For CIOs (Length: 19 pages)

December 6, 2007

Next Up: The 21st Century CIO

Business Change Agent And Innovator — Or Gone

by Bobby Cameron

by Bobby Cameron

with Laurie M. Orlov, Alex Cullen, Tim DeGennaro


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

The pace of technology change — and therefore business expectations and IT culture — is accelerating, fueled by three things: IT's brief but turbulent history, a crush of external forces that reset IT spending and user attitudes, and the strength and resourcefulness of CIOs themselves. To survive in tomorrow's context, a CIO will need to disperse staff and capability out to business units at the same time as they acquire capacity from a supply grid. Meanwhile, the CIO must switch focus from efficiency and cost to enabling greater experimentation and iteration of new ways of competing for the firm. The best will take over their firms' operational services, run P&L lines, become COOs, and in tech services firms, aim sights on becoming CEOs.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

item1997-2007: IT Years Are Worse Than Dog Years — One Decade Equaling A Lifetime

itemThe 21st Century CIO, Beyond 2017: Overall — Innovate Or Get Out Of The Way

itemToday's Tech-CIOs Shouldn't Assume They Will Become 21st Century CIOs

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itemBe A 21st Century CIO — Build Business Skills For You And Your Team

WHAT IT MEANS

itemMulti-Hat 21st Century CIOs Will Accelerate Their Firms' BT Tipping Point

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed CIOs from 21 companies, including ADP, Audi, Boston Property Management, Cal Tech, Chubb, CPS Energy, Dupont, Eastern Mountain Sports, General Motors, Getronics, Memorial Hermann Healthcare Systems, Merck, Oracle, Standard Life, Universal Orlando, and Viacom, as well as experts from Accenture, Capgemini, the Harvard Business School, Russell Reynolds, and the Society for Information Management.

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Analyst: Bobby Cameron
Technology: CIO Role, IT Management, Serving the Business
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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