Cio Talk Network Podcast

They are highly mobile and demand constant connectivity. They desire personalization and choice in whatever they do. They work to live, not live to work. They don't like being paged at 2 am. They change their jobs very quickly. Who are “they”? We’re talking about Gen-Y which is soon to become the bulk of the IT workforce and our future IT leaders. Will we be ready for this IT workforce transformation? Will *they* still be able to deliver IT as expected? Guest 1: Timothy Kasbe Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Sears Holding Corporation Guest 2: John P. Gillispie Title: Chief Operating Officer, Iowa's Information Technology Enterprise Office, CIO, State of Iowa, Former President of NASCIO For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/the-y-factor-is-it-ready-are-cios-ready

Cloud computing is being increasingly embraced by the enterprises for even mission critical applications, infrastructure, and operational needs. So, isn't it time that we put an overarching governance model in place, that spans planning/designing phase, production phase, and how we execute change management within the cloud? Are there any other governance models out there, to provide inspiration? Are there any best practices based governance models available yet? Guest 1: Dennis Quan Title: Director of Autonomic Computing, IBM Software Group Former CTO, IBM's Blue Cloud Initiative & High Performance group Guest 2: Rudy Wolfs Title: Chief Customer Service & Chief Information Officer, ING Direct For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/cloud-governance-is-now-the-time

While most organizations have cut their IT budgets to the bone, IT Modernization is been suggested as a way to optimize value while reducing risk and cost. How exactly do we define "IT modernization"? What factors make it a compelling strategy? If we are lucky enough to get stakeholders to buy in, how do we go about planning and executing this? While IT modernization sounds great, it may be ""too good to be true"". Why should we try this just now, when we are trying to hold onto every penny? Guest 1: Gopal Khanna Title: Chief Information Officer, State of Minnesota Guest 2: Peter Gapp Title: Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Siemens Canada Limited For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/it-modernization-why-now-and-how

A CIO's success depends on how well he/she influences a variety of internal and external people/teams, and it is particularly difficult to get things done when dealing with a random group of people that he/she doesn't directly manage. Influence management is the ability to influence others, especially those that an IT leader may lack direct influence over. How important is this skill for a CIO? How can an IT leader develop this skill? Guest 1: Brian Simmermon Title: Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Subaru of America, Inc. Guest 2: Gerry McCartney Title: Vice President of Technology and Chief Information Officer, Purdue University Guest 3: Kevin Walker Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, American Electric Power For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/the-cio-as-a-successful-influence-manager

Suppliers are a constant source of concern. At any time, something that affects *their performance* could arise to jeopardize *our business interests*. Even more terrifying is the worry that they may get too lax about working with us to comply with government mandates. Supplier Performance Management (SPM), has been suggested as a solution. Is SPM the panacea it's being made out to be? Guest 1: David Smoley Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Flextronics Guest 2: Jane Barrett Title: Managing Vice President, Gartner's AMR Supply Chain Research group For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/can-spm-perform-as-promised

For some, IT is the plumbing which allows an uninterrupted and efficient flow of information. But, what about the quality of the information that is flowing through the "plumbing"? We wouldn't drink bad water no matter how elegant the plumbing, what about bad or poor information? Guest 1: Suzanne Gordon Title: Vice President Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, SAS Institute Inc. Guest 2: Tony Tortorice Title: Chief Technology Officer, State of Washington For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/improving-the-quality-of-information

CIOs need to build networks, exert influence up and down the hierarchy, problem-solve, communicate effectively, and deliver, in order to keep the wheels of the IT organization moving in the same direction as the business and deliver results. Unfortunately many CIOs endowed with these valuable skills can be pulled into a "producing" vs. "leading" role due to the environment and/or tough times, essentially demoting them to the role of a middle manager. So, how can a CIO lead from that spot? How can a CIO avoid this fate? Guest 1: Neil Jarvis Title: Vice President and Chief Information Officer, AAA NCNU Guest 2: Damon Anderson Title: Chief Information Officer, State of Pennsylvania - Conservation and Natural Resources (PA-DCNR) For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/can-a-cio-lead-from-the-middle

Like a teenager, as IT professionals, we are also wrestling with internal turmoil, and want to do things differently, defying the norm. Our overzealousness and thinking "outside of the box" attitude is often taken for immaturity. Can we really compete and innovate in this new world by being mature and complacent? How about adopting the same so called "teenage thinking," attitude, and adopt the approach along the chain of command to make a positive difference and create real value through IT? Guest 1: Ron Thieme, Ph.D. Title: Vice President and Chief Information Officer, AIT Laboratories Guest 2: Michael L. Capone Title: Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Automatic Data Processing, Inc. For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/running-it-like-a-teenager

Organizations talk about offshore outsourcing being a strategic initiative, but what is the driver? It takes time and patience for an investment in India to deliver real results, but just as that investment is starting to pay off, companies are beginning to eye China. Why? Is it because macro economic pressures are forcing salaries and other costs up in India? Is it an attempt to protect initiatives through diversification to other countries? Is it competitive marketing? Why abandon a valuable investment in one country, for the unknowns of starting over elsewhere? Guest 1: Ahmed Mahmoud Title: Chief Information Officer, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Guest 2: Michael F. Corbett Title: Chairman, International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/bargain-hunting-in-it-outsourcing-what-are-the-savings

With the global economic downturn and increasing competition, corporate focus is on IT to deliver results! Dare a CIO be sensitive or touchy-feely, or do tough times demand a tough-nosed productivity centric number cruncher, who delivers at any cost? Guest 1: Larry Bonfante Title: Chief Information Officer, Author, the United States Tennis Association Guest 2: Chad Kirkpatrick Title: State Chief Information Officer & Director of GITA, State of Arizona For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/dare-a-cio-show-sensitivity-in-tough-times

