Showing posts with label CIO role. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CIO role. Show all posts
Monday, September 26, 2016

Dear CIO, Don’t just align, be the business !

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More than two decades back starting my life as an IT leader, I had aspirations to be an industry first and transform the company and lever...
Monday, September 05, 2016

If you are a CIO, you better know your domain and industry, else …

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For every industry regulatory compliance is a given with no exceptions; these are local to the enterprise home country or in the markets t...
Monday, April 18, 2016

In the corporate world, the unfit also survive and at times thrive

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In every enterprise and almost every domain, roles and responsibilities have been evolving, some driven by global expansion, industry dynam...
Monday, March 21, 2016

Graduating from a good Manager to a good Leader

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There is always the excitement in moving up the ladder, moving to the corner office, getting a C role and title, professional and personal...
Monday, March 14, 2016

None from the new generation want to be the CIO ? I wonder …

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Someone forwarded me a link on the finding that no one in the current lot of fresh job seekers is excited about CIO as a career. The write...
Monday, December 07, 2015

First generation CIOs are vacating their positions; bridging the leadership gap

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At the age of 25, I aspired to retire after putting in another 25 with a view to enjoy the rest of my life the way I wanted to with my fri...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

The CIOs job is so easy !

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They had a new CIO and the IT team was wondering how he would be; the earlier CIO was a self-professed workaholic. A bachelor staying few ...
Monday, March 16, 2015

CIO & IT Leader Mid-life crisis

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Considering sensitivities and association with personal lives that many would have to this post, I would like to start with a disclaimer. ...
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Monday, January 19, 2015

Dear Boss, you are fired !

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Call it providence or just plain bad luck or for that matter the CIOs inability to get along with his newly appointed boss, things had jus...
Monday, January 12, 2015

Don’t just survive, thrive in the changing world !

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Last week when I wrote “ CIO will survive … ” I received lots of thank you notes and endorsements from CIOs and others, some with vested i...
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Monday, January 05, 2015

CIO will survive ! New Year Prediction or Resolution

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With unnerving certainty as the year comes towards its end, everyone puts on their futurist hats and make profound pronouncements on what ...
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Monday, August 18, 2014

Transformation or Business As Usual CIO

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“ This is crazy but I am loving it ”, so said a CIO who had taken on the mantle to transform the way his company uses IT. He had been in t...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Action, Reaction, or Discussion ?

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Discussion The order was released to the vendor after multiple demonstrations and discussions with the business teams. Everyone agree...
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Monday, December 03, 2012

Upward delegation

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I had heard this term a long time back and then forgot about it; in those days my team was small and activity largely technical. I wore p...
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Monday, March 05, 2012

Reskilling for future

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Every so often I read about the CIO role becoming redundant or the exigent need to adapt to the changing world. These thoughts and hypoth...
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Monday, November 14, 2011

Becoming an Entrepreneur

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Recent times have been interesting to say the least; according to industry news angel investors, venture capital and seed funding has been ...
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Monday, October 31, 2011

Resetting Expectations

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I met a CIO who was wondering what’s going wrong after having spent many successful years in his current position, working with the managem...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

(Why) Should CIOs be interested in LAN cabling or UPS batteries

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I attended a CIO gathering which had an UPS battery manufacturer as one of the key sponsors. The presentation discussed the merits of one b...
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Monday, July 04, 2011

Preaching to the CIO

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The other day I attended a congregation of CIOs with a dozen odd vendors sponsoring the event. It was a gathering of 100 odd CIOs who took t...
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