A Seat at the Table

IT Leadership in the Age of Agility

By: Mark Schwartz

Narrated by: Eric Martin

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.

©2017 Mark Schwartz (P)2017 Mark Schwartz

Essential reading for IT leaders

Wow! This book was something else! It gave me new perspectives to reflect on that I’ve never thought about. My biggest personal question is, if while focusing on service have a created a dependent IT nanny state in my org? This and other insights await...

Must read for today's technologists!

Great book that touches on many of the problems plaguing information technology practitioners (IT Operations, DevOps, Cybersecurity) as we make that transition into what has become a very tech savvy business environment. Moving towards Agile project management, embracing and collaborating with Shadow IT, and ditching the IT Contractor Control Model are all subjects that are adeptly discussed and solutioned. An overall great book that will change the way we think about our approach to this current "digital" disruption.

chapters were not technically right

It is worth trying again, because content was interesting as my app seemingly was not right.

Dense for an audio book

This book is full of relevant and helpful information, but it is the kind of book which th so many important points, I found it a challenge to absorb it all in one pass. If my attention strayed even for a moment, I found myself hitting rewind to make sure I didn’t miss it.

Fantastic book. But my advice is, don’t try to listen while driving.

Excelente Libro

Excelente opción, da una explicación muy profunda del paradigma del significado de "Ágile and lean IT" vs los modelos de administración de IT mas comunes.