The state of our IT, short or long term, is a direct reflection of how well we've planned. Our hindsight is only as good as the plans we made the previous year and the end results. So, how should we plan? Do we plan based on empirical data? What about using creativity or projections? How well thought out is the IT planning process and what safeguards do we need to ensure that the final result is a strategic IT plan which will create success and growth? Guest 1: Nicholas R. Colisto Title: Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Hovnanian Enterprises Guest 2: John Conley Title: Deputy Chief Information Officer, Governor's Office of Information Technology, State of Colorado For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/improving-the-it-planning-process

Over the years, organizations build any number of IT applications to get work done. They then keep those same applications limping along, year after year. Would there be any value to identifying which ones are truly strategic and then focusing on investing resources in them, while outsourcing the rest? How about a cleaner IT application portfolio by design? Guest 1: Brendan O'Malley Title: Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Tasty Baking Company Guest 2: Mark Griesbaum Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer, Cardean Learning Group For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/are-all-your-it-applications-truly-strategic

Today, IT spending can represent up to fifty percent of annual corporate capital expenditures. Not all CIO's are blessed with procurement departments and savvy buyers who know the technology well enough. So, a CIO needs to step in. How well are today’s CIO's using their expertise to get the best value for their IT dollars? Guest 1: Rich Gius Title: Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Atmos Energy Guest 2: Eric Dirst Title: Senior Vice President and CIO, DeVry Inc. For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/negotiate-and-lead-mantra-for-it-leaders

Lately, new customers are hard to come by. What about focusing our attention on our current customers and getting more (and maybe additional) business from them? What would it take to get our current customers to use us more? Can IT help? Guest 1: Donald F. Martin Title: Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Armstrong World Industries Guest 2: Merv Tarde Title: Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Vice President of Facilities and Property Management, Interstate Battery System of America, Inc. For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/getting-new-business-from-current-customers

A Friend in need is a friend indeed. In a severe economic downturn, everyone is affected. What do you look for from your vendors, to signal their willingness to work with you to help you successfully weather the downturn?For the most part, how have your vendors successfully or not-so successfully adjusted to your IT's changed needs and wants? Guest 1: Yuvi Kochar Title: Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Technology, The Washington Post Guest 2: Mike Hugos Title: Chief Information Officer, Large, Center for Systems Innovation [c4si] For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/does-your-it-vendor-pass-the-tough-times-test

Everyone is trying to get a handle on costs, but an indiscriminate slash and burn of assets can reduce productivity and profitability. Cost cutting needs to be more precise. Could IT help capture costs as well as the impact of cuts in those costs, in a more organized and transparent way, to avoid such overkill? What are the ways that IT can help structure Enterprise Cost Reduction (ECR) efforts? Guest 1: Marti Menacho Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer , JDS Uniphase Guest 2: Robert Fort Title: Chief Information Officer, Virgin Entertainment Group's North America Megastores For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/structuring-ecr-vs-slash-and-burn

In the past, R&D built products and designed services to be cheaper and cheaper. Today however, competition is driven by knowledge vs. price. Instead of selling what we produce, we need to produce what sells. User driven innovation can make that happen. How well is IT and IT leadership positioned to enable user driven innovation? Guest 1: Dr. John J. Sviokla Title: Vice Chairman, Global Managing Director of Innovation and Research, Diamond Management & Technology Consultants Former professor, Harvard Business School Guest 2: Dr. George O. Strawn Title: Director of the National Coordination Office (NCO) for the Federal government’s multiagency Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program. Co-Chair, The NITRD Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council. For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/getting-a-handle-on-user-driven-innovation

All workers have networks of colleagues, both outside as well as inside the organization. To access all ideas available in both networks, what is the best way to introduce social networking into business strategy? How do IT and business leaders leverage worker networks, including those outside the organization, to get the best results? Guest 1: Robert J. Vitello Title: Chief Information Officer (Deputy Commissioner for Planning and Technology), The New York State Department of Labor Guest 2: Zeus Kerravala Title: Senior Vice President, Yankee Group Guest 3: Pieter Schoehuijs Title: Chief Information Officer, AKZO Nobel N.V. For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/leveraging-social-networks-for-results

Demand management promises the next generation of supply chain forecasting, however it can be a complex initiative involving a cascade of changes in jobs, organizational structure, and communications within and outside the enterprise. Is such an initiative worth it? How hard will it be, to get it right the first time? Guest 1: Ashwin Rangan Title: Former Chief Information Officer, Wal-Mart Guest 2: Tim Payne Title: Research Director, Gartner, Inc. Guest 3: Simon Ellis Title: Practice Director, Supply Chain Strategies, IDC Guest 4: Larry Lapide, Title: Ph.D., Research Director, Demand Management Solutions Group Director, Demand Management, MIT Center, Transportation & Logistics For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/demand-management-justifying-the-roi

The global economic slump has prodded IT leaders into considering new ways to become self-reliant. Coveted outsourcing destinations are more expensive then they used to be. The IT talent pool has been overfished. And, the dream of an"idea economy" where corporations keep the elite idea generation in-house and outsource the grunt work, has had its problems. Is the time right for insourcing? Guest 1: John Stevenson Title: Past President, SIM Former CIO, Sharp Electronics Corporation Guest 2: Ashvin Vellody Title: Senior Vice President, Yankee Group For more details and related content: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/is-it-insourcing-becoming-the-in-thing