From the course: Creating Your IT Strategy
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Making IT strategic
- Bob Willette, who went from chief information officer of Best Buy to chief executive officer of Best Buy International, has said: "Today, all businesses "are technology companies powered by people; "it is simply a question of degree. "Failure to understand this and to harness technology "to a company's advantage will result in "one's company being a follower in an industry "as opposed to a shaper of it." I love this quote. I'm here to say that CIOs must recognize this to be true and seize the opportunity. How does this apply to you and how do you make this happen in your compony? Information technology leaders within corporations have historically been more comfortable with tactics than they have been with strategy. The reasons for this hearken back to a time when IT was clearly a support organization within enterprises. They more or less took orders from the rest of the organization rather than driving any…
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