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A Seat at the Table

IT Leadership in the Age of Agility

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A Seat at the Table

By: Mark Schwartz
Narrated by: Eric Martin
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Agile, Lean, and DevOps approaches are radical game changers, providing a fundamentally different way to think about how IT fits into the enterprise, how IT leaders lead, and how IT can harness technology to accomplish the objectives of the enterprise. But honest and open conversations are not taking place between management and Agile delivery teams.

In A Seat at the Table, CIO Mark Schwartz explores the role of IT leadership as it is now and opens the door to reveal IT leadership as it should be - an integral part of the value creation engine. With wit and easy style, Schwartz reveals that the only way to become an Agile IT leader is to be courageous - to throw off the attitude and assumptions that have kept CIOs from taking their rightful seat at the table. CIOs, step on up, your seat at the table is waiting for you.

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Really interesting book with some thought provoking content. Would recommend to anyone looking to move into a senior IT leadership role

A insightful and reassuring listen

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Thank you Mark for providing some great insights and lots of amazing learnings, allowing me to confirm my ambitions and approach to technology and the future is also shared by people such as yourself. Thank you 😊 Dom

Great insight and amazing learnings

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From the relationship of IT and the business/in the business to agile, DevOps, shadow IT, build Vs buy.

Probably the most relevant and inspiring book I've heard this year.

For senior IT leaders when the business isn't IT

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To have a CIO's viewpoint with an agile mindset has been very interesting and I've taken away many ideas from this book.

Great viewpoint

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One of the best books I've read. The delicate art of bureaucracy was good but this was more useful. I have bought copies for all IT leaders I believe need to read it.

Essential reading.

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