{"id":161,"date":"2006-10-25T17:56:46","date_gmt":"2006-10-25T17:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alephnaught.wordpress.com\/2006\/10\/25\/straight-to-the-top-becoming-a-world-class-cio\/"},"modified":"2008-11-02T14:08:55","modified_gmt":"2008-11-02T22:08:55","slug":"straight-to-the-top-becoming-a-world-class-cio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2006\/10\/25\/straight-to-the-top-becoming-a-world-class-cio\/","title":{"rendered":"Straight to the Top: Becoming a World-Class CIO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-161\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Straight-Top-Becoming-World-Class-CIO\/dp\/0471744786\/sr=8-1\/qid=1161823940\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1\/102-0867966-8982557?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books\" target=\"NewWindow\">Straight to the Top: Becoming a World-Class CIO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Author: <\/strong>Gregory S. Smith<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hardcover: <\/strong>256 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher: <\/strong>Wiley (April 12, 2006)<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN: <\/strong>0471744786<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I bought this book based on a short review in, I think, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fast Company<\/a> magazine (which I recommend highly).  I kind of wish I hadn&#8217;t&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>The book is full of good career advise, but its also a marketing machine for the author, who makes quite a big deal about the good decisions he made through his career.  It suggests things to do with little support or method.  It also suggests things that should be obvious to people lining up for a CIO gig (if you don&#8217;t know how to communicate by now, you got a ways to go, for example).  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