Are you a truly strategic exec?

Being a strategic CIO means two things: thinking long-term (even when there are urgent IT "fires" to put out); and thinking big-picture -- not just about your internal operations, but about transforming your whole collection of businesses, even your whole industry. So how are you doing? It turns out that most CIOs aren't as strategic as their CEO, but they're more strategic than CFOs, according to research by Egon Zehnder International, reported in CIO magazine (1 November 2007). The Egon Zehnder folks -- can we just call 'em EZI, for short? -- have come up with seven levels of strategic orientation (the highest being 7):

Are you a truly strategic exec?

Being a strategic CIO means two things: thinking long-term (even when there are urgent IT "fires" to put out); and thinking big-picture -- not just about your internal operations, but about transforming your whole collection of businesses, even your whole industry. So how are you doing? It turns out that most CIOs aren't as strategic as their CEO, but they're more strategic than CFOs, according to research by Egon Zehnder International, reported in CIO magazine (1 November 2007). The Egon Zehnder folks -- can we just call 'em EZI, for short? -- have come up with seven levels of strategic orientation (the highest being 7):

Matloff vs. Aron on the loss of U.S. IT jobs to non-U.S. workers

A couple of weeks ago I moderated a panel discussion at the fall meeting of the UCLA Anderson School of Management IS Associates. The topic of discussion was the future of U.S. IT professionals in a global market, and we focused on offshore outsourcing and the H-1B visa controversy. Much of the discussion took the form of a debate between Professor Norman Matloff of the University of California at Davis, a long-time vocal critic of the H-1B visa program; and Professor Ravi Aron of the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, an authority on offshore outsourcing.

Matloff vs. Aron on the loss of U.S. IT jobs to non-U.S. workers

A couple of weeks ago I moderated a panel discussion at the fall meeting of the UCLA Anderson School of Management IS Associates. The topic of discussion was the future of U.S. IT professionals in a global market, and we focused on offshore outsourcing and the H-1B visa controversy. Much of the discussion took the form of a debate between Professor Norman Matloff of the University of California at Davis, a long-time vocal critic of the H-1B visa program; and Professor Ravi Aron of the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, an authority on offshore outsourcing.