Cios Quote by Ian Cox

“The paranoid CIOs are not weak, they are just mindful, inquisitive, and innovative.”

— Pearl Zhu

“In my previous book, The CIO Paradox, I called this phenomenon the "accountability vs. ownership" paradox, where CIOs are responsible for the outcomes of…

— Martha Heller

“This lack of accurate, trustworthy information about the true cost of any given policy, product, service, or behavior is paralyzing all action.”

— Robert David Steele

“Corporate responsibility is now cost of entry.”

— Nicole Ertas

Citigroup has a lot of money, it spends a lot of money, and it uses that money to grow and consolidate power. And it…

— Elizabeth Warren

“When there is silence around expectations, we will sometimes fill the gap and artificially escalate our expectations beyond even where the organization would set…

— Todd Henry

“Such philosophical musings risk inviting depression or inefficiency. Better just to fix the problem and move on to the next one. It's all part…

— Katrina Firlik

“IT is the building block of the business capability when business -IT gaps are shrinking, and it would be the roadblock if the gaps…

— Pearl Zhu

“Corporations are getting better and better at seducing us into thinking the way they think—of profits as the telos and responsibility as something to…

— David Foster Wallace

“Failing to plan for ownership transitions often leads to disappointing exits and drift.”

— Becca Spradlin Lead On Mission

“The more apparent it is that a system is nearing an end, the more reluctant people will be to adhere to its laws.”

— James Dale Davidson

“In ten years, I’m certain every COO worth their salt will have come from IT. Any COO who doesn’t intimately understand the IT systems…

— Gene Kim