The digital CIO: How digital

technology will change the way

organisations work
Digital technology will have a profound influence on the way businesses work
and the way they relate to their employees.
If you are an IT leader, digital technology is likely to be a pivotal factor in your
career over the next five years.
Those who embrace digital technology have the opportunity to make their
mark on the business, to innovate and steer company strategy.
Computer Weekly joined 15 IT leaders from across business and the public
sector as they tried to thrash out the implications of digital technology for their
organisations, and their careers.
They were taking part in the Digital Academy, a programme for IT leaders who
want to take ownership of digital technology in their organisations.

Ade McCormack (pictured), a digital strategist and commentator, has thought

deeply about the impact of digital technology and has refined his ideas
through conversations with CIOs around the world.
Digitisation, he told the group of IT leaders attending the Digital Academy, will
have an impact on the world of work and peoples lives that will be at least as
profound as the impact of the industrial revolution.

But there will be a significant difference: while the move from an agricultural to
an industrial economy concentrated power in the hands of employers, digital
technology will return power to the employees.