Why the CIO Has no Seat at the "C" Table
In most organizations the CIO role was created when the focus started to shift from technology (CTO) to information. However, CIOs are typically not selected for their skills and capabilities for managing information. Few CIOs can adequately describe the semantics of data or how ontologies or taxonomies should be deployed.
Few CIOs consider information in the broader context such as verbal and documents and other non-electronic forms. CIOs think data and databases not communications and knowledge. Few CIOs have experience and training in information. They are primarily technologists. They manage the T not the I in IT.
Career Is Over was coined by others years ago so the debate about the death of the CIO is superfluous.
