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  • Patrick Gray // August 13, 2013, 6:23 AM PST

    The lie of multitasking

    The ability to perform multiple activities at once is usually regarded as an asset. Recent research may prove that wrong.

  • Patrick Gray // November 11, 2012, 9:26 PM PST

    Leadership lessons from Genghis Khan

    While we'll leave judgment about the larger historical implications of the Khan's rule to the historians, several things will strike you as relevant to IT leaders.

  • Patrick Gray // October 11, 2012, 9:26 PM PST

    IT as an assembly line

    It may be tempting to dismiss manufacturing as an old-line activity with little relevance to the modern IT organization, but there is much that can be learned from the world’s best...

  • Patrick Gray // September 30, 2012, 10:47 PM PST

    What CIOs can learn from Apple's mapping gaffe

    With the mapping snafu, Apple may have made a grave mistake is regarding its customers are a resource to be exploited, rather than paying end-users.

  • Patrick Gray // September 24, 2012, 2:10 AM PST

    How to prepare for the end of the PC era

    The change in market share of core components, like computer memory, should serve as a leading indicator that changes to the traditional IT model are coming, and change always favo...

  • Patrick Gray // September 2, 2012, 10:53 PM PST

    The failed promise of Business Process Management (BPM)

    Business Process Management software is a great idea that can help you optimize processes for greater efficiency. So why do most BPM initiatives fail or fizzle out?

  • Patrick Gray // August 5, 2012, 9:16 PM PST

    Death by promotion

    While you may feel that you're rewarding a high-performing employee by offering a promotion to a management or leadership role, if you don't equip them with the skills to success y...

  • Patrick Gray // June 6, 2012, 12:54 AM PST

    An open enterprise may not be such a good idea

    Most recent technological and management innovations focus on "openness." Patrick Gray talks about why this is not always such a good idea.

  • Patrick Gray // May 29, 2012, 9:48 PM PST

    Should IT be unionized?

    Patrick Gray thinks unionization is exactly the wrong answer for IT, and the dynamic career IT he has been given would not be possible in a unionized environment.

  • Patrick Gray // April 9, 2012, 5:30 AM PST

    IT lessons from Dubai

    While Dubai may not be everyone's cup of tea, its bold expansion, unending self-promotion, and use of a wide variety of internal and external expertise are worthwhile traits to emu...