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How Senior Executives Stay Passionate About Their Work

Harvard Business Review

When we talk about “learning to love your job” or “managing yourself,” it’s often in the context of junior or midlevel roles. Jim Fowler and Jeff Smith talked about peripheral vision in relation to the chief information officer role (Fowler is currently CIO at General Electric, and Smith was formerly CIO at IBM).

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Is Anyone Really Responsible for Your Company's Data Security?

Harvard Business Review

So who''s responsible for information security in your company? But when I put the question to top management, well, they''re busy — not their problem, that''s for sure — and they refer me to the chief information officer or the chief technology officer. Not a pleasant experience.