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Growing Your Productivity The Baseline 500 quantifies not how well information systems work, but how well corporations manage information. The companies that thrive in the information age keep costs low, focus on the business first and motivate their teams. Industry Leaders Energy companies made the strongest showing, but food and beverage, financial services and manufacturing also did well. View the PDF -- Turn off pop-up blockers! Leaders Ranked by Revenue Does size matter? Not when it comes to Information Productivity, which is the great equalizer among companies with sales between $10 million and $10 billion. This year, the small fries were the most productive. View the PDF -- Turn off pop-up blockers! Lean & Mean in 5 Steps Your company isn't in the Baseline 500 and your boss wants to know why. Or maybe you need to improve. Paul Strassmann, who created the metrics that rank information managers, outlines five steps to boost your productivity. Do It Yourself! Here are the steps and the financial data you'll need to calculate the Information Productivity of your company. Bottom of the Barrel A look at how five companies made it to the bottom of the Information Productivity rankings. View the PDF -- Turn off pop-up blockers! People Powered Your most important information system is your people. Profile: Cathy Tompkins, CIO, Chesapeake Energy Tompkins keeps the information systems behind the company's growing business simple. Profile: David Johns, CIO, Owens Corning Johns has navigated the company's Chapter 11 filing by keeping focus on key projects. Profile: Mitchell Gregory, CIO, Sonic Gregory is sandwiched between market research and technology, but remains all business. Profile: Werner Vogels, CTO, Amazon.com Vogels believes that if a project team can eat more than two pizzas, it is too large. Profile: Mike Chandler, CIO, Wilmington Trust Chandler measures up by focusing on staffing levels, spending metrics and what's best for the bank.