What The CIO Role Will Look Like In 2026
CIO, Monday, July 17,2023
IT leaders see the top tech position flipping its priorities over the next three years, with business strategy, innovation, and orchestration in the spotlight and tech enablement being more of an advise and govern affair.
Despite characterizations of the modern CIO as a straight-up business leader and strategist, many CIOs still spend the bulk of their time on technical issues.
Many IT leaders today are focused more on security management as well as improving IT operations and systems performance than they are on top-line and strategic activities such as driving business innovation, identifying competitive differentiation opportunities, and even working on business strategy.