Sparked by observing a discussion about how universities can provide appropriate education for Senior IT managegment, I decided to put together my list of ten essential skills for a CIO. I wonder how they match your view?
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Chris Potts is a brave author, his new book - fruITion: Creating the Ultimate Corporate Strategy for Information Technology is a novel written around the story of a CIO and his IT strategy. Notwithstanding the dryness of the subject matter, this is an encouraging tale of courage and growth. Building a Senior Management Team is as easy as ABC, so long as that doesn’t stand for Antony, Brutus and Cassius! You can usually judge a good director by the strength and quality of their direct reports, especially once the director has been in post for more than twelve months. By then the “Number One” should have shaped the Continue reading article » A few years ago, I had one of the strangest [but successful] job interviews ever. No pyschometric testing, no criteria-based formula, there were just three direct questions put to me by the interviewer. When the acronym CIO first emerged, many joshed that it stood for “Career Is Over.” Many others couldn’t see the need for a Chief Information Officer at all, because they perceived such a role to be that of a super-librarian, rather than custodian of crucial commercial intelligence (sic). Despite widespread ennui about the acronym, the CIO role has persisted, indeed Continue reading article » |
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