Cio Quotes

Applying the right procedures and policies to asset management allows IT to create a realistic budget with few surprises, and keep best practices to adapt to "continuous changes. ~ Pearl Zhu

Digital-savvy CIOs can envision the upcoming business trends and have both "sense and sensitivity" to understand people and lead effortlessly. ~ Pearl Zhu

Innovation shouldn't be serendipity. It is a management process and the differentiated business capability. ~ Pearl Zhu

The CIO is a serious partner in the inner circle to creating value-added strategies and enabling deeper insights into the opportunities IT can do. ~ Pearl Zhu

When the iPhone came out, every CIO in America said, 'You're not bringing that into our corporate environment,' my CIO included. ~ Randall L. Stephenson

It is what the "I" stands for - Information, Innovation, Insight, Improvement, or Influence, that needs to be represented by CIOs in the Boardroom. ~ Pearl Zhu

The head of the AFL-CIO endorsed John Kerry, saying, 'The time has come to come behind one man, one leader, one candidate.' Then he said, 'And until we find that man, we will endorse John Kerry.' ~ Conan O'Brien

We could see the Teamsters coming in from New Jersey, the AFL-CIO from Chicago. You could see all of the people being bused in. ~ Scott Walker

Great CIOs are great storytellers, envision and communicate a full-fledged, people-centric digital transformation. ~ Pearl Zhu

A delegate shout out from the floor: "Peonage, Anti-Lynch Bill, poll tax, these are our issues. They are the most controversial issues in American life, and some of us will have to die for them! Yes, we want to join with the CIO! We cannot stop for controversy!" And there in the faces of my people I saw strength. There with the whites in the audience I saw the positive forces of civilization and the best guarantee of America's future. ~ Ralph Ellison

The CIO must now wear many hats, and see the forest through the trees. ~ Pearl Zhu

CIOs need to be IT evangelists and learn to sell, speak business. ~ Pearl Zhu

Prepare, listen, question, and participate. IT plays a critical role in taking the organization to the next level of digital maturity. ~ Pearl Zhu

(Socialist Powers Hapgood)...had become an official in the CIO. There had been some sort of dust-up on a picket line, and he was testifying about it in court, and the judge stops everything and asks him, "Mr. Hapgwood, here you are, you're a graduate of Harvard. why would anyone with your advantages choose the life than you have?" Hapgood answered the judge: "Why, because of the Sermon on the Mount, sir. ~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Emergency department physicians spent 44 percent of their time entering data into electronic medical records, clicking up to 4,000 times during a 10-hour shift. - Becker's Health IT & CIO Review magazine, October 11, 2013 ~ Robert Wachter

From average to great is a leadership journey; it takes vision, passion, confidence, problem-solving skills, and teamwork to match up. ~ Pearl Zhu

The CMO is expected to spend more on technology than the CIO by 2017. ~ Marc Benioff

A CIO needs to be better-rounded than to have a title of "logical" or "creative. ~ Pearl Zhu

The tough choice facing CIOs is not about only picking one identity as either being strategic or tactical, but about - when acting as a strategic leader, when playing as a tactical manager. ~ Pearl Zhu

Outlier" CIOs have better capabilities to connect innovation dots. ~ Pearl Zhu

The CEO era gave rise to the CFO (not certified flying object, as you might imagine, but chief financial officer) and, most recently, the CIO, chief investment officer, a nice boost for the bookkeeper you can't afford to give a raise ... ~ William Safire