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Ep 2: Bill Le Blanc—From programmer to CIO, becoming comfortable with the uncomfortable
- 1:09:41
- October 23rd 2016
Bill Le Blanc is the CIO for South Australia Government Department of Health. He comes from a hands-on technical background, he was an introvert and felt he didn't enjoy dealing with people. But he pushed outside his comfort zone, and realised he did enjoy working with people, then his career took off.
Show notes
- Guests’ opinions are their own and not those of their employer
- Myers Briggs Type Index. A personality type assessment used very commonly across businesses globally. It’s great for helping people appreciate that people are different, and you can’t expect everyone to think and deal with the world the way they do.
- The pendulum of government decision making
- Shadow IT
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