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Will the CIO Lose the C?

April 1, 2010
CIO is Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

co-authored with John Sviokla There is some disturbing new data for the role of the CIO.  Thomas Wailgum of CIO.com says, “Given the… warning signs, it’s easy to speculate that the CIO’s role and the department’s sovereign power might be slip-sliding away.”  Half of our Diamond Digital IQ Survey respondents said that more than 30% of the dollars spent on IT is done outside of IT.  Power in any organization usually follows those who can ...

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CIO by Committee

November 23, 2009

We’ve had some good discussion on this blog, on LinkedIn IT Leadership groups and my CIO.com blog about the requisite skills and experience for a successful CIO. Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to hear two talks at a CIO conference Diamond sponsored that I’d like to combine into some observations about building teams and specifically, the CIO’s leadership team. The first speaker was Bill Rollwitz, an organizational psychologist and leadership coach who spoke ...

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CIO Careers: Learning from System Quarterbacks

October 28, 2009

Kyle Field at Texas A&M Photo by StuSeeger After an embarrassing loss to Kansas State last weekend, my Texas A&M football team responded with a resounding whooping (that’s a Texas term) of the Texas Tech Red Raiders Saturday in Lubbock, racking up a 52-30 victory.  This is a big win for our program, for sure. Whenever the discussion involves Texas Tech, the idea of a “system quarterback” usually is in the mix.  The concept of ...

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The CIO Role: One of Influence or Control?

July 29, 2009

I’d like to thank Michael Krigsman for inviting me to join him in the IT Failures town hall yesterday.  It was great to interact with a few CIOs and other experts in IT management and leadership and discuss challenges facing the CIO in successfully delivering value.  For those who missed it, the entire session was recorded. The focus of our discussion was on the CIO’s role in project success or failure.  (William Monroe regularly reminds ...

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