The megalomaniac CFO - the CIO's biggest threat?

Stuart Sumner
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What should today's technology leaders fear most of all? Change, culture, CFOs, or all three?

CFOs are growing in power, and that power is on a steep upward curve. Like CIOs, their role barely existed a few decades ago. Now they are at the heart of every large organisation, often feared for...

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