By Alexis Wierenga | 4-minute read | November 07, 2023
Executive Insights from Day 2 of Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo Barcelona
As departments outside of IT take more ownership of digital delivery, CxO expectations of CIOs are changing. Daniel Sánchez Reina, Gartner VP Analyst, revealed what, in this environment, belongs on CIOs’ agendas for the coming 18 months, and how they can shift their expectations for their role and organization.
In 2024, focus on:
Co-leading: Look across the enterprise for business leaders who seek and drive high levels of collaboration and transparency with IT.
Co-delivering: Make and keep joint commitments to maximize the investments and outcomes of digital initiatives, as well as evolving IT’s role.
“Generative AI turbocharges the democratization of digital delivery.”
Daniel Sánchez Reina, VP Analyst at Gartner
A digital twin is a dynamic, virtual representation of a person that simulates and learns to anticipate and emulate behavior. Helen Poitevin, Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst, explored how to bring this seemingly futuristic idea to life today by examining the risks and benefits of such capabilities.
“Digital twins of employees will rely on data about how and where we work, what we prefer, etc. And the more we want them to match us, the more we need to share so that we can be in step with each other.”
Helen Poitevin, Distinguished VP Analyst at Gartner
Digital twins of employees can benefit the workplace by:
Developing skills to improve performance: Make employees aware of trainings and career development opportunities.
Giving advice to support productivity: Deliver information when it is most useful to fuel performance.
Removing friction and providing fixes proactively: Offer support or mend broken systems before anyone realizes there is an issue.
A dearth of data-driven insights into the IT labor market results in wasted recruiting efforts, a slim pipeline of mediocre talent and stalled digital initiatives, all at a cost to the organization. Relying on research into top attraction drivers, Gartner Sr Director Analyst Mbula Schoen disclosed how to apply five effective strategies to hire top IT talent.
“Workforce has risen to become the third most important priority area for CEOs in 2023 and 2024.”
Mbula Schoen, Sr Director Analyst at Gartner
Apply these best practices to attract strong IT talent:
Tap into the large pool of passive IT candidates: Ramp up employee referral programs, and use talent intelligence capabilities that leverage AI to source outbound talent.
Redesign IT job postings to be more inclusive: Remove artificial borders by hiring for potential, not credentials.
Build your IT organization’s brand with an EVP: Differentiate messaging so its employee value proposition stands out from that of the rest of the enterprise.
Embed candidate needs early in the hiring process: Companies need robust “keep warm” strategies, especially when candidates have long delays between acceptance and start dates.
Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo, The World’s Most Important Gathering of CIOs and IT Executives™, brings together thousands of executives every year to address the strategic needs of enterprise CIOs and their leadership teams.
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Helen Poitevin is a Distinguished VP Analyst with a focus on HCM technologies and advising clients on their HCM technology strategies. In HCM, areas of particular focus include talent analytics, voice of the employee analytics, workforce planning and AI in HCM. Ms. Poitevin also conducts research regarding the future of work with a focus on the impact of technology on how people will work, the gig economy, talent marketplaces and ecosystems and future talent practices.
Mbula Schoen is a Senior Director Analyst with Gartner's CIO Leadership of Information Talent & Organizational Dynamics team. Ms. Schoen's expertise focuses on the future of work, talent management, upskilling the IT workforce, Employment Value Proposition (EVP), IT talent attraction and attrition drivers Ms. Schoen is a sought-after speaker and brings more than 20 years of experience working with global companies in Asia, Eastern and Western Europe, and Africa. In addition to her work at Gartner, Ms. Schoen is a visiting professor at a Munich University, where she lectures in management information systems
Daniel Sanchez-Reina is a VP Analyst in CIO Leadership, Culture and People. Mr. Sanchez-Reina covers the complex challenges of Culture Change in organizations, High-Performing Teams, Leadership, CIO influence and CIO Role Evolution. He provides research on a worldwide basis, advising clients on their specific needs to achieve sustainable growth.
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