Monthly Archives: May 2013
The accidental CFIO and how to eliminate him
Recently I met with a couple of IT company executives whose target clients happen to include medium-sized enterprises. I mentioned that they must be talking to a lot of CFIOs, but all I got back were two blank stares. It … Continue reading
When an elephant should forget what he learned—and learn something new
Have you heard the one about the elephant? A guy walks by the circus where an elephant is tethered by a flimsy cord. He asks the elephant’s trainer, “How can you keep him tied up with that? He could snap … Continue reading
Why running technology on the break/fix model is a lost cause
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” That’s a model every business follows now and then. That’s fine if whatever’s unbroken can’t be improved by “fixing.” But if that’s your model when it comes to technology, then you’re missing the … Continue reading