The Journal of Strategic Information Systems (JSIS) was first published in December 1991 by Robert D. (Bob) Galliers, its founding Editor-in-Chief (EiC), following an invitation to establish the journal by Butterworth Heinemann in 1989. Bob invited Sirkka Jarvenpaa to join him as co-Editor-in-Chief in 2000. In 2018, Bob and Sirkka jointly decided it was time, and after three and two decades at the helm respectively, announced they would both step down from their EiC roles at the end of that year. Bob and Sirkka, the Senior Editors and Elsevier endorsed Guy Gable to assume the role of Editor-in-Chief commencing January 2019. In this reflection, Guy interviews Bob Galliers on the ‘changing of the guard’; the journal’s past and future, and the topic of Strategic Information Systems more broadly.

We believe the history of JSIS as reflected in Bob's ruminations is insightful for the Journal's readers and the IS community. From the discussion we learn how an academic journal was guided to success by focusing on the vision, the strategic choices and actions, the team composition and the ability to adapt and lead in a constantly changing environment, where the technology developments challenge organizational structures, markets and society. A set of well-thought through strategic choices, initially made by Bob and later in collaboration with Sirkka and the rest of the editorial team, led the Journal to the top of the research field by gaining respect from scholars in the underlying research areas, i.e., IS management, Strategy and Organization Science.¹

战略信息系统杂志（JSIS）于1991年12月由创始人Butterworth Heinemann邀请创办的总编辑（EiC）罗伯特·D·鲍勃·盖勒斯（Robert D.（Bob）Galliers）首次出版。鲍勃邀请Sirkka Jarvenpaa于2000年加入他，担任联合主编。2018年，Bob和Sirkka共同决定是时候了，在分别掌舵了三个和两个十年之后，宣布他们都将退出其EiC职位。那年年底。鲍勃和西尔卡（Bob and Sirkka），高级编辑和爱思唯尔（Elsevier）赞同盖伊·盖布尔（Guy Gable）担任自2019年1月起担任总编辑的角色。杂志的过去和未来，以及更广泛的战略信息系统主题。

我们认为，鲍勃（Bob）的反思所反映的JSIS的历史对《华尔街日报》的读者和IS社区都是有见地的。通过讨论，我们了解到如何通过关注愿景，战略选择和行动，团队组成以及适应和领导不断变化的环境的能力来指导学术期刊取得成功，在这种环境中技术发展挑战组织结构，市场和社会。最初由鲍勃（Bob）做出的一系列明智的战略选择，后来与Sirkka和其他编辑团队合作，通过在基础研究领域赢得了学者的尊重，使《华尔街日报》走到了研究领域的顶端。 ，IS管理，策略与组织科学。^1个