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A WUP Upside The Head: 1.5

Steve Farber

You were the chief information officer of Maritime and Son?” I said CIO, not chief information officer. I was the clear insight officer, is what I was. For right now, though, Cam, I got something that’ll help both you and Mr. Farberacious here to become CIOs yourselves.”. It’s Cam.”.

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The CIO as Corporate Psychic

Harvard Business Review

Those are the kinds of questions that CIOs get all the time. Chief information officers are expected to see deeply into the future and generate IT predictions that companies can build their strategies around. Most CIOs don't like being cast in the role of corporate psychic, but there's nothing they can do about it.

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More Training Won’t Reduce Your Cyber Risk

Harvard Business Review

Most importantly, the training can help leaders be much more effective in overseeing chief information officers (CIOs), and chief information-security officers (CISOs). Know and prioritize your information.

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Here’s Why Strategy Chiefs Succeed or Fail

Harvard Business Review

For example, the CEO of a communications company we interviewed initially hired a capable, senior individual to head strategy, but he didn’t contribute many insights beyond those that the CEO was already getting from the chief information officer.