The 8 new rules of IT leadership — and what they replace

“If I had to put an image out there, it’s one of being jointly yoked with the rest of the business. The CIO is one of the oxen put in to pull the cart and is directly aligned with the others,” he says. “IT is literally running together with the business; it’s a really tight partnership that’s different today versus that supplier of the past.”

Old rule: Train workers on new technologies
New rule: Help workers become tech fluent

CIOs need to help workers throughout their organizations, including C-suite colleagues and board members, do more than just use the latest technologies deployed within the organization. They need to make them tech fluent, says Lou DiLorenzo Jr., principal and national US CIO program leader as well as AI and data strategy practice leader at Deloitte Consulting.

“It’s their responsibility to make sure that happens,” he explains. “They have to play a role in building that muscle, to say, ‘This is how your job will be different and it’s exciting and you have to learn,’ and make it accessible, interesting, and important.”