6 IT leadership organizations CIOs should consider joining

1. MIT Center for Information Systems Research

The MIT Center for Information Systems Research (MIT CISR) operates as a research center in Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT CISR helps CIOs and IT executives meet the challenge of leading increasingly digital- and data-driven organizations, says Stephanie Woerner, the organization’s director.

“We provide insights on how organizations effectively realize value from approaches such as digital business transformation, data monetization, business ecosystems, and the digital workplace,” she states. “We work directly with technology leaders, executives, and boards to develop our research insights.”

Woerner notes that MIT CISR has a 50-year record of success in helping executives at global organizations realize more value from digital and data while evolving with the times as technology changes the world at large. “While MIT CISR’s roots are in serving chief information officers, our members also include CEOs, CFOs, CTOs, chief digital officers, chief data officers, chief marketing officers, and boards and directors,” she says.