted by: Julian Goldsmith
April 20, 2012
Public Service Network highlights the communication problem
Any large-scale IT project means the CIO has to get general buy-in
This week I attended a roundtable event at the House of Commons, hosted by communications specialist Level 3 and sponsored by Alun Michael MP....
Posted by: Julian Goldsmith
April 12, 2012
Four characteristics that define the CIO
And three that don't
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on whether the CIO is going to be replaced as head of the IT department by the CFO. A little more recently I had...
Posted by: Julian Goldsmith
March 13, 2012
Women CIOs? Not one of us
The lack of female IT leaders has become an embarrassment, which needs to be adressed soon
Last week we published a story about International Women's Day not really being celebrated much in the UK IT landscape, with only 19 per cent of...
Posted by: Julian Goldsmith
February 24, 2012
Is the CFO the new CIO?
Does utility IT mean it can now be managed by the finance team?
One of the perennial hot topics for IT leaders is what the future holds for them and their roles. IT in business is certainly undergoing a...
Posted by: Julian Goldsmith
February 02, 2012
Don't miss the train
To ignore shortfalls in your team's skills would be to court disaster
It's no secret that the state of the UK education system is in a bit of a state, especially when it comes to preparing school leavers for the...
Posted by: Julian Goldsmith
January 18, 2012
12 essential habits of new IT hires
Some tips on what to look for when filling your next vacancy
Many CIOs will be thinking about reducing their headcount, rather than recruiting new staff, but if you are in the enviable position of having a...
Posted by: Julian Goldsmith
January 16, 2012
No more public v private sector mindset
Metropolitan infrastructure needs will make the distinction less relevant
It's no secret that public sector IT is under a huge amount of pressure at the moment to create opportunities for cutting costs. Some of the...
Posted by: Julian Goldsmith
December 06, 2011
The CEO gets too close, time to manage up
What do you do when the CEO gets too involved in the IT project
The abrupt exit of the Thompson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer is a bellwether for all CIOs and the relationships they have with their business...
Posted by: Julian Goldsmith
November 30, 2011
Consumerisation: an emotional hot-potato
Keeping your mobility strategy current entail dealing with some emotional baggage
Of all the current trends in IT at the moment, the use of consumer devices for work activities could turn out to be the most problematic. This is...
Posted by: Julian Goldsmith
About the author
Julian Goldsmith
Julian has been a business and technology journalist for nearly 20 years. Some of the many titles he worked on include TimesOnline, silicon.com and Retail Week.
Prior to joining CIO UK, he was a senior editor at BNET, a global website focusing on leadership and management issues. While he was there, he covered such thorny issues as getting your staff to believe in your management skills and why more women don’t get the top jobs in business.
As Online Editor for CIO UK, he manages the website, keeping it well stocked with insights from the IT industry's foremost experts and profiles of the movers and shakers in the CIO community.
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