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CIOs are reaching the Summit

CIOs have found their place in the organisation which enables them to do good work regardless of whether they have a key to the executive washroom.

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Being a key element of cultural transformation

One of the symptoms of the digital economy is that the small group of early technology adopters is growing rapidly.

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The Results-Oriented CIO

Kaoru Ishikawa was a Japanese academic who advanced the notion of quality in part based on the work of the renowned US quality consultant W Edwards Denning. He graphically depicted cause and effects in...

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Boardroom engagement for CIOs

You are invited to report on IT at meeting of the board. You systematically work your way through the list of items you want to bring to the senior management team’s attention. The last of which is the...

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Partnership with users can yield genuine business success

They call at the most inconvenient times and have recently taken to determining our IT strategy. Their insatiable desire to own the latest gadgets might be one of the reasons the IT industry has looked...

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The five elements of leading the IT function

When it comes to leading the IT function, I believe there are five elements to consider. These are: mobility, social, cloud, trust, and Big Data. So far so boring I hear you say. But let’s expand on...

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CIOs R&D experience can produce innovative business models

Despite what the business world thinks, the fashion for rapid prototyping is nothing new. CIOs can draw on their own experience to produce innovative business models

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CIO priorities - What next?

Nobody needs to tell you that being a CIO is not dissimilar to running the operational control room for an Apollo mission. The problem is that your mission is never ending. Worse still, the mission...

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Communications are the energy that feeds relationships

As a business leader you too need to exhibit excellent communication skills. Again this must extend beyond task-based fact-related interactions. I meet CFOs who tell me that their only interaction with...

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Machiavelli meets Alien - Digital role part of CIO 2.0

Fellow CIO blogger Ian Cox wrote a very revealing piece about the CIO-CMO relationship. For me the critical take-away was that the IT function needs to respond to the needs of the marketing function or...

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Cost transparency

Those that pay us typically have very little understanding of what we do. This creates a degree of anxiety because it is not clear to them whether they are paying you too much or allocating too much...

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Passion as a service and the exemplar Romanian NHS

I recently met the President of Romania's National Health Service. Romania is an interesting place, what with Count Dracula, Nicolae Ceausescu and Vlad the Impaler being high profile 'old boys'. With...

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Bandwidth management and gamifying your own role

Bandwidth, or bandwidth management, is often associated with technology management. As you may be aware my view is that CIOs should be less preoccupied with technology management and more focused on...

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The Four Horsemen of the CIO Apocalypse

There are a number of 'horsemen' who if not managed with great care could steer your career into a cul-de-sac. Let's meet them.

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Are we asking too much of CIOs with our board level expectations?

When it comes to the plight of the CIO the word 'should' tends to be used more than 'is'. There is a sense - admittedly propagated by…

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Digital scenario planning

Digital is becoming the interesting end of 'IT'; and now that the boardroom has made the connection between profit, service experience…

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I, User

Often as CIOs it is very easy to get caught up in the present; data centre 'fires', talent outages and so on. If you manage to book some…

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Now That's What I Call the CIO Playlist!

I spend a fair amount of time working with CIOs to increase their strategic relevance. Practical advice is all well and good until it…

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The Exponential CIO

Many executives are running their organisations like newlyweds on the Orient Express; they are so in love with each other they don't…

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Merging the CIO into the boardroom

It is becoming increasingly apparent to both business leaders and shareholders that the world is changing and that new technology is…

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