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Summary: Putting Offerings into Right Perspective
Review: Although this book is primarily targeted to IT-leaders or those who intend to become one I'm sure this book is also highly valuable for all CEOs and Marketing and Sales VPs of startup companies who are tarketing established corporations. This book will give them guidance to put their offerings into right perspective by giving insights about CIO's success strategies and challenges. And the structure of the book makes it easy and enjoyable reading for busy executives - from the first foreword to the last chapter.
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Summary: Calling all aspiring CIO's
Review: An excellent read for those IT enthusiasts who aspire to become a CIO. "CIO Wisdom" provides insight into the life of a CIO and the challenges facing those who accept the responsibility. Can be used as reference even after reading it from cover to cover. I can't wait to read their sequel.
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Summary: CIO Reference Manual
Review: As a CIO I though CIO Wisdom hits the nail on the head on many of the challenges and issues facing today's CIO's. Sound and practical advice from those actually performing in the job was quite refreshing to the theoretical approach found in many other books on this topic. I only wish that many of my customers (business line leaders and executives) would read this book to better understand the value of IT can bring to our organization.
My only critique is that some of the concepts discussed in the book where not fully flushed out when the author was talking about solutions. Of course there have been entire books written on some of the topics covered in CIO wisdom.
I was particularly impressed by the Communications, Governance, Marketing and the Business Intelligence chapters.
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Summary: I'm a new CIO
Review: As an IT professional recently hired as a first time CIO, I was in need of a book like this one. As I began reading, it was actually eerie to see how similar my issues are to the ones addressed in this book. The book does a great job of addressing issues; first by explaining them, then by giving real world examples of how the authors worked them, then by offering trouble-shooting advice and even offering templates where applicable. I have shared several chapters with my direct reports and have already put some of the ideas into practice. Doing so has increased my effectiveness and therefore my chances of success in my new role. I would recommend this book to anyone else in a similar position.
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Summary: I'm a new CIO
Review: As an IT professional recently hired as a first time CIO, I was in need of a book like this one. As I began reading, it was actually eerie to see how similar my issues are to the ones addressed in this book. The book does a great job of addressing issues; first by explaining them, then by giving real world examples of how the authors worked them, then by offering trouble-shooting advice and even offering templates where applicable. I have shared several chapters with my direct reports and have already put some of the ideas into practice. Doing so has increased my effectiveness and therefore my chances of success in my new role. I would recommend this book to anyone else in a similar position.
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Summary: CIO Wisdom review
Review: As with many books that collect articles or papers, the organization is topical not a continuous sequence, although there seems to be some consideration given to precedence of topics.
I especially found value in the chapters on Communication, Governance, Architecture, the Value of IT, Metrics and the Cates article regarding Line of Business orientation.
There are some inconsistencies between articles, and minor editing errors.
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Summary: Profound
Review: CIO Wisdom is filled with excellent, usable, information upon which you can take action. It is a tremendous reference on important topics. I have referred to it so many times in the last six months that I came back to Amazon to write this review. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: For Wisdom is Better than Rubies
Review: Excellent book. Chapter 16 by James E. Cates with his Ladder of Business Intelligence is worth the price of this book alone. Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. She crieth at the gates ...
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. Proverbs 8:1-3a,11
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Summary: Excellent Reference for CIO's
Review: Great book! Lots of critical thinking and practical solutions that are written so that a CIO can use them to deal with the challenges of their daily lives. Clearly each chapter contains knowledge from years of actual CIO experiences. I don't know of another source with this depth of information.
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Summary: CIO Wisdom review
Review: I found the book all encompassing and a real learning in so many ways. It gets to the heart of IT and the P A I N that most of us who have lived in the mix of the many stories of the... day in and day out world of IT. I recommend the book to multiple roles in organizations and mainly to those at VP and Director positions who are not necessarily IT. Engaging other other functional areas of the organization to read it would give a wake-up call to those who continually "kick the cat" called IT! Scintillating! A great writing of how important "Listening" is to making an organization work together. I found it worthwhile every "page of the way" in moving the "world of an organization" forward and the book more than directs YOU in that journey. I wish I had this book 15 years ago, it would have made life alot easier.
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