<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!--RSS generated by Windows SharePoint Services V3 RSS Generator on 5/17/2012 10:42:52 PM--><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/miketaylor/_layouts/RssXslt.aspx?List=0f12a76a-9b72-49d1-8614-3f3181b3b21a" version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Exec Biz-Tech</title><link>http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor</link><description>RSS feed for the Posts list.</description><lastBuildDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 02:42:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>SharePoint CKS:EBE</generator><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>Exec Biz-Tech</title><url>http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/_layouts/images/homepage.gif</url><link>http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor</link></image><item><title>Three Tips for Securing Executive Buy-In When Implementing SharePoint</title><link>http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/2010/12/02/three-tips-for-securing-executive-buy-in-when-implementing-sharepoint.aspx</link><guid>/miketaylor/archive/2010/12/02/three-tips-for-securing-executive-buy-in-when-implementing-sharepoint.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
This is a post to Microsoft's 'Get the Point' that Dux and I wrote back in September.  You can view it on the MS site here. 
 

How's it going? In the last few years, we’ve had the great opportunity to interact with a lot of people in various SharePoint events (SharePoint Saturdays, User Group  ... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Taylor</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:44:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/tags/Business/default.aspx">Business</category><category domain="http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/tags/SharePoint/default.aspx">SharePoint</category><category domain="http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/tags/Technology/default.aspx">Technology</category></item><item><title>Project Transparency Part 3: Bridging the gap</title><link>http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/2009/12/09/project-transparency-part-3-bridging-the-gap.aspx</link><guid>/miketaylor/archive/2009/12/09/project-transparency-part-3-bridging-the-gap.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
In the last blog, we discussed how the factors that contribute to an organizational disconnect between business information and the systems used to manage and measure organizational success and the project data and the systems used to manage and measure project/portfolios.   
We presented this to ... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Taylor</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:16:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/tags/Business/default.aspx">Business</category><category domain="http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/tags/SharePoint/default.aspx">SharePoint</category><category domain="http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/tags/Technology/default.aspx">Technology</category></item><item><title>Project Transparency Part 2: The Organizational Business – Project Disconnect</title><link>http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/2009/11/11/project-transparency-part-2-the-organizational-business-project-disconnect.aspx</link><guid>/miketaylor/archive/2009/11/11/project-transparency-part-2-the-organizational-business-project-disconnect.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

In the last blog post, we discussed why this is a big issue and an opportunity for improving the way organizations operate.  In the interest of following good project practice, let’s restate the goal for Project Transparency:
Provide relevant and timely information to key decision makers and st ... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Taylor</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:55:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/tags/Business/default.aspx">Business</category><category domain="http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/tags/SharePoint/default.aspx">SharePoint</category><category domain="http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/tags/Technology/default.aspx">Technology</category></item><item><title>Project Transparency Part 1: What is it and why should you care? </title><link>http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/2009/11/02/what-is-project-transparency-and-why-should-you-care.aspx</link><guid>/miketaylor/archive/2009/11/02/what-is-project-transparency-and-why-should-you-care.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

The term ‘Transparency’ is being thrown around a lot these days largely in part to a push by the federal government to require more visibility into the way taxpayer monies are being spent.  This concept has been around for awhile and cuts across the political spectrum.  The ‘Federal Funding Acco ... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Taylor</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:02:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/tags/Business/default.aspx">Business</category><category domain="http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/tags/SharePoint/default.aspx">SharePoint</category><category domain="http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/tags/Technology/default.aspx">Technology</category></item><item><title>SharePoint Conference 2009 - looking back</title><link>http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/2009/10/22/sharepoint-conference-2009-looking-back.aspx</link><guid>/miketaylor/archive/2009/10/22/sharepoint-conference-2009-looking-back.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Well it’s over – finally!  Don’t get me wrong, it was absolutely fantastic and probably best conference I’ve ever attended.  It’s just with all the daily activities, meetings, after hour’s events, and trying to keep up with work, there was VERY little time for sleep.   As tired as I am, some peopl ... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Taylor</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:23:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/tags/Business/default.aspx">Business</category><category domain="http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/tags/SharePoint/default.aspx">SharePoint</category><category domain="http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/tags/Technology/default.aspx">Technology</category></item><item><title>SharePoint Conference 2009 is here! </title><link>http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/2009/10/19/sharepoint-conference-2009-is-here.aspx</link><guid>/miketaylor/archive/2009/10/19/sharepoint-conference-2009-is-here.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
On the flight to Las Vegas now writing this blog; I really love in-flight Wi-Fi!  Now if the cost would only come down a bit.  Maybe they will offer annual pricing in the future… 
Ok, back to SPC2009.  There is so much to do and so little time.  Joel Oleson gave some good advice that I followed ‘ ... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Taylor</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:23:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Culture of Innovation; more important now than ever - Part 2</title><link>http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/2009/05/22/a-culture-of-innovation-more-important-now-than-ever-part-2.aspx</link><guid>/miketaylor/archive/2009/05/22/a-culture-of-innovation-more-important-now-than-ever-part-2.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Innovation Culture What works, what doesn’t 
Establishing or changing a culture is not something that happens overnight or with a couple of quick meetings or a “Kumbaya” team retreat.   Some tactics to avoid include:
·         Dictating a value system.  Values cannot be forced on people, they ha ... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Taylor</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:32:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Culture of Innovation; more important now than ever - Part 1</title><link>http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/2009/05/17/a-culture-of-innovation-more-important-now-than-ever.aspx</link><guid>/miketaylor/archive/2009/05/17/a-culture-of-innovation-more-important-now-than-ever.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

What is a culture of innovation &amp; why is it important during a recession?
A culture of innovation empowers people to quickly make changes to services/products/processes that meet the changing needs of clients and the company.  It doesn’t matter what a business does, the performance of its p ... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Taylor</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blogs.innovative-e.com/miketaylor/archive/tags/Business/default.aspx">Business</category></item></channel></rss>
