CIOs: Get Out Of The Tech Department And Be Business Leaders
InformationWeek, Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
Here's why the chief information officers of the future will be more than technical experts -- they'll be strategists and leaders.
There's a tectonic shift happening in C-suites around the world. CIOs, once restricted to dark and dusty tech departments, are taking center stage. As this gradual realignment accelerates, the leading chief information officers of the future will no longer just be tech specialists -- they'll be leaders.
In the past, CIOs were experts, and their knowledge was narrow but deep -- they fed into decisions on software, infrastructure, and cybersecurity but were cordoned off from wider business strategy. Some chief information officers themselves have even contributed to this, happy to conform to the stereotype of being technical experts and detail-oriented, without the business skills to steer entire businesses with long-term strategic decision-making.