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The new CIO: Business-savvy technologist
IT’s role in the organization is changing rapidly—and CEOs are embracing the change
CEOs not only trust technology leaders to be a strategic business partner and to drive organizational change through technology—they are clamoring for tech executives to do so. The opportunities for forward-looking tech executives are vast, as are the perils for those who don’t answer the call to be agents of transformation.
Introduction
WHILE technology and digital transformation are widely seen as critical to the success of virtually every business, in the past, CEOs and tech leaders haven’t always seen eye to eye on strategy and tactics. This research is the first part of a multidimensional study exploring the changing role of the tech leader, expectations of CEOs, and how the technology function should evolve to respond to these changes