Digital transformation: How you can take advantage of innovation
Wincanton CIO Richard Gifford explains how to use emerging technology and considers the evolution of the CIO role.
While CIOs have worked hard to assume a key role in the business, there are some strategic areas where IT leadership remains a work in progress. Four CIOs tell us about the biggest technology headaches they face and how they beat the pain.
1. Finding the capability to fill the IT skills gap
Dylan Roberts, CIO at Leeds City Council, says his biggest headache is making sure his organisation has the IT talent it needs. “I really struggle to get decent people and decent skills,” he says. “Recruitment and retention is a massive issue for me, so the quality of people we can get access to for a lot of our projects and programmes and the money we have to spend is not as good as it was because of the market.”
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