Strategic Planning for CIOs: Crafting a Vision for the Future
A leader should focus on the strategies which makes processes to ensure that the address of human side of equation on a timeline which alliance to the hastening place of value evolution. It is believed by the organizations that 100% of the value of strategic planning for the future lies in determining what comes next or putting a stake in the ground regarding where we want to be.
Most of the real value associated with strategic planning emerges from a non delusional articulation of the current situation along with a strategic planning. For example, in Google Maps, if you want to go somewhere, you have to be very specific about where you are starting from.
Futurist and strategic planners should focus on the adaptation of twin interrelated skills of Situation analysis and world building instead of their obsession about technology and points. Situation analysis presents the realistic situation, how we think, how we live, how we interact, how we work. On the contrary, world building involves imaginatively architecting a depiction.
Years back, our CIO ancestors wanted to be funded. Around 2000, the primary objective of IT strategy was to collect funding. Organizations were not ready to spend a huge amount of money on technology. But that’s not the problem today. Situation have changed so far. There was a time when IT was very much focused on depicting that they are not wasting money on technology. But in the present scenario, the body of knowledge associated with how new technology enters the organization and economy has matured so far. It is the time to focus on the human side of the future.
CIOs always thrive to consider the prospects. They have the ability to imagine and they are prepared for the future outcomes. With the change in technology, company has to change their strategic plans. Being the leader, it is the responsibility of the CIO to leverage the technology. They should welcome the new change. It is quite obvious that in every single step, a person will face a change in capability, status and an exponential increase in delivered and recognised benefit.
Do strategic planning so that your enterprise will experience a change in capability, status and an exponential increase in benefit.
