CIO & LEADER-Issue-10-January 2018 (1)
The cover story on CIO&Leader's January issue is a dive into the skills that CIOs are going to develop and hire in 2018
The cover story on CIO&Leader's January issue is a dive into the skills that CIOs are going to develop and hire in 2018
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Cover Story<br />
Jaspreet Bindra<br />
Senior Vice President –<br />
Digital Transformation,<br />
Mahindra Group<br />
Skills I Plan To Hire in <strong>2018</strong><br />
In <strong>2018</strong>, my main focus will be to develop hard skills in digital<br />
technologies and not just legacy tech. I will work with my<br />
team to develop use cases that will help them implement<br />
digital initiatives with ease. I will also look for people with<br />
entrepreneurial experience and those who have exposure to<br />
new technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Machine<br />
Learning, Big Data, and Blockchain. Not only that, I will also<br />
look for people with soft skills such as design thinking, agile<br />
way of working, tolerance for failure, risk taking, storytelling<br />
and change management.<br />
Skills I Plan To Develop in <strong>2018</strong><br />
The current times call for leaders to constantly learn something<br />
new. Whether it is for creating new business models or<br />
great customer experiences, leaders today must know how to<br />
make effective use of digital technologies available to them<br />
and foster innovation. We have used blockchain— one of the<br />
newest technologies—in our financial services sector. In <strong>2018</strong>,<br />
my focus will be to develop design thinking capabilities, hone<br />
coaching, and coding skills.<br />
Jaspreet's<br />
main focus will<br />
be to develop<br />
design thinking<br />
capabilities in<br />
<strong>2018</strong><br />
Kamal's focus will<br />
be on completing<br />
his research on<br />
Flexibility in IT<br />
systems from IIT,<br />
Delhi<br />
Skill I Plan To Hire in <strong>2018</strong><br />
When it comes to hiring in <strong>2018</strong>, our focus at RJ Corp will be to hire people<br />
who have worked in AI, machine learning and IoT skills. Our aim is to hire<br />
emerging talent for a number of ongoing digital projects in the organization.<br />
However, skill gap being one of the biggest obstacles of digital India,<br />
good skills are difficult to find. To tackle this issue, we are incubating startups<br />
or working with them to recruit fresh talent for our various digital projects.<br />
We are also hiring entry level professional from top engineering and<br />
management schools.<br />
Skill I Plan To Develop in <strong>2018</strong><br />
<strong>CIO</strong>s must upgrade their skills every year. They must keep an eye on the<br />
latest digital technologies in the market. <strong>CIO</strong>s must focus on personal skill<br />
development. They must also know how to enable strategic innovation and<br />
disruption in their organization. For instance, I'm pursuing my research in<br />
Flexibility in Information Technology from Indian Institute of Delhi where I<br />
focus on how flexible Information technology systems can become such<br />
that the business can use it to drive flexibility strategically. In retail, flexibility<br />
of IT systems can increase the value of your overall business. As part of<br />
my research, I collected a lot of data and spoke to a lot of organizations. In<br />
a few months, I will be submitting my thesis.<br />
Kamal Karnatak<br />
Group <strong>CIO</strong><br />
RJ Corporation<br />
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