January 2022 – R&A IT Strategy & Architecture

Wanted: IT advisor. No real IT insight required.

Posted by gctwnlon January 4, 2022November 7, 2022in Enterprise Architecture, For the Board, Management and Organisation2 Comments

IT is one of the few fields where it is generally considered you do not need to understand it to make decisions about it.For good IT advisors, the kind that actually understand what they are advising about, the phrase 'we need an IT advisor who above all understands the business' is a warning sign that can easily mean an environment where being an IT advisor is like being a farmer sowing seeds on hard rock.