Presentation for the annual CIONet Event

1. THE CHANGING ROLE OF
THE CIO
CIONET ANNUAL EVENT
31.01.2013
BRUSSELS
Dries Van Nieuwenhuyse
Prof. EHSAL Management School
Researcher BICC Thomas More
BICC Thomas More
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2. AGENDA
• Do we really need to change?
• Adopting other roles?
• We’re not alone!
• How to get started?
Changing role of the CIO
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3. DO WE REALLY NEED TO CHANGE?
• Most of the systems
we’ve built so far only
store their data after
the facts… “It is not the strongest of the
species that survives, nor the
most intelligent. It is the one
• Focus will need to shift that is the most adaptable to
towards what will change”
happen… Charles Darwin
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4. Flexible employment and HR solutions

5. NEED FOR PROACTIVITY
“Knowing a great deal is not the
same as being smart; intelligence
is not information alone but also
judgment, the manner in which
information is collected and used”
Dr. Carl Sagan
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6. THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE CIO
Using the Drivers for change (Brandon J.)
economy as Roller New Roles of the CIO (Nash K.)
Coping with Entrepreneur
Coaster Global Talent Scout
technological
evolutions IT department no longer
CIO will impact the
business physical
Cyberwarefare
universal End-Users no longer
departmental
External CIO Internal
Windows no
longer standard
OS Fewer people more
automatic decisions
Pervasive Analytics
Bring Your Own
Device Futurist More business
collaboration
Outsourcing using Analytical
Master of Intelligence Connector
Business • Processes
Metrics • Decision-making
Sources: Brandon J. www.cio.com/article/705599
6 Nash K. www.cio.com/article/704050

7. THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE CIO
Business Market Leader/Risk
Taker/High Growth
Butler Entrepreneur
"IT provides support services "IT is a vital component
but is not strategically of our business model"
important"
Tactical/ Strategic/
Utility Transformational
Grinder Team Player
"IT is a cost of doing "We are dependent on IT
business" systems in our business
operations, so we give IT as
much time as we can afford"
Business Market Follower/Risk
Averse/Mature
Source: Gartner
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8. UNFORTUNATELY, WE’RE NOT ALONE
• Other departments adopt proactive roles too…
Source: Ernst & Young
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9. DOESN’T MATTER WHO TAKES THE LEAD
JUST GET STARTED...
“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will
always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what.
Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and
stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more
and more successful.”
Mark Victor Hansen
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10. GET STARTED
• Both CIO, CFO, CHRO want to adopt a more
proactive role, moving from reactive grinder to
proactive advisor
• Obviously the domain of
Performance Management as
a combination of Strategic,
Financial, Business and
Analytical Intelligence will
play a pivotal role in
this change
• Here Finance meets IT
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11. “The significant problems we face
GET STARTED cannot be solved by the same
level of thinking that created them.”
Albert Einstein
• Better Performance Management means more
Strategy, more Business, more Insight, more
Proactivity
• In a changing world with dissolving boundaries,
more effective and proactive decision-making
might make the difference between a role as a
CIO of the future… or just a CTO of the past
• The choice is yours…
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12. THE CHANGING ROLE OF
THE CIO
CIONET ANNUAL EVENT
31.01.2013
BRUSSELS
Dries Van Nieuwenhuyse
Prof. EHSAL Management School
Researcher BICC Thomas More
BICC Thomas More
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