What are top ten responsibilities of the CIO or as many as you can list in this brave new world of agility, transformation and cloud computing?

Recently, I had blogged about ROI taking on a new definition – Return on Information. In a similar vein, the title CIO (Chief Information Officer) is long overdue for a new definition as well. The meaning of information has evolved and has a lot more significance today — just ask Big Data!

What was that thing before the enterprise-level social network called? It was meetings, personal calls from salespeople or perhaps even the Christmas and summer party right? These “were” the various means that we used to talk with each other and our customers before we were connected online it seems.

Of course these channels for interactivity still exist. Enterprise social networking merely seeks to augment our “personal” experiences, as we also seek to get more value out of every personal engagement as and when it happens.

Impending inevitability

In my last post (“3 keys for successful management of organizational change”) In my last post, I wrote about why it’s so important to have a management of organizational change (MOC) program in your organization. Today I want to talk about one of the fundamental elements you need for a successful change: leadership.

I’ve worked for years helping CIOs and organizations transform their organizations. And in my experience leadership is the #1 thing that’s important if you want to achieve any form of change.