
The CIO Paradox
Battling the Contradictions of IT Leadership
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Narrated by:
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Sean Pratt
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By:
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Martha Heller
Regardless of industry, most major companies are becoming technology companies. The successful management of information has become so critical to a company’s goals, that in many ways, now is the age of the CIO.
Yet IT executives are besieged by a host of contradictions: Bad technology can bring a company to its knees, but corporate boards rarely employ CIOs; CIOs must keep costs down at the very same time that they drive innovation. CIOs are focused on the future, while they are tethered by technology decisions made in the past.
These contradictions form what Martha Heller calls The CIO Paradox, a set of conflicting forces that are deeply embedded in governance, staffing, executive expectations, and even corporate culture. Heller, who has spent more than 12 years working with the CIO community, offers guidance to CIOs on how to attack, reverse, or neutralize the paradoxical elements of the CIO role. Through interviews with a wide array of successful CIOs, The CIO Paradox helps listeners level the playing field for IT success and get one step closer to bringing maximum value to their companies.
Gildan Media and Bibliomotion are proud to bring you another Bibliomotion Audiobook. Featuring exceptional content for today’s listener, these notable audiobooks contain the essential tools that can be applied to every facet of your life.
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As I answered many of the paradoxes and questions posed by Martha with my own approaches, I found myself nodding along, often thinking, "I just said that!" This read not only reinforced my strategies but also highlighted the universal challenges and triumphs that CIOs face. This sentence is one of my favourites: "CIO have a bias for action, they are change agents, who are deadline oriented and they want results."
Really good and impressive spot-on book
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Detail analysis, useful advice through practical examples.
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story telling doesn't offer the first person story telling of the likes of the Goal nor the lessons learned, hence might get less interested in following up
intriguing and well resonating
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Must Read for anyone in IT
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Why male narrator?
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Very good and relavant
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a good overview of the CIO role
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Would you listen to The CIO Paradox again? Why?
The story was great. However, the narration by Sean Pratt with his excessively long pregnant pauses between each and every sentence almost made me stop listening. If the book was not as great as it was I really would have stopped. Had to move it to 2X speed just to get his pauses to seem normal. I am literally going to check who is reading the book from now on to avoid this if possible.Solid insight into what it takes to be a great CIO
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How did the narrator detract from the book?
No emotion, no inflection, same pace, so mind numbing I could not listen anymore. I tried multiple times and gave up.What did you take away from The CIO Paradox that you can apply to your work?
The business does not understand IT and never will, so get use to it. Chapter 1, what other chapters have to say I could not bear to even attempt it.Narration is so poor hard to really rate
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Must have for aspiring CIOs
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