In a world of ‘shadow IT’ services, CIOs need to adapt if want to avoid being relegated to little more than technicians.
Category Archives: Management & Leadership
Digital Transformation, Cultural Transformation
Technology is a key underpinning of a successful digital transformation, but successful change is also about a better understanding of customer expectations.
Why Boards of Directors Need a Digital Leader | Tom Davenport | LinkedIn
Übergeek, Andi Mann, on mending fences between IT and business leaders | Cloud Era Institute
Your whole organisation needs to get real about IT security: Here’s how to do it | ZDNet
Spending money on security isn’t going to solve the problem alone — CIOs need the rest of their organisation to understand the risks too.
Source: Your whole organisation needs to get real about IT security: Here’s how to do it | ZDNet
The State of the CIO 2016 by the numbers | CIO
From compensation trends to interacting with marketing to the biggest IT challenges to security budgets, CIO.com looks at the State of the CIO by the numbers.
CIO Network: Security, Talent Among Tech’s Top Priorities for 2016 – The CIO Report – WSJ
On the sidelines of the CIO Network conference in Half Moon Bay, Calif., global technology leaders highlighted the cybersecurity, talent and data issues driving their work in 2016.
Source: CIO Network: Security, Talent Among Tech’s Top Priorities for 2016 – The CIO Report – WSJ
Change Leadership – Chris Laping Presentation
This is a great presentation from Chris Laping the Co-Founder & CEO at People Before Things, LLC. This presentation is from the Evolve conference out in Vegas. I really liked his story telling and his 7 things leaders do to enable and activate change. Unfortunately he only shared the following three in his talk:
- Alignment
- Capacity
- Stakeholder Engagement
I can’t wait for his book to come out later this year to learn about the other four.
The CISO, the CIO, the CEO, or you: Who is really responsible for cybersecurity? | ZDNet
IT security is about more than just the hardware and software. Experts give their view on where the buck really stops.
Source: The CISO, the CIO, the CEO, or you: Who is really responsible for cybersecurity? | ZDNet
Facing (and Embracing) Strategic Risks – Deloitte CFO – WSJ
Great insights in this article about strategic risks. The article is written for the CFO but the concepts apply to any business leader. CIOs need to take note and understand how they can contribute to facing and embracing strategic risks.
Source: Facing (and Embracing) Strategic Risks – Deloitte CFO – WSJ