I fielded a question at last week’s Enterprise Transformation Exchange on how CIO can get their CEO and the Board to think of IT more strategically and beyond a cost center. While many CIO have had success moving from back office support functions and taking on strategic roles, others are still struggling to get their leaders to escape IT’s outdated mission of “keeping the lights on” or just “supporting the business”.
A recent survey of 199 IT leaders confirms this gap of haves and have nots. The good news is that fifty-two percent of respondents said their role is viewed as more strategic today than compared to 3 years ago. The bad news is thirty-two percent say their CEO does not fully understand their role, and 38% believe the CEO and Board still see the technology officer function as more of a cost center than revenue generator. In fact, only 7% of respondents strongly agree that their Board and CEOs view the technology organization as revenue generators.
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Source: IT Strategy