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How IT Can Learn to Lead the Business

Posted November 24, 2016 | Leadership |
Cutter Consortium

In my experience, I've found that IT executives operate, understandably, on a diet of logic, rationality, and the search for the "right" way. This reliance on finding and applying the one and only answer — the "truth" — prevails despite numerous technical advances over the years that have disproved previously held IT "truths." In contrast, business leaders are beginning to realize that today's complex world means that there is perhaps no single truth, no one easy strategy to achieve competitive advantage and add value.

About The Author
Richard Hordern
Richard Hordern specializes in supporting executives to lead during times of complex and continuous change, through leadership development and broader learning support. Mr. Hordern is Managing Consultant for QA Training & Consulting; his earlier experience included roles at Reuters, of which his last was UK Head of Leadership Development, and the financial services organization Lloyds TSB. Mr. Hordern holds a master's degree in management… Read More
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