Richard Sykes
Biography
Since his leading outsourcing work at chemical giants ICI Richard Sykes has branched out to become an advisor to corporate board. His practice works alongside board level management to craft an IT strategy that delivers results.
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Learning to lead
Enabling a mutual exchange of knowledge is a powerful form of leadership that can transcend cultural differences
Cloud computing is dogged by spin
Reality still clouded by hype
Car parts firm drives change
Cloud computing flies into car trade
Transforming IT services
Alert CIOs can make savings by understanding the changing nature of services supplier/client engagement
Clouds obscure the platform
Working in the virtual world presents some major challenges in exchange for some major advantages
Notes to a public sector CIO
In an open letter, the challenges of working as a state CIO and grasping an opportunity to cut costs are examined
Cloud computing new boys challenge giants and security fears
Men on a mission
An inevitable outcome
From IT services to business services and from specialist to commodity, Richard Sykes surveys a technology sector in motion
Procurement is no dry topic
It is clear that neither aggressive deal-making nor adversarial bidding processes can deliver sound foundations for effective business partnerships
Mull before you cull
Cutting headcount is a popular response to an economic downturn, but CIOs should take a more selective approach to cost saving
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