Author: Swatantra Kumar

Swatantra is an engineering leader with a successful record in building, nurturing, managing, and leading a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and distributed team of engineers and managers developing and delivering solutions. Professionally, he oversees solution design-development-delivery, cloud transition, IT strategies, technical and organizational leadership, TOM, IT governance, digital transformation, Innovation, stakeholder management, management consulting, and technology vision & strategy. When he's not working, he enjoys reading about and working with new technologies, and trying to get his friends to make the move to new web trends. He has written, co-written, and published many articles in international journals, on various domains/topics including Open Source, Networks, Low-Code, Mobile Technologies, and Business Intelligence. He made a proposal for an information management system at the University level during his graduation days.

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AI Management

The Rise of AI: Who holds the Budget?

The Rise of AI: Who holds the Budget Power?

IDC’s 2024 AI Spending Guide reveals a compelling trend: 52% of surveyed C-suite executives and technology decision-makers see AI as the most critical technology for achieving short-term ambitions.


As AI continues to revolutionize business, the pressing question is: Who will hold the authority over the AI budget?

Key insights from the data:
• CIOs lead the charge at 53%, underscoring their pivotal role in steering AI-driven transformations.
• CEOs (18%) and line-of-business executives (10%) reflect the strategic importance of aligning AI investments with business goals.
• Emerging roles like AI Executives (5%) and CDOs (2%) highlight the growing specialization required for successful AI adoption.

What does this mean? The CIO’s role is more crucial than ever—not just as a technology enabler but as a strategic leader driving enterprise-wide AI adoption and innovation.

How do you see this shaping the future of AI leadership in organizations? Will the CIO continue to dominate, or will other roles take center stage in defining the AI roadmap?

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Management

Agile transformation isn’t just about implementing Agile

Reflecting on an agile transformation journey, it’s clear that how close Business and IT becomes – so close, they can’t stop “working through” their differences!

  • Prioritize my features!
  • Reduce tech debt!
  • We need more AI, right now!
  • Escalating to your manager!

What do we learn? Effective communication is key. And nothing brings teams closer together than a good ol’ tug-of-war between priorities! ?


But in all seriousness, this is a reminder that success isn’t just about “implementing Agile” or ticking boxes on frameworks. It’s about fostering true collaboration, keeping egos in check, and making sure the customer is at the center of every decision – even when everyone has their own version of “what’s most important.”

Let’s keep building bridges, not silos (and maybe fewer escalations, too ;).

#AgileTransformation #DigitalLeadership

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