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this thought-e xercise you might also f ind it useful to ask for a dvice
from your CTO, the head of your HR depar t ment, or oth er execu-
tives who have a clear view i nto th e timing of major o rganizatio nal
events.
Principle #6: Be Sensitive to the Human Element
In making deployment decisions, one of the great dangers that
CTOs face is to ignore the human element . The l eader ship talent
decisionswemakehavesubtlerepercussionsthatextendbeyond
the balance she et, to inclu de how individuals i nte rpret these ac-
tions in terms of power, pre stige , and t he expression of k ey organi-
zational values. This means that before we ...