- Gartner -Report finds 77% of CEOs who believe AI will define the future of their business
- However, only 44% of CIOs are seen as being AI-expert
- Businesses should support worker
Not even half (44%) of CEOs consider their CIOs up to speed when it comes to AI, according to a new report from Gartner, despite the fact that these workers are considered the most technically-capable (64%).
Although CIOs are seen to be the most technically expert, they actually rank in second place with regard to AI skills, with 2% more CEOs seeing their CISOs as having the right skills and knowledge (46%). Chief Data Officers ranked in third place (40%), with the next one on line (Chief Strategy Officers) more steps behind, to 24%.
All this is despite the fact that more than three -quarters (77%) of CEOs who recognize that AI will define the future of their business.
CEOS does not see many of their workers as being AI expert
When exploring C-suite, it is clear that chief athletes do not have much confidence in their high-level management when it comes to artificial intelligence. In fact, they have different but low levels of trust (7-18%) for them such as CRO, CFO, CMO, COO, Chief Sales Officer, CSCO, CLO and Chro.
“We have never seen such a disproportionate gap in the CEOs’ impressions of technological disturbance,” noted Gartner Distinguished Analyst David Furlonger.
Gartner’s report not only demonstrates the need for AI separation, but it also highlights a lack of adequate emergency in recent years. Gartner CEO study 2019-2020 also described Execs’ Tech Savity as “Suboptimal.”
“A significant implication is that if C-SUITE CHANDITY is not quickly improved, competitiveness will suffer and business survival will be at stake,” Furlonger continued.
Gartner noted that hiring AI skills may not be so simple and added that supporting the existing workforce with learning and development opportunities could offer a more sustainable long-term approach to business growth.
More broadly, CEOs are not only concerned about their inability to hire the right talent – there is also an apparent block when trying to calculate value and results.
