The document outlines the future of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) role, focusing on five core areas: innovation, change, leadership, people, and information technology. Pearl Zhu emphasizes the importance of a people-centric approach to digital transformation and the need for CIOs to embrace innovation and agility in their leadership. The content is derived from a blog series featuring over 4500 posts dedicated to these themes.

1. THE “FUTURE OF CIO”
4500 BLOG POSTING
Author: PEARL ZHU
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2. Five “CORE”s in “Future of CIO”
Leadership
People
Information Technology
Innovation
Change

3. Future of CIO

4. DIGITAL MASTER BOOK SERIES
(22 Books)

5. 1.
Innovation
Creativity, Innovation, IT Innovaiton
(1000 + Blogs)

6. “Being innovative is more important than any specific
innovation. Innovativeness is a way of thinking.”
-Pearl Zhu
“Innovation is the art at the eyes of artist; the science at the
mind of scientist; and the bridge between the art and science.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Master

7. Innovation Books

8. 2
CHANGEChange, Digitalization, Agility
(1500 + Blogs)

9. Change
“Change Management can become
more successful with people at the
core of change, the cause of change
and the purpose of change.”
― Pearl Zhu, Change Insight:
Change as an Ongoing
Capability to Fuel Digital
Transformation
Change is the Digital New Normal
Digitalization
“Digital means flow: data flow,
information flow, knowledge flow, and
mind flow.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Master

10. The “CHANGE” Books
Change Insight Digital Master Digital Agility

11. Blogging the Way to Discover
Digital Path

12. 3
LEADERSHIP

13. Digital Leadership Themes
Future of
Leadership
(500+
Blogs)
Digital
Master
(500+
Blogs)
CIO
Master
(500+
Blogs)
Board
Leadership
(250+
Blogs)

14. DIGITAL LEADERSHIP QUOTES
“Fundamentally, leadership is more about the future, but starts at
today.” ― Pearl Zhu, Leadership Master: Five Digital Trends to Leap Leadership
Maturity
“The purpose of the governing body, or board of directors, is to
direct and guide the organization in the right direction”
― Pearl Zhu, Digitizing Boardroom: The Multifaceted Aspects of Digital
Ready Boards

15. LEADERSHIP BOOKS
first second last

16. 4
PEOPLE
4

17. 500+ Blogs

18. PEOPLE-CENTRIC DIGITAL ORGANIZATION
People-Centricity
“Digital organization is
essentially a dynamic,
people-centered ecosystem.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Master
Digital Fit
“Digital fit” should be
first defined as “mind
fit,” and then
following with
attitude fit and
behavior fit.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Fit
Digital Capability
Learning agility is the
willingness and ability
to learn, de-learn, and
relearn. Limitations on
learning are barriers
invented by humans.
― Pearl Zhu, Digital
Capability

19. PEOPLE BOOKS

20. 5
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY

21. “IT” CORE
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IT Leadership IT Management IT DIGITALIZATION
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IT
BOOKS

23. “IT needs to
transform from a big
fat silo to the digital
fit brain of a modern
organization.”
― Pearl Zhu, CIO Master:
Unleash the Digital
Potential of IT
IT
Leadership
Quotes
“CIOs need to be
IT evangelists
and learn to sell,
speak business.”
― Pearl Zhu, CIO Master:
Unleash the Digital
Potential of It

25. THANKS!
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