The Rise of the Creative CIO

The Rise of the Creative CIO

Many CIOs are experimenting with innovative apps and, reflecting a CIO’s growing influence on the business, some are even changing long-established core business models.

88% of CIOs said they have a formalized digital strategy or are currently working on one–with 35% of those respondents saying they’ve launched their digital strategy enterprisewide.

Just 19% said their organization employs a chief digital officer, but that’s up from only 7% two years ago.

67% said the CIO role is becoming more influential, and 57% said they are a member of the executive committee.

34% directly report to the CEO, compared to only 12% who report to the CFO.

57% view the increasing of operational efficiencies as a core IT priority, and 56% said the same about the improvement of business processes.

51% said the delivery of consistent and stable tech performance to business is a core IT priority, and 50% said the same about generating cost savings.

Infrastructure roll-out: 70%, Migration of systems to cloud: 66%, New website/content management system: 65%, New mobile apps: 57%, New collaboration systems: 56%

New and/or innovative products and services: 27%, Emerging forms of customer engagement: 23%, New business models: 16%

44% of CIOs expect that their IT headcount will increase over the next year, while just 17% anticipate a decrease.

65% said they are dealing with a tech skills shortage, up from 42% in 2011.

Big data/analytics: 39%, Project management: 32%, Business analysis: 28%