carayol business world
5 years ago… IT users need a profile boost
News Read silicon.com columnist and former CIO Rene Carayol's take on the difference between a CIO and an IT director. Y2K certainly raised their profile but when the world didn't end on 31 December 2000, many CEOs started to ask why they'd spent so... [08 Dec 2004]
SME Philes: 6 questions CIOs should ask themselves
Comment As the 'real-world' CIO Jury session at silicon.com's CIO Forum in September rattled along, I heard my old friend Rene Carayol talking about CIO being an acronym for 'Career Is Over'. The CIO may also have others (business analysts, cross-business... [10 Nov 2004]
Leader: CIO Forum - in defence of the CIO
Leader Does it stand for, as Rene Carayol said, 'career is over'? It is this publication's view that the UK does have some of the best users of IT in the world - in terms of individuals and organisations - but that's not to say they don't face challenges. [30 Sep 2004]
CIO Forum: IT industry accused of 'failing' UK plc
News Author, broadcaster and former CIO Rene Carayol put forward the case for the prosecution, arguing that the boardrooms of UK businesses have lost faith in IT. Carayol argued that a large proportion of IT spend is spent putting right what should have... [27 Sep 2004]
Who deserves a UK tech gong? Tell us…
News Carayol has performed that rare trick - marrying the worlds of business and technology. René Carayol, consultant and broadcaster Respected throughout telecoms as well as government and the wider world of business, Cleevely is not only a leading... [09 Sep 2004]
silicon.com CIO Forum attracting top users
News Look out for silicon.com columnist, former CIO and business guru Rene Carayol representing the prosecution on that one, with industry body Intellect arguing for the defence. While there aren't dozens of large, UK-owned indigenous success stories... [29 Jul 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: Know when to quit
Comment But, argues columnist Rene Carayol, such a hard-headed approach can often be the undoing of such leaders - and their organisations. Now let's apply this to the business world we know. In the latter group, I single out Sonia Gandhi, former... [28 Jul 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: Ageism is for the also-rans
Comment She had planned her career very well and had moved to one of the world's foremost manufacturers with a stable of market leading brands. He had had two CIO jobs in the past and had fallen victim to the usual restructure after the appointment of a... [26 May 2004]
Tony Hallett's After These Messages: "I'm a celebrity CIO"
Comment Sure, not all have come up through the IT ranks - something columnist Rene Carayol lamented recently in a piece provocatively called 'The death of the CIO' - but they are hammering home that the only thing that matters is the business. [06 Feb 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: Process - no substitute for creativity
Comment Rene Carayol is increasingly concerned with the calibre of person getting on the bottom wrung of IT and the type of individual increasingly taking over at the top. Well how is that going to work in a world where that is being increasingly... [13 Jan 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: The death of the CIO
Comment That’s the way it looks if the recent history of the sector is anything to go by says Rene Carayol. One of the hardest things in the world is making a technologist commercial. Increasingly I am seeing the interviewing and appointing of CIOs who... [22 Dec 2003]
Boardroom Despatches: Leadership
Comment Rene Carayol names the three men UK Plc should be learning from above all others. He can be contacted at rene@carayol.com. Rene Carayol is a former IT director and board member of IPC Media. He is simply respected - after growing up in a business... [27 Aug 2003]
Now we are five: silicon.com celebrates fifth birthday
News And we continue to work with some of the leading names in the business, including columnists such as Peter Cochrane, Rene Carayol, David Taylor and Martin Brampton and respected experts from the likes of Bloor Research, Brunel University, Meta... [07 Jul 2003]
Boardroom Despatches: Collaborate or die
Comment This month columnist Rene Carayol considers the third - and most often forgotten - quality at the heart of great modern businesses: the ability to collaborate. He can be contacted at rene@carayol.com. [12 Mar 2003]
Ebusiness Despatches: 2002 - the year the four horsemen of the apocalypse arrived
Comment Waving good-bye to 2002, Rene Carayol this month identifies the villains of the year. Rene Carayol is the CEO of consultancy Voodoo and co-author of Corporate Voodoo and My Voodoo. He can be contacted at rene@carayol.com. [11 Dec 2002]
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