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2025 Recap: CIOs Taking Business And Technology Demands Head-On

InformationWeek, December 11,2025

CIOs planning their business and technology goals for 2026 can benefit from reviewing the lessons learned by their peers in this roundup of InformationWeek's 2025 CIO profiles.

The CIOs InformationWeek profiled this year shared a common reality: Leading IT means leading change -- often big change. Across industries, CIOs described a role that extends beyond tools and systems, calling for business judgment, change management and the ability to build trust -- all amid a year of head-spinning AI advancements and geopolitical uncertainty.

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