First off, congratulations to the new IT leader at one of the most important agencies in the Canadian public sector. I’ve never met Mark, but before Foreign Affairs he worked for the Consulate General of Canada:
Excited to join talented team and serve as Chief Information Officer (#CIO) at DFATD. #gc2020 #digitaldiplomacy
— Martin Loken (@m_loken) September 5, 2014
You don’t often see CIOs promoting their own events but if you happen to be in San Francisco soon, this looks interesting. I’ve interviewed Kim before and she’s full of great insights:
Keep up with the ever-changing role of the #CIO. Join me at the Social Business CIO Summit Read more: <http://t.co/KB9OW80kSn>
— Kim Stevenson (@Kimsstevenson) September 5, 2014
CIO thinkpiece du jour: I saw this tweeted everywhere recently.
Are CIOs Ready for Digital Business? @Gartner_inc http://t.co/c8YYNuaTgB … #GartnerSYM #CIO @Equinix
— Potato (@AndrewMcCreath) September 3, 2014
This comment came from part of a fascinating Twitter conversation by the CIO of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and several others.
https://twitter.com/fcc_cio/status/507758563070992385
And finally the IT leadership joke of the week:
We must innovate – Said the CEO; Innovation is expensive – Said the CFO; What do you guys want me to do – asked the CIO. Familiar? #cio
— Don Addington (@DMFA19) September 5, 2014