Summary: In this week's episode of CIO Playbook with Jeffrey Hurley I am taking an interview look back. I will take you through an exploration of some highlights from the early interviews this year. Reflecting on some really interesting learnings from these professionals who came on the show to share with you their knowledge and experience. Hopefully you will find them just as fascinating as I have. The excitement of learning from top leaders who are facing the challenges you are facing and hearing how they have successfully addressed them. Not to mention some of the cool technologies they use to support their businesses, whether it is the technology business they are in or another line of business. Back in March of this year I did my first interview with Dave Kubersky SimCorp’s head of North American. I had a chance to corner him in the Copenhagen airport before he flew back to the US and ask him about his leadership style. The bottom-line: give your people authority and make sure you are communicating frequently. Good ideas come from all over and at all levels. Every quarter we gather our leadership team together. Where we have open forums with an open microphone so that anyone can get up and say things. It is core to our culture. People see that when they raise concerns about things that are not right and when they are raised they are addressed. Then it wasn’t until episode 53 that I had another interview. And boy did this turn into a great interview with the Guided Futures team on the importance of strategy to an IT organization. I sat down with Zeenat and Morrey and we ended up having a wonderful discussion that rolled into two episodes when we were finished. They had some interesting insights into the importance of IT strategy and how get the support for establishing it. Francis Pedreza of Everest provided us with some valuable insights from a start up organization's point of view and I especially like his discussion on learning from failure and the importance of falling in love with the company's vision. James Campbell of Tulkita technologies shared how CEO leadership often parallels the demands technology leaders face. Including successful leadership is about communication and connecting with people and understanding their problems and issues. How do you successfully communicate with your stakeholders. The final interview for this show is from Darcy Lawler from IBM discussing how we can build buy-in from our business partners for the Enterprise Architecture. When I asked how Darcy got into doing what he does his answer really hit the heart of what we as leaders in the technology space struggle with. And that is the gap between what is desired and what we are delivering. Thus the essence of architecture in helping us resolve this with our business partners. There you have it a quick review of some of the early interviews on CIO Playbook with Jeffrey Hurley. I will be coming back again next week with more interesting leaders and their thoughts on leadership. Notes: Dave Kubersky Guided Futures Part I Guided Futures Part II Francis Pedraza James Campbell Darcy Lawlor Photo Credit: Mr. Thomas via flickr.com CIO Playbook with Jeffrey Hurley is a podcast dedicated to the development of technology leadership hosted by Jeffrey Hurley, a seasoned global technology leader who has held positions with Fortune 500 companies throughout the world including diverse countries: Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, United Kingdom, and the United States. He is currently based in Toronto, Canada.
