Laughing at the CIO
Subtitle: a parable and prescription for IT leadership
By: Bob Boiko.
Publisher: CyberAge Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Medford, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780910965781
Subjects: Chief information officers; Information technology -- Management; Leadership
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: learn to care about information; title: Laughing at the CIO; title: Rebooting it; title: Starting up; title: Planning with Sandi web services; title: Information initiatives; title: The CRM application; title: The web site; title: The intranet; title: Knowledge central; title: The grand flop; title: The Digerati rebel; title: Knowledge central tanks; title: Marketing defects; title: The end draws near; title: Strategy upgrade; title: Attitude hot swap; title: Alpha design; title: Beta design; title: A rolling release; title: Get perspective; title: Know what information is; title: Information is simple but subtle; title: Electronic information is still information; title: ebusiness is still business; title: Know why information matters; title: Information persuades; title: Match the "I" and the "T"; title: Sort out information from data; title: Lead up; title: Own information; title: Take charge; title: Perform for the board; title: Make long-term plans; title: Have an information perspective; title: Stand up for information; title: Know the goals; title: Defining and selecting goals; title: What to know about a goal; title: Create an enterprise strategy; title: You want systems but you need strategy; title: Problem and solution space; title: Value information; title: Aim as high as is feasible; title: Make strategy statements; title: A sample strategy statement; title: A simple strategy statement exercise; title: Go top-down and bottom-up; title: Devolve ownership; title: Shift strategy ownership; title: Shift audience ownership; title: Shift information ownership; title: Lead across; title: Engage intelligently; title: Break the IT deadlock; title: Proactively approach groups; title: Form a value proposition; title: Form a key person plan; title: Form an education plan; title: Chart engagement tactics; title: Move management forward; title: Transcend the print mentality; title: Transcend the web mentality; title: Respect the wisdom of traditional publishers; title: Create authors; title: Use editors; title: Be librarians; title: Do less; title: Don't just centralize information; title: Manage the least amount of information; title: Don't control information; manage it; title: Own the management, not the information; title: Balance central and peripheral resources; title: Lead down; title: Set the tone of the department; title: Don't default leadership to the professionals; title: Design from multiple angles; title: Destroy the myth of future returns and general solutions; title: Destroy the myth of full automation; title: Build an information practice; title: Set department strategy; title: Continually craft tactics; title: Cultivate key skills; title: Create repeatable process; title: Lead information projects; title: Lead, don't practice; title: Boot up a strategic project evaluation process; title: Review your project portfolio; title: Reign-in scope; title: Establish project checkpoints; title: Originate projects; title: Conclusion: be the information guys; title: About the author; title: Index.