tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115934518135134925.post1914738374616229185..comments2023-06-27T01:30:56.956-07:00Comments on Mark's Management Post: Who Should IT Report To?Mark Romanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01374380690393778843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115934518135134925.post-43790018656851574522012-03-28T12:22:23.757-07:002012-03-28T12:22:23.757-07:00Thanks Bruce.
I think it really is a mental disp...Thanks Bruce. <br /><br />I think it really is a mental disposition - an attitude and approach that separates IT Directors from CIOs.<br /><br />P.S. I really should have taken more Latin courses to keep up with you!Mark Romanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374380690393778843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115934518135134925.post-34892133000834039542012-03-28T12:18:28.236-07:002012-03-28T12:18:28.236-07:00My favourite expression for Chief Information Offi...My favourite expression for Chief Information Officers (the real kind, not the ones that are glorified IT Directors) is that they are <i>primus inter pares</i>, or "first among equals".<br /><br />This absolutely resonates with your position about reporting relationships, <i>de facto</i> ("as a fact") regardless of how the CIO is currently placed, and, if not already <i>de jure</i> (under law, or "in the org model"), then certainly to be striven for.<br /><br />Indeed, the CIO who does not take the perspective <i>of</i> a Chief Executive Officer is missing a core part of their reason for being there!<br /><br />Well said, good sir!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09636648210849318913noreply@blogger.com