The CIO Reality Check | Sadin on Digital

<p>The Big Themes:</p><ul><li><strong>Technical debt:</strong> If you write off $0.42 during a $100M bank reconciliation, I guess you created ‘financial debt,’ but so what? It’s the Enron’s of the tech debt realm that warrant attention.</li><li><strong>Whenever you don’t fix something:</strong> Technical Debt as a board level off-balance sheet issue is the systemic and long-term policy of neglecting your IT environment.</li><li><strong>Digital transformation:</strong> Just because it’s “digital” doesn’t make it transformative. Digital optimization is a good thing – it’s just not the same and distracts CEO/BoD’s.</li><li><strong>CEOs/Board of Directors:</strong> You need a translator to help keep the discussion flowing. Someone who can call BS on the “just ain’t so.”</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Big Quote:</p><p>“A CIO needs to be able to do all of those things. And then as their side job, keep all the tech plates spinning.”</p><p> </p><p>This episode is brought to you by BMC Software.</p><p> </p>