CIOs expect their No. 1 task in three years to be "driving business innovation," CIO reported July 17.
IT leaders say the role will drift away from simply the technical aspects toward "working on business strategy, developing revenue-generating products and services, and influencing ideas on the enterprise roadmap," according to the website's 2023 State of the CIO survey.
"The CIO role in 2026 will be about influencing, leading and governing, as opposed to technology selector, integrator, configurator and customizer," Joseph Bruhin, CIO of Breakthru Beverage Group, told the news outlet. "And CIOs who are not on top of this before 2026 will find themselves having to catch up."
IT chiefs also described the CIO of 2026 as an "influencer," "strategic thinker" and "eloquence communicator and leader," according to the story.