Comments on: Is It Time To Say Goodbye To The CIO? http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/career/is-it-time-to-say-goodbye-to-the-cio The Premier Blog For Learning How To Become A Successful CIO Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:01:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: 15 best articles from 2010 on next-generation CIO leadership « Career Is Over http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/career/is-it-time-to-say-goodbye-to-the-cio/comment-page-1#comment-1344 15 best articles from 2010 on next-generation CIO leadership « Career Is Over Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:48:54 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/?p=1181#comment-1344 [...] Is it time to say goodbye to the CIO? [...] [...] Is it time to say goodbye to the CIO? [...]

]]> By: Ralph Hofman http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/career/is-it-time-to-say-goodbye-to-the-cio/comment-page-1#comment-885 Ralph Hofman Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:10:35 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/?p=1181#comment-885 Jim, wow I have read my reply again and do not understand where I lost you. I do think that IT will become more and more strategic. That is also why a IT must become an intergral part of the company. And that is why IT should not be the core competence of only one CxO role. I would balance IT responsibility across all CxO roles. Only in that way can IT be strategic. Like Jeff Bezos (Amazon) once said: we don't have business and IT, we only have business. So integrate and don't align. And once you have integrated IT as part of the business, then there will not be a separate "I" role on C-level anymore Jim, wow I have read my reply again and do not understand where I lost you. I do think that IT will become more and more strategic. That is also why a IT must become an intergral part of the company. And that is why IT should not be the core competence of only one CxO role. I would balance IT responsibility across all CxO roles. Only in that way can IT be strategic.

Like Jeff Bezos (Amazon) once said: we don’t have business and IT, we only have business. So integrate and don’t align. And once you have integrated IT as part of the business, then there will not be a separate “I” role on C-level anymore

]]> By: Dr. Jim Anderson http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/career/is-it-time-to-say-goodbye-to-the-cio/comment-page-1#comment-882 Dr. Jim Anderson Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:39:13 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/?p=1181#comment-882 Ralph: Interesting point, I don't agree with you, but interesting none the less. The problem with your theory is that you are assuming that IT as a strategic advantage will go away, and I don't think that that will happen anytime soon. The Walmarts, FedExs, and other firms that have found ways to harness IT are leaders in their industries. As long as everyone else wants to be like them there will be a need for a CIO to lead the charge... Ralph: Interesting point, I don’t agree with you, but interesting none the less. The problem with your theory is that you are assuming that IT as a strategic advantage will go away, and I don’t think that that will happen anytime soon. The Walmarts, FedExs, and other firms that have found ways to harness IT are leaders in their industries. As long as everyone else wants to be like them there will be a need for a CIO to lead the charge…

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]]> By: Ralph Hofman http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/career/is-it-time-to-say-goodbye-to-the-cio/comment-page-1#comment-879 Ralph Hofman Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:07:07 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com/?p=1181#comment-879 The CIO will disappear! I believe that in the coming years IT will be more and more integrated in the business. So there will not be 'business' and 'IT' anymore, but only business. This also means that current attempts to align business to IT can be considered as fighting the symptoms within companies that are not yet integrating IT in their business. When IT is integrated in the business, there will not be any use for a CIO anymore. All other CxO roles will have their own responsibilities concerning IT. These responsibilities will be equally balanced across the CxO roles as the responsibilities for the business processes that IT supports. Yes, there still will be a need technical IT people, probably centralized. But this will be lead by a traditional IT managers or in more and more cases outsourced to specialized IT suppliers. Ralph The CIO will disappear!

I believe that in the coming years IT will be more and more integrated in the business. So there will not be ‘business’ and ‘IT’ anymore, but only business. This also means that current attempts to align business to IT can be considered as fighting the symptoms within companies that are not yet integrating IT in their business.

When IT is integrated in the business, there will not be any use for a CIO anymore. All other CxO roles will have their own responsibilities concerning IT. These responsibilities will be equally balanced across the CxO roles as the responsibilities for the business processes that IT supports. Yes, there still will be a need technical IT people, probably centralized. But this will be lead by a traditional IT managers or in more and more cases outsourced to specialized IT suppliers.

Ralph

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