Attention Chief Information Officers: When It Comes To The Cloud, What Got You Here Will Get You There

January 26, 2015 Off By David

Grazed from CIO. Author: Dominick Paul.

Marshall Goldsmith, an executive coach to the corporate elite, is the author of the very popular book called What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. And while the title may be true as it relates to your individual career path, I have news for C-suite executives everywhere: it is not true when it comes to adopting new technology.

In fact, what got you here – to your current state of success – is precisely what will get you to the next level. The problem is, as CIOs and IT professionals, we sometimes allow ourselves to be pressured into acting contrary to what we know is the right thing to do. Here’s what happens. A CEO approaches a CIO and says (in a nutshell), “What’s our cloud strategy? We have to get everything into the cloud.”…

The CEO has read the analysts, seen the marketing materials, been to the trade shows, and talked to peers. Is it any wonder that he or she comes to the CIO with an urgent “let’s-move-it-all-before-we-get-left-behind” deliverable? The cloud is the newest, latest, greatest, sexiest thing out there. It has benefits galore. Let’s get in on this. Now…

Read more from the source @ http://www.cio.com/article/2875160/cloud-computing/attention-chief-information-officers-when-it-comes-to-the-cloud-what-got-you-here-will-get-you-ther.html