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CIOs share the blame

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CIOL Bureau
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What should be the spotlight of a CIO stepping into a new year?
It’s time a CIO takes on the capability to take calculated risks. Learning from business leaders, acting as a change agent, is the way forward. It should be more than a visiting card. There’s room for re-christening beyond transformation managers, system managers etc.
New skills?
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Yes, specially in areas like communication, project management capabilities, people management etc.
 
Is the IT department getting its due from other business functions? Has the CIO’s influence improved?
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Today’s CIO role has evolved a lot in last ten to 15 years. Earlier people in this space were mostly techies. Now technology has become commoditised, and so business orientation, speaking business language etc has taken more importance. IT has to work in tandem with business’s strategies, ambitions etc, The CIO has to align himself well with business leaders, the organization will look at him with respect.
 
So just blaming the business side for not giving IT its due is wrong?
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I would blame the CIOs only. If a person says he can not get respect, then he is equally responsible. There’s so much business turbulence in an organization, there’s only that much space for attention.. ROI, cost savings and IT enabled strategic imperatives are important.
How much self-sufficient have theIT departments become?
I think IT and partner ecosystem go hand in hand. No organisation can succeed without the ecosystem, which includes everyone- from application guys, resources, to vendors etc
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