What is more important to your IT organization?

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Run day-to-day IT64%

Deliver innovation35%

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Head of IT in Finance (non-banking)4 years ago

This is a question of perspective. Some individuals from the leadership team believes that running the day-to-day operations is most important.

I believe that without innovation, we can't achieve our own goals and probably also not keep up with the markets.

We should first optimize daily operations and then focus more on innovation!

Executive VP & COO in Retail4 years ago

If you don't keep the lights on, you won't be given the chance to innovate.

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CIO in Education5 years ago

It’s more important to the organization, although I’m not sure it needs to be the most important. As stated elsewhere here, good IT organizations need to do both.

VP of IT in Manufacturing6 years ago

Innovation should help the day-to-day improve, e.g. automation

Former Chief Technology and People Officer in Software6 years ago

Both!

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