Bridging The IT Skills Gap, Part 2: A CIO's Guide To Embracing GenAI
CIO, Thursday, January 16th, 2025
One of the keys to ensure a good implementation of any technological initiative has nothing to do with the technology itself. It's communication. Knowing how to listen to the needs, obstacles, or doubts of all staff and communicate the importance of the project to all teams, not just the one in charge of the technical part, is essential to get the whole company on board, and get the most out of it. For this bilateral correspondence to be effective, the relationship between CIO and CCO, the people in charge of the IT and communication, must be fluid.
Despite its transformative capabilities, many organizations hesitate to adopt generative AI (GenAI). According to IDC's Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, Wave 4, April 2024, the most significant factors limiting further evaluation or expanded use of GenAI are lack of skills and a lack of clear use cases or initial offerings that align with business needs.