9 Reasons Why Application Developers Think Their CIO Is Clueless - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership
This is mostly for Tim's benefit:9 Reasons Why Application Developers Think Their CIO Is Clueless - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership: "8. The CIO collaborates to death.
Whether it is the character flaw of being indecisive or some middle-school notion of democracy, you are in charge. Collaboration is critical, but you also need to make the right decision at the right time. Collaborate like Captain Kirk. 'Spock?' 'Bones?' He gets opinions from his experts but there is never any question about who will make the final decision. And, if you never watched Star Trek then you shouldn't even be a CIO."
posted by Matthew O. Smith @ 11:44 AM
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Did you notice the article title? Not "9 Signs Your CIO is Clueless", but "9 Reasons Why Application Developers Think Their CIO is Clueless." Not to mention it's a rather unimpressive list. Read my full response, including a rewritten version of the original article with nine true signs of incompetence:
http://www.robbyslaughter.com/blog/?2008-07-08
Thanks Robby. I think the list could be quite a bit longer.
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