2.     You were the first CIO of Canada.  If you were offered a similar portfolio for the health care sector in Ontario, would you accept the job? Why, or why not? What would your first 100 days look like, and what could be accomplished six months, one year and three years into the job?  What shocks would you send through the system? How would you manage the multiple stakeholder groups that would be involved—how would you build a picture of what they would get?

 

I would regard this as the ultimate career challenge!

 

I’d likely spend the first 100 days trying to figure out “who’s on first” among all the interest groups and why public/private health care providers, IT vendors and government are have not for the most part been in a meaningful and constructive dialogue. In effect, a process review and planning, that I personally would lead with input from other results-oriented experts. I’d try and include my 3 co-panelists as the first of the team.  I’d look to built partnerships and alliances around existing expertise and products.

 

Paul