CIO First Look
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February 04, 2025
CIOs are bullish on AI agents. IT employees? Not so much.
ITâs opinion on the promise of agentic AI is divided, with leaders seeing agents as core to business operations in the near future and IT pros â who will deploy them â much more skeptical.
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Sponsored by GEP: Revolutionizing procurement: How AI drives efficiency & profitability
Complex business operations can be simplified using AI, enabling enterprises to become nimble and innovative.
When digital literacy fails, IT gets the blame
CIOs need to make technology education and literacy a proactive strategy â because HR and user departments struggle to establish digital literacy and ITâs on the hook for results.
Download the Agentic AI Enterprise Spotlight
In this issue, we explore the emerging field of agentic AI, which brings more autonomy to IT-managed systems â with both promise and peril.
AI, jobs and the new world of âworkâ
With new AI tools disrupting companies and workplaces around the world, are we soon approaching a new way of work that goes beyond the agricultural, industrial and information ages? What will happen if we get to a place where humans wonât be âworkingâ in a traditional sense that weâve all grown up with? Aneesh Raman, the Chief Economic Opportunity Officer at LinkedIn, joins the show to discuss a new paradigm where humans still have jobs and will be âworkingâ, but where the nature of work is focused on skills rather than jobs and titles.
10 skills and traits of successful digital leaders
Digital leaders must balance business acumen with a deep understanding of ever-changing technologies â and possess the unique blend of abilities necessary to lead, transform, and innovate.
16 professional organizations for Black IT pros
Black technologists have long been underrepresented in IT. These organizations aim to help close the diversity gap in tech.
