https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/rss en-us Global business disruption is quickening the evolutionary timeline of the CIO role. Market dynamics are forcing IT leaders to extend beyond taking orders and delivering sustainable IT systems to massaging digital strategies and driving business outcomes. At least, that's the level many CIOs are aspiring to reach. The reality is that... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5414 Fri, 28 Sep 2018 12:28:00 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5414-8-cio-archetypes-what-kind-of-it-leader-are-you Funny thing about that CIO sitting next to you at Interop ITX this week or at some other conference. You have a lot in common with each other, more than you might think. The commonalities aren't just about how you started your careers as developers or admins, or about your mid-career MBA. According to Khalid Kark,... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/4224 Wed, 24 May 2017 09:32:42 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/4224-for-cios-it-s-nature-v-nurture-revisited According to a high-profile IT executive in the health care sector, the key to making an impact as an IT leader is to come to the table as a business leader who happens to be running the technology team, rather than purely as a technologist waiting to receive requirements to fulfill. That IT executive is Steve Betts, senior vice president and... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/3925 Tue, 21 Feb 2017 11:02:28 -0500 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/3925-it-leaders-need-to-be-business-leaders-first-cio-says