Comments on: CIO strategy: mystery, art or science? http://www.colin-beveridge.com/index.php/cio-strategy-art-science-or-mystery/ joined-up management for a joined-up world ™ by Colin Beveridge Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark http://www.colin-beveridge.com/index.php/cio-strategy-art-science-or-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-1613 Mark Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:13:55 +0000 http://www.colin-beveridge.com/?p=725#comment-1613 As far as I understand, the CIO's job really is to 'work him/herself out of a job' so by rights, since 1999, the target should have changed. I think the next trend in this should be to focus on the users, focus on making the most out of people's individual knowledge as well as supporting more collaboration. We should really be developing (or using open source) technology that can facilitate this. How about "develop our people" for the next strategy? Regardless of windows/unix/linux/mac because the technology is just a tool. The people are the company's greatest information asset. Just a different perspective :) As far as I understand, the CIO’s job really is to ‘work him/herself out of a job’ so by rights, since 1999, the target should have changed.

I think the next trend in this should be to focus on the users, focus on making the most out of people’s individual knowledge as well as supporting more collaboration. We should really be developing (or using open source) technology that can facilitate this.

How about “develop our people” for the next strategy? Regardless of windows/unix/linux/mac because the technology is just a tool. The people are the company’s greatest information asset.

Just a different perspective :)

]]> By: John Falsetti http://www.colin-beveridge.com/index.php/cio-strategy-art-science-or-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-267 John Falsetti Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:51:20 +0000 http://www.colin-beveridge.com/?p=725#comment-267 Mystery, Art or Science? I think all of the above. MYSTERY: Can management clearly define (And I mean Clearly define. Without a doubt in Black and White) what their strategic goals are and the business challenges there are to meet the goals. ART: Securing management support and resources to meet the challenges over the long hall. SCIENCE: To make sure you have the right talent in your shop to pull it off. This cycle never ends. However that is what makes it fun!! Mystery, Art or Science? I think all of the above. MYSTERY: Can management clearly define (And I mean Clearly define. Without a doubt in Black and White) what their strategic goals are and the business challenges there are to meet the goals. ART: Securing management support and resources to meet the challenges over the long hall. SCIENCE: To make sure you have the right talent in your shop to pull it off. This cycle never ends. However that is what makes it fun!!

]]> By: Peter Parslow http://www.colin-beveridge.com/index.php/cio-strategy-art-science-or-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Peter Parslow Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:16:40 +0000 http://www.colin-beveridge.com/?p=725#comment-266 From the headline, I was hoping for some insight to the strategy being developed by the government's CTO Council (for the CIO Council - perhaps it's significant that they've asked the CTOs to do it?). http://www.cio.gov.uk/documents/cto/pdf/enterprise_architecture_uk.pdf gives a taste, suggesting they're taking an Enterprise Architecture approach. I'm not a CIO. My last encounter with one (in a previous job), he seemed unhappy when my response (in a meeting) to "who should write the Information Management Strategy?" was that perhaps - as CIO - he should. He left the same day I did. From the headline, I was hoping for some insight to the strategy being developed by the government’s CTO Council (for the CIO Council – perhaps it’s significant that they’ve asked the CTOs to do it?). http://www.cio.gov.uk/documents/cto/pdf/enterprise_architecture_uk.pdf gives a taste, suggesting they’re taking an Enterprise Architecture approach.

I’m not a CIO. My last encounter with one (in a previous job), he seemed unhappy when my response (in a meeting) to “who should write the Information Management Strategy?” was that perhaps – as CIO – he should. He left the same day I did.

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