Understanding the need for a 90-day plan
When you start in a new CIO or CISO role, there is always much anticipation. The prior incumbent would have announced their departure, and the team and your future colleagues would be in a state of anticipation – expecting both good and bad to come from the change. There is always going to be some natural anxiety from the technology team regarding work that is in progress. In addition, they might feel a sense of loss in that all the deliveries that had been completed before might perhaps not be recognized.
It is in this spirit that I wrote the 90-day plan. The plan was to both guide myself and inform my stakeholders in what areas I would spend this time. By default, it would also detail where I wouldn’t be spending my time, which is also instructive to the broader team. As I noted earlier, I had transitioned through five earlier CIO roles that also had their own first 90 days. This new CIO role was not close to being as large...
