This years UK CIO Summit in London was packed full of opportunities to trade experiences and new insights. For me, killer question of the day came from Marc Dowd during his panel discussion on the CIOs role in organizational growth. In a prior session I had whinged...
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How to Empower CIOs to Survive (and Thrive) in the AI Era
Those betting on increasing levels of digital maturing to achieve sustained competitive advantage need to stop treating their CIOs as disposal commodities and start to nurture them as the critical resources they need. Where to start? I suggest a rethink in current approaches to how exec teams, define the CIOs role, assess the ‘performance’ of individuals in the role and establish learning environments that help CIOs remain abreast of the latest development s in technology and practice.
It’s not the job, it’s the role(s)
Working part-time as a Professor of Management Practice and freelance business management consultant, a colleague recently suggested I rebrand myself as a ‘Pracademic’…
Learning to Learn: the new paradigm in IT executive education
CEOs pursuing sustained competitive advantage (SCA) by improving their levels of digital maturity need to create a new learning space for their technology leaders Failure to do so results in demotivated leaders, who, unable to manage the increase in competing demands...
The Great Performance Delusion: Chief Information Officer capability
Why do we persevere with the myth that organizational ‘outcomes’ reflect a CIOs capability? In assessing individual CIOs, CEOs persist in attributing many firm level outcomes to the capabilities of their CIOs. My research reveals that CEOs (and many other members of...
Digital Leadership: Why Chief Information Officer effectiveness needs to become a team effort
Looking forward to presenting insights on CIO effectiveness at the CIO Customer & Employee Experience Forum UK on the 21st March 2024 Its clear that CIO turnover continues to cause headaches for those seeking sustained competitive advantage through the adoption...
What do you expect from your CIO?
Whilst our survey is still open, we’d thought we’d take a first forage into some of the trends we’re starting to see. Our overall question is based around CIO effectiveness. In our work with CIOs, we have found that nearly all current CIO performance measures fall...
Diverging Perspectives on the CIOs Role (BAM’21 Conference)
If CIO roles are tenuous, ambiguous and subject to constant change - then how can we hope to develop and professionalise the role? This short presentation begins to answer those questions by examining two perspectives on the role - those of UK job advertisers and...
CIO Effectiveness Survey
CIO PhD Effectiveness Research – Help Required for CIO Insights Hi all, your help would be greatly appreciated. We are carrying out a CIO Effectiveness Survey as part of a PhD research project at Cranfield University here in the UK To keep CIOs relevant, with an...
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