Not sure there IS a glass ceiling - the MD of KQ was himself the IT Manager of Magadi Soda more than 10 years back (and also did a stint in the public sector as a Permanent Secretary of then then TransComm ministry). Sometimes its not as much as how high you can go as what else you can do after - either upwards or across on the same level. Lets take the example of MJ former CEO of Safaricom - does he have a glass ceiling? Indeed for any MD/CEO is there a glass ceiling? BTW I know your argument is about the perceived diminishing role of CIOs/IT Managers. On 8 August 2011 08:29, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hi All,
It is now clear that as ICT professionals we are now loosing ground in as far as our influence in the organisation is concerned. When Mr. Kinyanjui was appointed IT Director at Kenya Airways I was sure that this was the beginning of a new wave in the running of organisations where the glass ceiling for those in ICT was soon to be broken.
Unfortunately this was not be happen as he still remains in the same post while in other organisations such as KCB and Safaricom the posts of CIO/ICT Directors have either been downgraded or scraped all together.
The final nail was driven home when I read the current issue of CIO magazine and saw the results of a survey by Gartner, I leave it for you to read and weep.
http://financesjournal.com/blogs/influence-cfo-investments-7204.html
Regards
PS. Which explains a lot why we have boards whose mandate is to provide opportunities for those in ICT run by none technocrats and we wonder why the Open Data is sitting in a server in the USA
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