A Look at the Evolving Role of the CIO
Thoughts on new challenges and opportunities.
As someone who has spent years consulting on new system implementations, I interacted with my fair share of CIOs. I've been reflecting on those conversations lately in the context of a new breed of challenges. Today I'll discuss three of them.
The Rise of Other CXOs
For starters, the last decade has seen the arrival of a new role: the chief data officer (CDO). As I've argued before, a CDO is no elixir to organizational data issues. I for one can see how this new position partially usurps the CIO's role and others evidently agree. Ask garden-variety employees in your company to explain the difference between data and information. I would be shocked if you heard cogent and consistent answers across the board.
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