* Technology takes a long time to implement, yet your tool set changes constantly.

* Technology is a long-term investment, but the company thinks in quarters.

* Your tools cost a fortune, yet have the highest defect rate of any product.

* You sign vendors' checks, yet they try their darndest to sell to your business peers.

What else needs to be on this list? What resonates most? How are you making progress on these issues? I will be teaming up with the CIO Executive Council to produce town halls and workshops to further clarify these paradoxes and strategize how to solve them. Watch for us at and e-mail me your thoughts.