Digital Thoughts for the Chief Executive: Or How to Thrive in the Digital Millennium

Author: Phil Scott List Price: $13.98 Our Price: Click to see the latest and low price ISBN: 1587212676 Publisher: 1stBooks Library (July, 2000) Edition: Paperback Sales Rank: 1,323,924 Average Customer Rating: 4 out of 5

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Phil Scott is a well-seasoned Wellington based IT professional. He has rescued a number of companies' IT departments, run his own software business, done independent consulting and helped match people in need.

This book's title makes it clear that it's aimed at the Chief Executives. It's full of truths well understood by the consummate CIO or Executive Consultant.

For the CEO it offers easily digestible bite size truths about IT and its practitioners.

Phil starts with the premise that there are only two purposes for IT investment - to make your business more efficient or to provide it competitive advantage. Often the later becomes the former, particularly as your competitors invest to keep up.

Phil talks about the value of consultants - and when to use them and when NOT to use them. He talks from experience for the need to break large projects into smaller ones, each useful in itself. He reminds us that there is a difference in quality and experience, and that sometimes the more expensive person provides the best value (and least cost). He covers these and many other topics with humour.

You'll smile at the apropos quotations riddled throughout the book, as well as Scott's own 'Laws', such as 'Don't buy software and then pay to test it.'

Digital Thoughts for the Chief Executive is an easy and quick read and would sit well on any CEO's bookcase. It will be the confident CIO that shares it with their boss.

Don Hollander is currently enjoying a tropical paradise as the Deputy General Manager for Computer Services Ltd in Apia, Samoa. He is well known to the New Zealand IT and Telecommunication community through his previous involvements with TUANZ, Independent Newspapers, Transpower, Computerland, Southern Health, InfoTech Weekly and the Internet Society of New Zealand.