Digital transformation isn’t complicated. It’s just hard.
The conflict of first-wave transformation was human: a nervous response to changing years of tried and tested processes. Second-wave transformation faces a more formidable foe: macroeconomic and sociopolitical uncertainty.
Navigating this complexity has implications for the full transformation value chain, but one audience above all else finds themselves squarely in the middle of competing priorities, unproven technologies, financial sensitivity and the pressure to compete.
It has never been harder to be an enterprise Chief Technology or Information Officer.
This proprietary research from Crosstide reveals the pressure cooker within which today’s CTOs and CIOs are operating. The data shows the tension between rising expectations and falling budgets, the duality of demand for increased revenue and operational efficiency, and the fervour for both progress and ROI from artificial intelligence.
All at a time when the human connectivity that drives trust is under threat. As the modern workforce struggles between in-person collaboration and remote working, technology leaders don’t have the personal equity with their teams, line managers and boards that they enjoyed previously.
Investment decisions are under higher scrutiny, procurement is deeply price sensitive, and boards, shareholders and investors are calling for more, with less, and faster.
Yet across the market, progress is being made. Good leaders are building cultures that are open to change, and strong client-consultancy partnerships are building scalable technology platforms that are designed for change.
Underlying it all is a simple truth. Progress is built on the energy of change.
Download now to discover the research insights and advice for senior IT leaders.
