CIOs to face challenges from business leaders: IDC

60 percent of CIOs in Asia Pacific will face challenges from line-of-business (LOB) counterparts who can better demonstrate the ability to align technology with the organization’s mission and customers by 2026, according to a IDC report . CIOs who demonstrate a mix of purpose-driven and people skills now colead with their business counterparts to demonstrate and align technologies to sustainable business outcomes. But, many CIOs now often find their voices drowned out by LOB managers who are heavily involved in making technology decisions. This truth has put many CIOs at a crossroads in their careers. If CIOs are to play a technology/business orchestration role in the leadership team, part of their effort will involve building or strengthening relationships with business counterparts. “CIOs are building digital business platforms that can support extensive ecosystems to seamlessly create and deliver products, services, and experiences and to improve on them. In this new world, the role of the CIO has evolved to be one that is a digital business enabler using technology to compete,” says Linus Lai, Chief Analyst and Digital Business Research Lead at IDC A/NZ, in IDC FutureScape: Worldwide CIO Agenda 2023 Predictions — Asia Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications. IDC’s top […]

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