Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

I came to understand the reason for a phenomenon I had been aware of for years: Medical-center CIOs who are MDs tend to be much better at stating unpleasant truths about IT systems than nonmedical CIOs. CIOs need to engage with the CEO's informal influencers to gain insights into the visibility of this topic in the C-suite.

System 15

System CEO CIO Chief Information Officer 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

By 2004, RIM had acquired 1 million subscribers and only three years later surpassed the 10 million mark. Most CIOs will benefit from this trend through increased competition, better prices, and quicker provisioning. In 1998, RIM launched the BlackBerry. A year later, the second version got a full keyboard. billion in revenues.

Technology 8

Technology CIO Agility Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

“It’s easier to understand the consequences of a change if you’re making lots of little steps,” observes Bryan Stevenson, CIO of on-demand software company Catalant. When Facebook was founded in 2004, the company embraced the agile software delivery methodology to ensure that code was shipped as quickly as possible.

Agility 8

Agility Development Organization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2012

Kristin Russell (CIO of the State of Colorado and a former Oracle Vice President) turned down the highest paying IT job in the area to apply her talents at the State. A year and a half into her job in government, I wondered if she had regrets. Regrets? " she asked incredulously? "No No regrets!".

Leadership 13

Leadership CIO Politics Career 13

Women on Business

DECEMBER 1, 2011

When in 2004 a law was passed in California that required hospitals to have 1 nurse for every 5 patients, the governor delayed the implementation of the law. He staged several unions and six million workers to strike from AFL-CIO in 2005. Henry helped stage strikes on her way to the top at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and R.N.s

CIO 165

CIO Hotels Health Care Committee 165

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

These were all true of Charlie, a champion I met in 2004 just as the tech world was beginning to show signs of life after the dot com implosion. In this particular case, the decision-makers were a small group of IT professionals headed by Chris Matthews, the then-CIO of IBM.

Motivation 8

Motivation CIO Competitive Advantage Software 8