#ICYDK: Chief Information Officers (CIOs) across many enterprises have long been battling a war between stability and change, but this war brings with it an opportunity for high growth in their IT organizations and across the business as a whole. Success hinges as much on self-awareness and a growth mindset as it does on technical acumen and the ability to deliver IT capabilities.
Why Are Today’s CIOs so Focused on “Transformation”?
* Businesses rely more than ever on technology solutions. The pace of technology change and the increasing number of solution providers are disrupting the traditional way CIOs think about technology strategy. The “no-one gets fired for buying IBM” mentality is all but a distant memory, with smaller, fast-moving vendors shooting into leadership positions.
* Tech proficiency is expanding beyond IT, which poses a threat to the identity and inherent value of the CIO role. In the past, CIOs distinguished themselves by their 15 or 20 years of IT experience. Today, many business leaders are making technology investment decisions for their functions – and software companies are approaching these business functions directly. Of course, IT are often still required to enable others teams to implement these software products.
* While there has been significant investment and change in mindset around the CIO’s and IT leadership’s role, this has evolved. Today we are seeing an increasing sense of urgency about embedding IT services into the business, improving the experience of end customers, and driving real business value.
Some of the eagerness to break down the walls between IT and the business is motivated purely by the need to realize value quicker — in part a response to the pace at which technology and market conditions are changing. Ultimately, through the leadership of a growth-oriented CIO, it’s important that the entire IT organization and the business overall be poised for change. https://goo.gl/TyoFSR #DataIntegration #ML
