{"product_id":"a-seat-at-the-table-mark-schwartz-9781942788119","title":"A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Mark shows the steps needed to break free of these challenges and unlock potential, speed, and growth. His advice is pragmatic, practical, and to the point.\" --Barry O'Reilly, author of \u003ci\u003eUnlearn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLean Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"As Mark Schwartz points out in his compelling new book, \u003ci\u003eA Seat at the Table\u003c\/i\u003e, when CIOs re-conceptualize their role based on Agile principles, they will stop worrying about having a seat at the table, and start realizing all of the full potential of IT.\" --Martha Heller, author of \u003ci\u003eBe the Business: CIOs in the New Era of IT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgile, Lean, and DevOps approaches are radical game changers, providing a fundamentally different way to think about how IT fits into the enterprise, how IT leaders lead, and how IT can harness technology to accomplish the objectives of the enterprise. But honest and open conversations are not taking place between management and Agile delivery teams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Seat at the Table, \u003c\/i\u003e CIO Mark Schwartz explores the role of IT leadership as it is now and opens the door to reveal IT leadership as it should be--an integral part of the value creation engine. With an easy style, Schwartz reveals that the only way to become an Agile IT leader is to be courageous--to throw off the attitude and assumptions that have kept CIOs from taking their rightful seat at the table. CIOs, step on up, your seat at the table is waiting for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Mark Schwartz's \u003ci\u003eA Seat at the Table\u003c\/i\u003e will be one of the most important books on technology and business leadership of our generation.\" --Gene Kim, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Phoenix Project\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Unicorn Project\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Schwartz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1942788118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942788119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e It Revolution Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 313\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Mark Schwartz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048855236863,"sku":"9781942788119","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aef91c50-ade3-4a4b-ad79-9cc59cd602cd.jpg?v=1684998207","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-seat-at-the-table-mark-schwartz-9781942788119","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}