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Why Can't a CIO Be More Like a CFO?

Harvard Business Review

Information governance is not IT''s job. It''s time for CIOs to move beyond their roles as chief technology officers, and embrace the name with all of its implications: Chief Information Officer. The explosive growth of information is accelerating. But it should be the CIO''s job. Because no one is managing the store.

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Your Organization Wastes Time. Here’s How to Fix It.

Harvard Business Review

We recommend zero-based budgeting and planning to make the choices clearer. This also helps get over the dilemma that companies often face when they are making cuts: Should they eliminate the work and then reduce the budgets that allowed these costs, or should they shrink the budgets to squeeze out the unnecessary work?