Given the rapid pace of technological innovation, what key leadership capabilities do you believe are essential to adopt, and which outdated approaches should be left behind to successfully navigate this evolving landscape?

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Chief Information Officer in Healthcare and Biotech10 months ago

It’s always about listening to, understanding, articulating and communicating. Irrespective of technological innovations it’s about ensuring the match between the problem we are trying to solve and the proposed solution actually fits the purpose.
The mindset of it works there so it will work here has to be eliminated.

CIO in Services (non-Government)10 months ago

Engage the technical staff. Give them an opportunity to take ownership of new ideas, and allow them to fail. If you creates an entrepreneurial environment you will be amazed at what can happen.

Get rid of the fatal conceit that because you are a leader you know more than they do. The effective leader surrounds themselves with people smarter than they are.

VP of IT in Travel and Hospitality10 months ago

Empathy, strong communication skills, and technical competence will never go out of style. Ditch the outdated command and control style leadership. It was never a great approach, but now with the speed of innovation and change, leaders must empower their organization.

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Director of IT in Manufacturing10 months ago

I think the most important word in the question is "rapid". The technologies are changing all the time. For some industries slower, for others faster. I see two critical leadership capabilities affected.
First, delegation. At some moment of time you have to admit that you cannot grasp all disruptive technologies available at the pace they appear. You need to delegate either your responsibilities to free up for research, or delegate research.
Second, open mindedness. Many technologies grasp attention of C-suite executives when the technology is one the hype and nobody really understands how to use it. Be prepared that your research would render nothing of what you expected, especially if you delegate it. Simply move on.

CIO10 months ago

Given the rapidly changing technological landscape, one needs to be agile and willing to fail fast on new technology starts and be willing to pivot much quicker than in the past. Having said that, I also believe a healthy dose of skepticism is also useful to ensure you do not introduce unproven technologies into your infrastructure that could potentially endanger your business.