The Future CIO

The CIO of the future is definitely a service oriented Leader. 

In an interview with CIO Kevin Griffin at GE Capitol international last month, a discussion was raised about the Future CIO.

 Kevin stated these items to be the most important for the CIO of the Future.

1.  Be a leader of leaders
2. Carry great influencing skills
3. Create innovation labs
4. Lead with the ability to maintain humility in areas that they are not well versed.

Another interesting item raised in the article was that 1 in 5 CIO's of fortune 500 companies feel that they can confidently move to a service driven IT department.