The expectations placed on today’s CIO have fundamentally shifted. Boards are no longer focused solely on uptime, cost control, or project execution—they are evaluating CIOs based on measurable business impact, enterprise resilience, AI readiness, and experience-driven outcomes.
According to Gartner, 80% of CIOs are now primarily focused on enabling business growth and transformation rather than traditional IT operations—reflecting a broader board-level mandate for technology to directly drive strategic value.
In this first episode of the CIO Boardroom Series, senior business and technology leaders explore what boards truly expect from modern CIOs in 2026—and how those expectations are reshaping technology strategy and operating models. The discussion highlights how CIOs are leveraging platforms such as AI, Azure or Cloud investments to drive innovation, strengthen governance, and deliver accountable business value—supported by experience-led, outcome-driven approaches like MxPTM that help operationalize those investments at scale.
Board conversations are becoming sharper and more outcome-focused:
This episode addresses these questions head-on, offering CIOs a board-relevant perspective on leading IT in 2026 and beyond.
The CIO Boardroom Series is a quarterly executive forum designed to explore how the CIO role is evolving in response to changing board expectations. Each episode focuses on a critical theme shaping technology leadership, enterprise experience, and measurable business outcomes in 2026 and beyond- —often through the lens of modern cloud and AI ecosystems such as Microsoft.
Stay tuned for Episode 2, where the conversation will shift to how boards are evaluating CIOs on risk, resilience, and enterprise trust in an increasingly complex and volatile technology landscape.
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