How To Empower CIOs To Survive (And Thrive) In The AI Era
Heller Search Associates, Wednesday, August 21st, 2024
Setting CIOs up for success requires a radical rethinking of leadership paradigms.
Companies seeking sustained competitive advantage are increasingly reliant on rapidly evolving digital technologies. Emerging capabilities, derived from the combined use of cloud technologies and artificial intelligence (AI), now enable organizations to monitor, interpret, and act on market and operational changes faster than ever before; lead times between 'sense' and 'respond' shorten every day. No one understands this better than the executive charged with securing and exploiting these new technologies - the CIO.
There's one big problem, though: many senior leadership teams at companies that are pursuing radical and ongoing digital change don't really know what they want from their CIOs. They often lack a clear definition for the CIO role. They struggle to effectively assess their CIOs. And there's precious little understanding of how CIOs should develop in their roles.