After 45 minutes of sitting in a vendor's customer advisory board meeting, listening to the CEO deliver his standard strategy and road map presentation uninterrupted, the CIO of a major retailer had heard enough.
"I have already seen this presentation; it's on the investor relations section of your website," the CIO interjected to the somewhat stunned CEO. "You spent a lot of effort and money to get me and my colleagues all here. What advice are you looking for from us?"
