Want me to be your paid dirt-digger? You aren’t paying me enough. Politics are an inescapable part of most consulting engagements. Just don’t make politics the point.
Whatever you’re researching, you have to decide: Do you want evidence, or just company? Because IT surveys offer insights that shed little light.
Getting outsourcing right is hard enough. Multivendor outsourcing can be a quagmire. Here are the tactical snafus you are signing up for — and how to handle them.
Never confuse documentation with communication. The purpose of documentation is to remind, not to communicate.
Smart CIOs know how to solve problems and pursue opportunities. Smarter ones expend their time and effort spotting and brokering the great ideas that can do this.
Now that it’s 2023 it’s a perfect time to look at the promises we’re making for the coming year and how they’re likely to disappoint the CEOs who CIOs need on their side.
This holiday season, show your appreciation by offering up some hard-earned gifts to those hard-to-buy-for IT professionals and hangers-on on your list.
Keeping your job as CIO is tough, even when you do everything right. Here are seven ways unwary CIOs make their jobs even riskier.