CIO Careers

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• 5 reasons CIO career paths go south -- and how to protect yourself

  Safeguard your CIO career path. Agiloft CEO Colin Earl details the top five reasons CIOs get the ax -- and how to avoid them.  Continue Reading

• Corporate boards seek more IT expertise, but CIO presence still small

  Interest in recruiting CIOs to corporate boards is rising, say recruiters, but board presence is still rare and the CIO talent pool for these appointments relatively shallow.  Continue Reading

• Attention, CIOs and other humans: Advances in robotics will reshape society

  Robots are on track to be faster and smarter than humans -- someday they'll be as creative, too, says robotics engineer Hod Lipson. Now is the time to prepare.  Continue Reading

• To shine in digital economy, CIOs need passion, partnerships

  IT leaders need to love what they do -- and they need to know the business they're in. That was the message from a career panel at the recent Gartner Symposium.  Continue Reading

• People in CIO positions should stay off this list

  Today, customers rule -- CIOs who don't submit put their careers at risk. Analyst Bobby Cameron details five binds that spell doom for CIO positions.  Continue Reading