The Future of IT: download the ebook version
In recent years, digitalisation and digital transformation have become key topics that every business needs to think about.
With technology - and IT in particular - becoming an inherent core component of the business, it can no longer be treated as a support function delegated to a CIO and mostly focussed on running the back office; it has now evolved into a key strategic component of the business. Therefore, the person in charge of IT within the company - let us assume this is still the CIO - will have a different and much more strategic role to play. Some of the “traditional” ways of managing and positioning IT within a company will have to drastically change. What worked well in the past might not be the right thing anymore when it comes to future developments.
The impact of the outlined trends will result in a number of changes that "traditional" CIOs will have to carefully think about if they want to stay relevant within their companies. In my view, the only way for established CIOs to survive in their roles is to drastically disrupt and re-invent themselves.
The changes discussed in this ebook are in no way conclusive, but it has already become apparent that they are significant enough to call into question the traditional role of the CIO.
