Comments on: Goals, Priorities and The New CIO http://ericbrown.com/goals-priorities-and-the-new-cio.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=goals-priorities-and-the-new-cio Technology, Strategy, People and Projects Wed, 23 May 2012 07:10:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Could you be a CIO? Bill Bennett’s Knowledge Workers | Bill Bennett http://ericbrown.com/goals-priorities-and-the-new-cio.htm#comment-1656 Could you be a CIO? Bill Bennett’s Knowledge Workers | Bill Bennett Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:39:02 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2893#comment-1656 [...] Goals, Priorities and The New CIO (ericbrown.com) [...] [...] Goals, Priorities and The New CIO (ericbrown.com) [...]

]]> By: Values and The New CIO | Eric D. Brown - Technology, Strategy, People, Projects http://ericbrown.com/goals-priorities-and-the-new-cio.htm#comment-1655 Values and The New CIO | Eric D. Brown - Technology, Strategy, People, Projects Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:01:47 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2893#comment-1655 [...] a follow-up to my Goals, Priorities and The New CIO post last week, I wanted to take some time to talk about Values and how they play into the [...] [...] a follow-up to my Goals, Priorities and The New CIO post last week, I wanted to take some time to talk about Values and how they play into the [...]

]]> By: Peter Kretzman http://ericbrown.com/goals-priorities-and-the-new-cio.htm#comment-1657 Peter Kretzman Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:03:51 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2893#comment-1657 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @TriumphCIO: Goals, Priorities & The New #CIO, by @ericdbrown #Technology #Strategy #People #Projects http://bit.ly/17bIUo</span></span> RT @TriumphCIO: Goals, Priorities & The New #CIO, by @ericdbrown #Technology #Strategy #People #Projects http://bit.ly/17bIUo

]]> By: Eric D. Brown http://ericbrown.com/goals-priorities-and-the-new-cio.htm#comment-1658 Eric D. Brown Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:06:37 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2893#comment-1658 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">@innotas @TriumphCIO thanks for the RT of Goals, Priorities and The New CIO http://bit.ly/17bIUo</span></span> @innotas @TriumphCIO thanks for the RT of Goals, Priorities and The New CIO http://bit.ly/17bIUo

]]> By: Mark Cummuta http://ericbrown.com/goals-priorities-and-the-new-cio.htm#comment-1659 Mark Cummuta Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:05:28 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2893#comment-1659 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Goals, Priorities & The New #CIO, by @ericdbrown #Technology #Strategy #People #Projects http://bit.ly/17bIUo RT @innotas #exec #innovation</span></span> Goals, Priorities & The New #CIO, by @ericdbrown #Technology #Strategy #People #Projects http://bit.ly/17bIUo RT @innotas #exec #innovation

]]> By: innotas http://ericbrown.com/goals-priorities-and-the-new-cio.htm#comment-1660 innotas Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:28:25 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2893#comment-1660 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @ericdbrown Goals, Priorities and The New CIO | Eric D. Brown - Technology, Strategy, People, Projects http://bit.ly/17bIUo</span></span> RT @ericdbrown Goals, Priorities and The New CIO | Eric D. Brown – Technology, Strategy, People, Projects http://bit.ly/17bIUo

]]> By: ericbrown http://ericbrown.com/goals-priorities-and-the-new-cio.htm#comment-1651 ericbrown Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:16:52 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2893#comment-1651 Hi Steven - thanks for stopping by.<br><br>Great comment. You are correct about the BHAG. Many times these turn into non-specific and non-measureable goals. Hi Steven – thanks for stopping by.

Great comment. You are correct about the BHAG. Many times these turn into non-specific and non-measureable goals.

]]> By: ericbrown http://ericbrown.com/goals-priorities-and-the-new-cio.htm#comment-1654 ericbrown Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:16:52 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2893#comment-1654 Hi Steven - thanks for stopping by.<br><br>Great comment. You are correct about the BHAG. Many times these turn into non-specific and non-measureable goals. Hi Steven – thanks for stopping by.

Great comment. You are correct about the BHAG. Many times these turn into non-specific and non-measureable goals.

]]> By: Steven M. Smith http://ericbrown.com/goals-priorities-and-the-new-cio.htm#comment-1661 Steven M. Smith Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:30:02 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2893#comment-1661 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">commented about setting priorities and goals in response to @ericdbrown's post Goals, Priorities and The New CIO http://bit.ly/C2qX7.</span></span> commented about setting priorities and goals in response to @ericdbrown’s post Goals, Priorities and The New CIO http://bit.ly/C2qX7.

]]> By: stevenMsmith http://ericbrown.com/goals-priorities-and-the-new-cio.htm#comment-1650 stevenMsmith Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:24:21 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/?p=2893#comment-1650 What's the missing element in typical organizational priority setting? Stopping work that no longer needs to be done. An organization may be able to do more with less, but it will flitter away precious time if all the work it did in the past still must be done. The CIO owes it the their organization and the organization as a whole to cut out work that no longer has value. And I believe there is always needless work being done. Identify it. Stop it.<br><br>Does the organization benefit from having a Big Harry Audacious Goal (BHAG)? Perhaps. I'll buy into this idea if the goal is concrete rather than abstract. Too many goal (or mission) statements are meaningless. You would be doing CIOs a service by sharing examples of BHAG statements that meaningfully set a direction for an organization.<br><br>I like this post, especially the part about asking the system administrator for their goals. The ultimate test for assessing the real goals of the organization rather than the professed goals of its upper management is to ask the members of the organization about the connection between what they are doing today and its contribution to the goals of the organization.<br><br>If the members of the organization can't connect their work to the organization goals, there is a problem. And that problem is widespread -- most IT organizations have it. What's the missing element in typical organizational priority setting? Stopping work that no longer needs to be done. An organization may be able to do more with less, but it will flitter away precious time if all the work it did in the past still must be done. The CIO owes it the their organization and the organization as a whole to cut out work that no longer has value. And I believe there is always needless work being done. Identify it. Stop it.

Does the organization benefit from having a Big Harry Audacious Goal (BHAG)? Perhaps. I'll buy into this idea if the goal is concrete rather than abstract. Too many goal (or mission) statements are meaningless. You would be doing CIOs a service by sharing examples of BHAG statements that meaningfully set a direction for an organization.

I like this post, especially the part about asking the system administrator for their goals. The ultimate test for assessing the real goals of the organization rather than the professed goals of its upper management is to ask the members of the organization about the connection between what they are doing today and its contribution to the goals of the organization.

If the members of the organization can't connect their work to the organization goals, there is a problem. And that problem is widespread — most IT organizations have it.

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