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How To Talk Like a CIO

Posted by samzenpus on from the leveraging-your-aggressive-mediocrity dept.

itwbennett writes "Today's CIOs speak business-buzzwords as a second language. And there's a good reason for that. There is a trend among CIOs to distance themselves from being regarded as technologists and to put themselves forward as business strategists. It boils down to one simple rule: Just as you should never be the first to mention compensation in the interview process, you should never be the first to break out the tech jargon in a business setting."

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  1. From TFA by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 5, Informative

    The senior VP had serious technical chops, but he wasn't about to demonstrate them in front of his peers. He feared, justifiably, that if he did so he'd get classified as a techie and taken out of consideration as a possible future CEO.

    For any /.er working in an environment like that, I'd like to think this would be a sign that it was time to get the hell out.

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  2. Re:Easy by phantomfive · · Score: 2, Informative

    Believe it or not, that's the opposite of what the summary says.

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  3. Great article, thanks for posting! by JimtownKelly · · Score: 3, Informative

    Great CIOs, demonstrate a balance between understanding the business and understanding the technology in their communications. Fortunately I've worked for a couple of these in my career. Few and far between.

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    -- Jimtown Kelly