CIOs need to talk
CIOs that don't communicate and promote themselves might end up being undervalued by leaders. Andy Mulholland, Global CTO, Capgemini, is interviewed by Nick Booth.
28 May 2008
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According to Andy Mulholland, the CTO and technology trends watcher for consultancy Capgemini, the average CIO is being pulled both ways. “On the one hand, their energies are being channeled towards rather mundane back-office duties, which pleases the auditors and keeps everything compliant,” he says. “On the other hand, they’re expected to be creative, and lead on business strategy. But the work that keeps the CFO happy takes precedence.” And so the role of today’s CIO is more about cost cutting, control and compliance, and less about the roles that may have attracted them to the job in the first place, such as planning and strategic innovation.
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Andy Mulholland writes the Capgemini CTO Blog.
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