“If I were talking to a CEO or president, I’d tell him it’s insane to make any strategic decisions without the CIO at the table,” says Gerry McCartney, assistant dean of the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University.
CEOs seem to agree. Over the past year or so, CEOs have been telling their IT chiefs that they need them on their team. They need them to drive the business and to be strategists.
This growing mandate for the CIO—supported by findings in the latest “State of the CIO” survey (see www2.cio.com/research)—is causing sleepless nights for CIOs who lack direct business experience. What does it mean to be strategic? How does a CIO know if he’s doing the right things well?
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