by Mark P. McDonald | April 12, 2013 | 1 Comment
The CIO is more qualified than most for the emerging position of Chief Digital Officer (CDO) as they have an intimate and operational understanding of how the enterprise and customers use technology. CIO experience is a strength, but in an area that is off target for the way the popular media, among consultants and in [...]
Category: CIO Digital Edge Digitalization Tags: Chief Digital Officer, CIO, CIO Leadership, CIO strategy, Digital Edge, Digitalization
by Mark P. McDonald | April 10, 2013 | 9 Comments
YES, even H3LL Yes. But just because you are the CIO does not mean that you are the Chief Digital Officer by default. They are two different jobs with significant potential for synergy/overlap depending on how you think about it. By the way the CDO role has significant potential overlap with a number of other [...]
Category: CIO Digital Edge Digitalization Tags: Chief Digital Officer, CIO, CIO Leadership, CIO strategy, Digital Edge, Digitalization
by Mark P. McDonald | March 15, 2013 | 2 Comments
Earlier this week almost 300 CIOs from across Europe flew into London’s Terminal 5 to participate in the 2013 Leadership Forum. “Digital Enterprise and Beyond”is the them of the event reflecting the inflection point facing CIOs as traditional IT issues give way to emerging Technology challenges and opportunities. During the event we conducted a number [...]
Category: 2013 Digital Edge Digitalization Hunting and Harvesting in a Digital World Leadership Tags: 2013 Planning, CIO Leadership
by Mark P. McDonald | March 11, 2013 | 2 Comments
Last week more than 450 CIOs and IT executives met for Gartner’s first ever Symposium in the Middle East. The three-day event concentrated on the digital imperatives of Focus, Connect and Lead. Digital technology, Gartner’s Nexus of Forces, gives each of these imperatives a new and exciting context. Based on the presentations, questions, discussions and [...]
Category: CIO Strategic planning Tags: 2013 Planning, CIO Leadership, gartnersym, IT and Business, symposium
by Mark P. McDonald | March 4, 2013 | Submit a Comment
The other day I watched “The History of the Eagles Part 1 & 2” a documentary on the Eagles, you know the band that brought is Life in the Fast Lane, Hotel California, and the Long Run, among other hits. The documentary featured the standard story arch of an epic journey of Don Henley, Glen [...]
Category: CIO Management Tags: CIO Leadership, IT Leadership, Leadership, Management
by Mark P. McDonald | February 22, 2013 | Submit a Comment
There are many ‘reasons’ why the C Level colleagues of the CIO should pay attention. Frankly many of those arguments about the power of technology, its strategic importance, etc. fall flat in the eyes of fellow C Level executives who have a tough time understanding the connection between technology and changes in business performance. Ask [...]
Category: 2013 Amplifying the Enterprise CFO CIO Leadership Management Strategic planning Strategy Tags: CIO Leadership, CIO strategy, IT strategy, Leadership, Strategy and Planning, Technology Leadership
by Mark P. McDonald | February 6, 2013 | 4 Comments
As we developed the CIO survey over last summer, we asked you about the one question you would ask CIOs. One of the questions you asked was about leadership skills or traits that drive their success. What are the top three leadership traits for CIOs of the future? CIOs responses were surprising more for what [...]
Category: 2013 CIO Leadership The one question Tags: CIO, CIO Leadership, Leadership, Technology Leadership
by Mark P. McDonald | January 7, 2013 | 1 Comment
Today is the first full working day of the first full working week of 2013. It’s a time when ‘everything old is new again’. New in the context that it’s a new year, new budget, new beginning. I believe that an organization’s ability to renew itself, give it a fresh start and move forward is [...]
Category: 2013 Leadership Management Tough Questions Tags: 2013 Planning, CIO Leadership, IT Leadership, IT management, IT strategy, Leadership, Strategy and Planning
by Mark P. McDonald | November 19, 2012 | 15 Comments
This blog post is going to get me into trouble, but I think that the issue is worth discussing, so I wince as I hit the publish button, but here goes. Recently I had the opportunity to listen to an Enterprise Architect describe enterprise architecture, its importance and role in an organization. It was an [...]
Category: EA Personal Observation Technology Tools Tags: architecture, CIO Leadership, enterprise, personal musing, Personal Observation, Signs of weak management, Technology Leadership
by Mark P. McDonald | November 2, 2012 | Submit a Comment
Earlier this week the Gartner Symposium series stopped in Sao Paulo Brasil and joined more than 1,000 CIOs and IT professionals to discuss business and technology issues. Like earlier symposia, the focus was on how technology creates value in the enterprise. This is what I learned from the discussions, questions and interactions at this year’s [...]
Category: 2013 Amplifying the Enterprise IT Governance Management Strategic planning Tags: 2013 Planning, CIO Leadership, Strategy and Planning, symposium, Technology Leadership
