Enterprise hits and misses - today's CIO needs a rethink, and software supply chain fallout is here

Lead story - 12 requirements to be a CIO - as per the diginomica network careers report

Fresh data via the diginomica network points to twelve key attributes of today's CIO. Via a session with the London School of Economics, Mark Chillingworth breaks out the requirements.

When you see items such as "operational excellence," "financial acumen," and "business leader," you know the CIO role is going through a major shift. In this era of AI pilots, operational excellence resonated. Chillingworth recaps:

Operational excellence: CIOs will only be considered business leaders if they have a track record of reliability. The entire organization needs to know the applications, networks, and devices work. As Conor Whelan says: 'It is really easy to build a product or application. AI can build one for you in seconds, but try running it 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You have to know who is using ...