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How CIOs Can Change the Game

Harvard Business Review

The findings are sobering: almost half of CEOs view their CIOs as out of step with the business and about the same percentage think IT should be a commodity service, purchased as needed. So the good news is it represents more opportunity for others — people who want to be CIOs someday. asked Gary Hamel.

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The Metamorphosis of the CIO

Harvard Business Review

This is very different from the way large businesses have operated for decades. Tomorrow''s businesses will have a very different make-up, and the CIO must lead the charge in the face of these changes. What does it mean to operate in a digital business ecosystem? The Rise of the CIO.

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Three Ways CIOs Can Connect with the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

There is a marked dissonance between CIOs and the C-suite — a fact that we uncovered in new research conducted with HBR, The Economist, CEB, and TNS Global. We have identified the problem , which is that CEOs believe that the CIO does not understand or help with the CEO''s issues and the needs of the business.

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Change the Conversation, Change the Game

Harvard Business Review

Today''s top IT leaders have moved beyond ensuring operational efficiency. But stepping into the role of strategic visionary and business driver requires CIOs to have a dramatic new conversation with their C-suite colleagues.

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