CIOs turned presidents and CEOs discuss their rise to the top and offer insights for IT leaders considering similar leaps.

Businesses have fallen in love with the aphorism, “Every company is becoming a technology company,” owing to the importance of digital capabilities. Some companies are taking that idea a step further by hiring CIOs as CEOs.

Tapping IT leaders as head honchos may not yet be a trend, but more companies may install CIOs as CEOs if they have led massive transformations, says Khalid Kark, managing director of Deloitte’s CIO program. Digital-minded CIOs may be the only executives with experience managing the velocity of change required to help a business avoid disruption — or recover from it when it happens.

Read the entire article by Clint Boulton here.

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