Innovative CIOs gain strategic influence
From CIO Magazine -
CIOs will gain the strategic influence they desire if they innovate and achieve efficiency on tightened budgets says Bryan MacDonald, director of the CIO practice at recruitment specialists Harvey Nash. MacDonald said the company’s 10th annual CIO survey revealed CIOs are focussing on collaborative innovation.
Respondents to the survey said the board was looking for technology to enhance operational efficiency, 76 per cent said this was the most important issue for them as CIOs and for the business. Efficiency from improved internal processes was seen as the primary innovation by 65 per cent of the survey group. Harvey Nash describes innovation as the: “key to maintaining competitive advantage through the current economic downturn”.
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