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Become a Transformational CIO

Collaborate with the business to lead transformation and leave behind a legacy of growth.

  • Business transformations are happening, but CIOs are often involved only when it comes time to implement change. This makes it difficult for the CIO to be perceived as an organizational leader.
  • CIOs find it difficult to juggle operational activities, strategic initiatives, and involvement in business transformation.
  • CIOs don’t always have the IT organization structured and mobilized in a manner that facilitates the identification of transformation opportunities, and the planning for and the implementation of organization-wide change.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

  • Don’t take an ad hoc approach to transformation.
  • You’re not in it alone.
  • Your legacy matters

Impact and Result

  • Elevate your stature as a business leader.
  • Empower the IT organization to act with a business mind first, and technology second.
  • Create a high-powered IT organization that is focused on driving lasting change, improving client experiences, and encouraging collaboration across the entire enterprise.
  • Generate opportunities for organizational growth, as manifested through revenue growth, profit growth, new market entry, new product development, etc.

Become a Transformational CIO Research & Tools

Start here – read the Executive Brief

Read our Executive Brief to find out why you should undergo an evolution in your role as a business leader, review Info-Tech’s methodology, and understand the four ways we can support you in completing this project.

1. Are you ready to lead transformation?

Determine whether you are ready to focus your attention on evolving your role.

2. Build business partnerships

Create a plan to establish key business partnerships and position IT as a co-leader of transformation.

3. Develop the capability to transform

Mobilize the IT organization and prepare for the new mandate.

4. Shift IT’s focus to the customer

Align IT with the business through a direct, concentrated focus on the customer.

5. Adopt a transformational approach to leadership

Determine the key behaviors necessary for transformation success and delegate effectively to make room for new responsibilities.

6. Sustain the transformational capability

Track the key success metrics that will help you manage transformation effectively.

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About Info-Tech

Info-Tech Research Group is the world’s fastest-growing information technology research and advisory company, proudly serving over 30,000 IT professionals.

We produce unbiased and highly relevant research to help CIOs and IT leaders make strategic, timely, and well-informed decisions. We partner closely with IT teams to provide everything they need, from actionable tools to analyst guidance, ensuring they deliver measurable results for their organizations.

What Is a Blueprint?

A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your IT problems.

Each blueprint can be accompanied by a Guided Implementation that provides you access to our world-class analysts to help you get through the project.

Authors

Gopi Bheemavarapu

Emanuel Bursuc

David Glazer

Contributors

  • Warren Buck, Manager of Business Architecture & PMO, Viterra
  • Daniel Bursuc, Senior Manager, Rogers Communications
  • Alex Coleman, CIO, Saskatchewan Worker’s Compensation Board
  • Don Conly, Director of IT, Viterra
  • Eric Dirst, President, DeVry Online Services
  • Ken Zima, Director of IT, Aquarion Water Company
  • Kin Lee-Yow, VP of IT, CAA South Central Ontario
  • Rose Morley, Manager of Enterprise Technology Services ,Viterra
  • Ken Piddington, CIO and Executive Advisor, MRE Consulting
  • Lou Saviano, VP of Global Information Technology Services, Skillsoft
  • Sarah Trimble-Oliver, CIO, Cincinnati Public Schools
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