CIO OPINION

The pandemic has shown that companies are capable of making radical changes under extreme pressure .

Felipe Demetrio de Souza , Business Director at CI & T

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up an abundance of challenges for CIOs and their teams – who have had to come up with innovative ways to adapt their enterprises . Felipe Demetrio de Souza , Business Director at CI & T , explains how CIOs can help foster an innovative enterprise that will be able to withstand the test of time .

scale previously unknown . Organisations have had to adapt fast to the current environment , as the pandemic turned traditional ways of working on its head . For most organisations , Digital Transformation has become a necessity – not just for remote working , but to ensure they can continue to adapt to a volatile environment , and to customers ’ changing needs . For this reason , the ability to deliver disruptive solutions has become more important than ever . and build better customer experiences . Unfortunately , having ‘ innovation as the top priority ’ usually means having one or two initiatives that may be considered as ‘ innovative ’ – but are effecting little change .

To truly make a difference , CIOs need to reorient their business ’ entire culture around uncertainty and disruptive ideas . By doing this , organisations can continue to adapt to shifting circumstances how ever volatile the current environment might be .

When speaking to IT executives , however , I often hear the same thing – they ’ ll say that one of their top priorities is to harness technology to drive innovation

Here , I explore three goals you should move to the top of your priority list if you want to create an enterprise that is ready for the future .

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