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CIOs: Focus is Increasingly on Business rather than Technology
CIOs are saying that increasingly their job is less IT-focused and more focused on the business. Gartner found that CIOs at top-performing organizations say that 56 percent of their time focuses on business outcomes and the remaining 44 percent is allocated to IT delivery. Compared to three years ago, CIOs now dedicate two extra days per month towards business-related and executive-leadership activities.
“Digitalization” is part of the reason for changes that are happening to CIO roles in many, especially larger, companies. Gartner says that CIOs need to become “change leaders” and that they can expect that they will have increased and broader responsibilities in the future. CIOs can be expected to have a bigger role in areas like innovation management and talent development.
Within the realm of technology, in the near term, CIOs say that cybersecurity and AI will take up the majority of their time.
Andy Rowsell-Jones, VP at Gartner, said that “the CIO’s role must grow and develop as digital business spreads, and disruptive technologies, including intelligent machines and advanced analytics, reach the masses. While delivery is still a part of the job, much greater emphasis is being placed on attaining a far broader set of business objectives.”
