CIO's First 90 Days: A Field-Tested Plan
CIO's First 90 Days: A Field-Tested Plan A practical CIO 90-day plan for building board trust, reducing enterprise risk, prioritizing investments, and delivering measurable business value from day one. The CIO's First 90 Days: A Field-Tested Plan A new CIO does not have 90 days to understand the technology. They have 90 days to establish why the business should trust their judgment. That distinction can determine whether the next three years deliver measurable business value or become another expensive exercise in transformation theatre. After nearly three decades working across industries, geographies and executive leadership environments, I have learned that the most consequential decisions a CIO makes early in their tenure are rarely technology decisions. They concern capital, people, risk and priorities. The conventional advice is familiar: spend the first 30 days listening, the next 30 developing a strategy and the final 30 presenting a roadmap. I disagree. The first 90 da...