Community Building is an online and offline community for digital leaders founded in 2005 with over 6,500 members across 24 countries. It holds over 100 events per year. The document discusses how the role of the chief information officer has evolved from establishing corporate information policy in the 1980s to focusing on employees and customers by the 2000s. It also notes the emergence of fintech around 2011 and recommends ways to improve collaboration, such as asking unique questions, creating diverse teams, and showing tenacity.
21. THE ORIGINAL CIO DEFINITION
A senior executive responsible for establishing
corporate information policy, standards, and
management control over all corporate information
resources. William Synott.
William Synott* is generally credited with coining the label chief information officer in a
speech at the 1980 Information Management Exposition and Conference.
*American organizational theorist, Vice President of Bank of Boston, author, consultant and
lecturer, known for his work in the field of computer technology in business in the 1980s.
25. RECOMMENDATIONS ON COLLABORATION
1. Just do it!
2. Ask a unique question
3. Focus on what you have in common
4. Create a diverse team
5. Look outside for context
6. Grow slow
7. Time is the new currency
8. Show tenacity
9. Organize governance
10. Shift happens! Adopt or stop