Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Lookman Fazal, ‎Chief Information & Digital Officer, New Jersey Transit

Lookman Fazal, ‎Chief Information & Digital Officer for the New Jersey Transit, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. Listen as they discuss “touchless” transit, Fazal’s pivot to a public service CIO role and more. To read this article in full, please…

Tech takes on its racist terminology

Garaudy Etienne had known the computing concept of “master branch” before starting as a product manager at MongoDB, having heard the term while working with code as an engineer at prior companies. But as he started to more deeply think about the use of “master,” and particularly after seeing database code where the term was…

7 traits that separate IT leaders from IT managers

Most CIOs were, at previous stages in their careers, IT managers. Unfortunately, despite raises in pay and responsibility, many CIOs continue to behave and perform like managers rather than C-level executives. An IT leader who can’t shake loose from bygone responsibilities and attitudes has a serious problem. Stuck in the past and unable to press…

6 business concepts IT leaders should master

Communicating technology’s value is critical for any CIO seeking to curry favor for their digital business initiatives. Legions of former CIOs can attest that engaging C-suite colleagues and the board of directors in buzzword bingo may doom even the best laid tech plans. When it comes to articulating the business value of technology, IT leaders must think…

5 starting points for agile transformation

The COVID-19 pandemic forced companies to move quickly to shift to remote working, reimagine how they serve customers, build new business models, enhance technology capabilities, assemble multi-disciplinary teams and expand partnerships and alliances in ways they never thought possible. Now, companies need to figure out how to keep that momentum and maintain the speed and…