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Lynn Willenbring, CIO Of The City Of Minneapolis

 

The next big thing for my industry will be ... shared services. You'll see more government partnerships spanning the state, county, and local levels. There's too much redundancy in government operations. Last year, Minneapolis and Hennepin County merged their library systems. Libraries remained open, yet administrative overhead was reduced. Many opportunities exist across levels of government, including IT services.

 

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Current Discussion Topic: Twitter

Why CIOs Need To Care About Twitter

Using the micro-blogging service Twitter, the Mayo Clinic announced the imminent release of a study on Celiac disease, an immune system response to gluten. Then it tracked which of its followers had re-distributed the Tweet and, after careful consideration, provided a few users with an embargoed copy of the study--a practice normally reserved for journalists. Those followers, each of whom have Celiac disease, were permitted to blog about the study once it was released to the public. It's just one forward-looking organization and example.

 

When it comes to running an IT organization, most traditional CIOs "get it." The challenge today, though, is that the CIO job is about a whole lot more than just running an IT organization. It's about revenue growth and customer-driven innovation and customer engagement and speed and deep, real-time knowledge of what's happening in the market.

Twitter is certainly not the answer to every problem, it's not a panacea, and it's not the Holy Grail. But it's a powerful and potentially transformational tool that can help CIOs "get it" when it comes to the new responsibilities that CIOs are gaining as opposed to traditional ones they've always had.

-- Bob Evans


-- What's your take on Twitter and the CIO's role? Are you using Twitter? Weigh in with your thinking.

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