The CIOs’ Top Priorities No. 1: Build a Data-Driven Culture
February 15, 2014 Leave a comment
The CIOs’ Top Priorities
No. 1: Build a Data-Driven Culture
Feb. 10, 2014 4:47 p.m. ET
The five task forces at the CIO Network conference presented their recommendations to the full conference, which voted these as the top five overall priorities:
1. Build Data-Driven Culture
Create data culture at all levels of the business. Create data strategy that can be driven back into business units. Have data that is easily accessible and consumable.
2. Know Your Users Deeply
Now more than ever, CIOs must have a deep understanding of their users and customers so they can help pinpoint, frame and prioritize the problems, propose the most relevant potential solutions, and generally foster dialogue across the organization. This dialogue will engage them in not just providing feedback but in starting with insights about what they really feel and need.
3. Facilitate Innovation
Facilitate and lead business transformation through the use of disruptive technology to anticipate business needs and drive growth.
4. Make Work Easy
What we do at work should be no harder than what we do at home. Drive user-centric design and drive out process friction.
5. Instill a Sense of Mission
Consider how to change your value proposition. Instead of appealing to their analytical side, figure out how to appeal to the heart. Turn the dialogue to why are we here, instead of focusing on traditional metrics. Establish a culture where executives know that to advance they must be tied to the company’s values.
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