Engineers and programmers might follow a Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but the American public in general does not tolerate such leaders. The technology industry needs a handful of people with strong marketing and technology skills. This lack of leadership is visible at the corporate level. Senior executives seldom take Chief Information Officers seriously. CIOs and MIS directors seldom sound sure of their own decisions.
Image is part of the problem, but leadership is more than mere image.
Leaders take control and charge ahead. Inherently, this approach bothers someone with an engineering bent. Managing Success Failed development projects have cost IS departments and the computer industry as a whole a great deal. The greatest cost of a failed project is the loss of trust in technology and technologists. Successful projects are possible.