Voice of the CIO Archives - CIO Association of Canada

CIO Crises: Write 3 Letters!

April 18, 2022September 11, 2020

There is a version of an old joke about a CIO starting an exciting new position and being given three letters by their immediate predecessor to be only opened during times of great crisis. When the first crisis hit, the CIO opened the first letter and it stated “blame your predecessor”, which the CIO did …

CIOs: Soar like an eagle while surrounded by turkeys?

April 18, 2022July 7, 2020

CIOs are tasked with providing digital technologies leadership on organizational transformation initiatives and are often in the middle of these massive efforts. This means that they must deal with all manner of people and with different levels of seniority within the organization. Success or failure of these initiatives can be highly dependent on the strength …