January 22, 2004

IS Shortcomings

TechRepublic has a recent article on The seven habits of wildly unsuccessful CIOs

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1. Acquire technology simply because it's new.
2. Exhibit a knee-jerk reaction against open source.
3. Create solutions in search of a problem.
4. Eagerly reach beyond competency level.
5. Act as CMOs--chief marketing officers.
6. Fail to understand relationship between technology and business.
7. Don't communicate well with nontechs.

Honestly, this doesn't just apply to CIO's. It can be an organizations cultural shortcoming or an is individuals.

Posted by Elyse at January 22, 2004 7:59 AM | TrackBack
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There was a good article "How Technology is Redefining the Role of the Firm: Lessons for Corporate Strategists" on Knowledge@Wharton (free newsletter from Wharton) at http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewArticle&ID=787

Thought you might be interested :)

Posted by: Bob at January 23, 2004 5:10 PM