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title: "Geeks Versus Suits: The Great Boardroom Schism"
url: https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/07/25/geeks-versus-suits-the-great-boardroom-schism/
description: "A survey of U.S. IT executives and business managers released in June by Accenture highlighted how far up the ladder [the Geek/Suit] gap exists. While 73 percent of."
published: 2006-07-25
updated: 2006-07-25
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# Geeks Versus Suits: The Great Boardroom Schism

Published 2006-07-25

July 25, 2006 · [IT service management](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/it-service-management/) · [Knowledge work](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/knowledge-work/)

> A survey of U.S. IT executives and business managers released in June by Accenture highlighted how far up the ladder [the Geek/Suit] gap exists.
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> While 73 percent of responding IT executives said they believe they understand their company’s business extremely or very well, 43 percent of general business managers agreed.
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> Meanwhile, nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of both the IT executives and general business managers agreed that senior business managers only understand how to leverage IT either “somewhat” or “not very/not at all” well.

[Geeks Versus Suits: The Great Boardroom Schism](http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1992262,00.asp?kc=EWITAEMNL072406EOAD)

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