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Martha Heller, President, Heller Search Associates

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The Quotable CIO: Wit and wisdom in the age of twitter

 

"The key to global IT leadership is patience."

"IT projects are won or lost in the beginning"

"Success has many fathers; failure is an orphan."

“There are two kinds of projects: business successes and IT failures."

“IT nowadays is predominately behavioral science."

"For us, consumer technologies represents an overnight demand explosion."

"My experience has been when mottos lead to coffee cups and t-shirts – the program is doomed."

"To me, you’ve broken the CIO Paradox when your CEO leads with IT."

A Charles Dickens quote for CIOs: "Do all the good you can, and make as little fuss about it as possible."

"It’s not enough to have a seat at the table; you have to fill it."

"Trust in IT takes years to build, and seconds to dismantle."

"Here's a CIO Paradox: Be a technology leader, but don't lead with technology."

If you have any tweetable bon mots of your own, please include them in the comments section below. I’d love to grow our collection. 

Comments

"The costs are always real while the benefits are theoretical."
Posted @ Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:40 AM by Rob Owen
"Managing is maximizing what is. Leadership is creating what isn't."
Posted @ Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:44 AM by Rob Owen
I love these, Rob! Thanks so much.
Posted @ Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:35 AM by Martha Heller
Adoption is the ultimate measure of value creation.
Posted @ Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:16 AM by Marc
Budgets only exist because somewhere revenue is being created.
Posted @ Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:18 AM by Marc
A CIO's only as good as their last back-up.
Posted @ Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:33 AM by Andrew Turner
Healthcare CIO epitaph "my life achieved meaningful use"
Posted @ Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:29 AM by Mark Gilliam
Working with the "C" in your title is being strategic, working with the "I" is being tactical.
Posted @ Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:09 PM by Fernando Gonzalez
IT that does not move your organization's mission forward is irrelevant
Posted @ Friday, February 24, 2012 4:16 AM by Ed Happ
50% of what you need to know for a successful IT project is learned during the project. Get started!
Posted @ Friday, February 24, 2012 4:18 AM by Ed Happ
These are wonderful! Words to live by! Thanks so much for posting.
Posted @ Saturday, February 25, 2012 7:53 AM by Martha Heller
"Be a CIO not a CI-NO."
Posted @ Saturday, August 18, 2012 12:49 AM by Brian Lillie
"It's better to make dust than eat it."
Posted @ Saturday, August 18, 2012 12:51 AM by Brian Lillie
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