Comments on: A new proposed role — the “IT Czar” http://brucefwebster.com/2010/01/26/a-new-proposed-role-the-it-czar/ Making IT work since 1974. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:50:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Phil Simon http://brucefwebster.com/2010/01/26/a-new-proposed-role-the-it-czar/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Phil Simon Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:57:19 +0000 http://brucefwebster.com/?p=187#comment-198 Great post, Bruce. Yes, I agree that it sounds good in practice but the Czar would need more control that most CIOs probably have. Parcells, as you probably know, wasn't happy in New England. To paraphrase him, he was responsible for the cooking but couldn't pick the ingredients. I suspect that most organizations would be loathe to give anyone Parcells-type power. Great post, Bruce. Yes, I agree that it sounds good in practice but the Czar would need more control that most CIOs probably have.

Parcells, as you probably know, wasn’t happy in New England. To paraphrase him, he was responsible for the cooking but couldn’t pick the ingredients.

I suspect that most organizations would be loathe to give anyone Parcells-type power.

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