| Our research suggests many have underestimated the task at hand. More than 70% of CIOs in an IDC survey see themselves as “Orchestrators” in the C-suite, aligning budgets, stakeholders, and technology architectures across the different business units to deliver digital at scale. And yet they’re engaging infrequently with CxO peers on business transformation projects, they sometimes lack industry business knowledge, or they lead teams that have gaps in technical knowledge. These lags coincide with unprecedented pressure on leadership to deliver returns on digital transformation. CIOs are under immense scrutiny. But this is also an opportunity: to place themselves at the center of a transformation program that will future-proof their organization. To achieve this, they’ll need to succeed along three axes: To be credible DX Orchestrators, CIOs should permanently change their language and proactively structure peer conversations around use cases. CIOs need to develop a firm vision for emerging technologies as tools to achieve the company strategic priorities. IT leaders should gradually enhance employee competences and skillsets and transform their IT stack into a digital platform. |
Turning cios into Digital orchestrators
