After ‘Reinventing’ The CFO, It’s The CIO’s Turn

In 1996, a book came out – Reinventing the CFO: Moving from Financial Management to Strategic Management – that caught my attention and changed my thinking. It was written from a very general perspective about what organizations would need in the future from their CFOs. What struck me at the time was how managed care financing (and the move away from cost-plus thinking) had created the same demand for strategic thinking in health and human service organizations. Our team applied that concept to develop a prototype for CFOs specific to the field – Reinventing The CFO: The Enhanced Role Financial Officers Play . . .