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Organisations have historically had CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, COOs and so on, each of these roles fulfilling a distinct area of responsibility.
The increasing trend of the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) role however, indicates the growing importance and challenge of executing successful strategies in today's complex, and rapidly changing technical and business environments.
The McKinsey article 'How chief strategy officers think about their role: A roundtable' by Renée Dye [1] raises some beneficial observations from the inside.
It would not be surprising to observe further predominance of, for want of a better title, the IT Strategy Officer (ITSO). This function would be responsible for supporting the CIO for the IT-strategy related arena, just as the CSO supports the CEO for the corporate planning arena.
Reference:
[1] http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/How_chief_strategy_officers_think_about_their_role_A_roundtable_2143
