Conference Notebook

Bimodal IT organization

• Pointers on becoming a transformational CIO, pitfalls to avoid

  A panel of CIO experts explore the role of the transformational CIO. Understanding organizational change and being plugged in are big factors.  Continue Reading

• How to achieve digital transformation -- with CIO as linchpin

  Companies achieve digital transformation along two dimensions -- through operational efficiency and offering a great customer experience. Getting there can be an uphill battle.  Continue Reading

• Scalable learning vs. scalable efficiency in the automation age

  The right way to treat employees in the automation age is not by deploying scalable efficiency, but by offering scalable learning. The first requirement: enlightened leaders.  Continue Reading

• How augmented intelligence can enhance jobs

  Augmented intelligence -- AI used to enhance human skills -- makes workplaces more productive, diverse, inclusive and authentic. That's one future conjured at an MIT forum on AI.  Continue Reading

• MIT CIO: What is digital culture, why it's needed and how to get it

  Creating a digital culture is essential in the age of information, but companies must not lose sight of their core values in the process. Two tech execs show how they're doing it.  Continue Reading

• Gartner issues four-part prescription for data and analytics leaders

  Fake facts, discrimination, complexity and illiteracy are four challenges CIOs and data experts must overcome to reap the value of data analytics. Also, forget about bimodal IT.  Continue Reading

• 2017 Gartner Symposium: A SearchCIO photo roundup

  In this photo roundup, we chronicle the SearchCIO team's experience at the 2017 Gartner Symposium and highlight some key sessions and themes from the event.  Continue Reading

• Forging your digital path: Don't discount the power of slogans

  Two award-winning CIOs talk about how they helped forge a digital path for their companies and, in the process, became partners to the business.  Continue Reading

• Gartner redefines the bimodal IT organization

  In the bimodal IT model, Mode 1 protects the cash cows while Mode 2 funds the projects that respond to external threats or opportunities, says Gartner researcher George Spafford.  Continue Reading