CIO Perspectives

"The role of a CIO is not about technology...it is about applying change to the organization. My job as a CIO is 90% psychology, 10% technology……”

 

 

Robert Fort, CIO, VP of Information Technology, Virgin Entertainment Group, discusses the role of the CIO.

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CIO Leadership Case: Linking IT Investments to Business Value. This case published by the Center for CIO Leadership discusses the process by which the IT group at The Harry Fox Agency, led by CIO and Center member Lou Trebino, aligned IT with the business resulting in the Agency being able to capture new sources of revenue.

 

 

Don’t blame your users for their ignorance about IT — train them. In this article published in Computerworld, Center member, Paul Ingevaldson, retired CIO of ACE Hardware and frequent contributor to the IT dialog, points to the importance of educating your users about IT and their role in the system development process.


In an earlier article, "Top 10 qualities of a great IT shop," Ingevaldson provides an overview of the top ten best practices of an IT department.


Together, these articles point to the importance of taking an objective look at the position and strength of your IT department within the larger organizational context and carefully building the IT team to deliver on its value.


If you have an article you would like to share with members, please send a copy of the article to Harvey Koeppel, the Center's Executive Director, for review.

 

 

Getting Higher Business Value from IT: The Non-IT Executive View by George Westerman and Peter Weill (both of the Center for Information Systems Research at MIT) presents results of their research on what CIOs at firms getting higher business value from their IT are doing better than other firms. Four pivotal tasks suggest how CIOs should prioritize their objectives.

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