Tag Archives: Organizational structure

Managing Through Metrics: The Other Sides of SMART, Executive Summary

When designing a metrics framework isn’t enough
Chris Davis suggests how leaders can extend beyond just writing SMART goals to successfully manage and drive behavior through metrics.

Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst Opens Up, article in Forbes

Open Source- more than a business model, it is a culture driven by the CEO.
For his Forbes Technovation Column, Peter High talks about how Red Hat’s CEO, Jim Whitehurst, fosters the open source business model and culture form the top.

Forbes CIO-plus Series: Randy Spratt, McKesson

Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer- not the same roles, but equally important
As part of the Forbes Technovation Column, this CIO-plus Series interview with Randy Spratt, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer of McKesson, reveals how the dual technology-centric roles require different skills.

Five IT Lesson from the London 2012 Olympics, article in Forbes

Gerry Pennell, CIO of the London 2012 Olympic Games, shares five important leadership lessons with Peter High
It was hard not to sense the presence, and importance, of technology in this year’s Olympic Games. In the second article of his “Technovation” column for Forbes, Peter High captures five lessons from the leader that enabled it all.

How CIOs at Microsoft and Cisco Realigned IT For A New Era, article in The Wall Street Journal

Peter High writes for The Wall Street Journal, as he tells the story of how Tony Scott, CIO of Microsoft, and Rebecca Jacoby, CIO of Cisco, are transforming their IT departments within their respective technology giants.
Larger corporations with multiple operating units must confront a debate about the merits of centralized vs. federated organizational structures.

Chief Innovation Officers: The Growth of the Other CIO, Peter High featured in Wall Street Journal Article

Peter High featured in the Wall Street Journal’s CIO Journal
Peter High, President of Metis Strategy, was featured in the Wall Street Journal’s CIO Report, in an article exploring the growing trend of Chief Innovation Officers in the corporate structure, and the need for clear direction and strategy to empower the role beyond just a title.

McKesson’s Randy Spratt: Where IT Nirvana Meets Business Nirvana, article in CIO Insight

Peter High Discusses the Secrets to Managing the Growth vs. Cost Control Pendulum with the Innovative IT leader of a $112 Billion Health Company
In this one-on-one Q&A, Randy Spratt, McKesson Corporation’s CIO and CTO tells Peter High: “In my mind, business Nirvana is top-line growth. IT Nirvana is making everything the same, efficient, secure, leveraging economies of scale. In this scenario, IT controls things to a greater extent. In [too] many organizations, there is a pendulum that swings between these two scenarios, between Business Nirvana and IT Nirvana, never quite reaching either side before the momentum shifts in the other direction.”

Peter High, Metis Strategy Founder and Author, talks about CIOs and their role in Business Success

An Interview with Enterprise Leadership

Enterpriseleadership.org sat down with Peter High, founder of Metis Strategy and author of the book World Class IT: Why Businesses Succeed When IT Triumph. Peter talks about the changing roles and importance of CIOs within a business’s infrastructure

United IT Revamps Processes, Business Relationships To Help Drive Company Forward

Driving change out of bankruptcy
The bankrupt airline is unique, both in terms of its investment in IT, and the inventive collaborative strategy devised by CIO Nirup Krishnamurthy that has contributed significantly to addressing United’s dueling needs to cut costs and create revenue-generating programs.