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Digital-ready CIOs vs. IT-intensive industry CIOs — six distinctive traits
Digital-ready CIOs ensure their vision is understood.
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The ability to craft a compelling story about
how technology can transform a business is
vital: digital changes the way many businesses
work, but people have to buy into this vision and
understand the benefits. In short, CIOs need to
be master storytellers.
Digital-ready CIOs recognize this need. Nine out
of 10 cite communication and influencing skills
as strongly important: being able to explain
corporate strategies, product strengths and
go-to-market programs — all in the language of
the C-suite.
At the same time, digital-ready CIOs are using
media channels to drive their influence and build
their presence internally and externally — often
in unexpected ways.
Herman de Prins, CIO
at pharmaceutical
firm UCB, who prefers
to keep work-related
topics out of social
media, uses his
passion for cycling as
a source for non workrelated
updates and
links them to
technology. In turn,
this has helped him to
forge a range of
positive connections
across the business.
90 %
90 %
Leadership
83 % Communication
and influencing
Change
management
The digital-ready CIOs top three skills to succeed
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