As CIO, what level of influence do you have on your company’s enterprise strategy?

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VP of IT2 years ago

It depends on the company culture and CEO/Board support. Been to many organizations, where CIO input is considered value and ICT is appreciated as an enabler to business, and in some organizations ICT is treated like a Backoffice operation and alienated from strategic discussion. 

CIO in Education2 years ago

Some influence - there are definitely components of the strategy that are technology related.

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CTO in Software2 years ago

Can you please elaborate the question? Influence about what: innovation, technology, people, business?

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