Will you shape the vision?

IT is like business engine, CIOs are accountable for critical part of business that is constantly changing and evolving. Contemporary CIOs should be capable of evolving leadership skills to not only match pace with the changes in technology and the pace at which organization can effectively manage these changes, but also proactively drive changes in business transformation.

Shape the Vision: CIO and his/her team can play a large role in shaping a vision of the firm as a place where passionate individuals want to connect with and learn from one another. CIO offices also have a significant responsibility to choose and deploy the IT that will help their firms realize the vision. Simply put, IT can no longer just be about numbers and algorithms; it has an opportunity to be a significant catalyst for passion and a tool for encouraging questing and connecting the innovation dots.

Ignite Passion: The range of technologies have emerged that can help foster a deeper sense of connection and purpose in employees, ignite latent worker passion and bring together disparate parts of the organization. But these new tools also necessitate a new way of thinking, a creative way to do things and a flexible way to work smartly.

Set Evolution: The emergence of the CIO coincided with the birth of the PC and end user computing. That role certainly matured as the Internet age unfolded. Now, it’s social, mobile, consumerization of IT, Big Data and a major shift in how IT services are delivered (cloud). These changes are inspiring spiritual conversations around the role of the CIO, these are all evolutionary and in some ways even predictable.

From the oracles at IBM - 5 very interesting possibilities

Big Blue always has some great ideas in their “IBM 5 in 5” — five innovations that “have the potential to change the way people work, live and interact during the next five years.”

Here’s the Cliff Notes version:

1. Generating electric power through everything from your running shoes to water flowing into your home;


2. Eradicating passwords through facial and voice recognition technology;


3. Linking your thoughts to your devices (i.e. technological mindreading);


4. Wiping out the digital divide, thanks to mobile broadband advances;


5. Targeted ads so precise that spam ceases to exist.

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