Stories by Maryfran Johnson

A tightly knit group of execs form a 'C-suite dream team' to take collaboration to new heights at the finance arm of the world's largest automaker.

Some 42 percent of CIOs say they have the skills to be CEO. That's a lot of corner office envy, says Maryfran Johnson. Only a few have the business savvy to make it.

As 'social sensing' analytics give HR departments reams of new employee data, IT partnerships are a key ingredient for success, says Maryfran Johnson

The business world views CIOs as more tortoise than hare, but it's time to rethink that stereotype. Award-winning CIOs find that speeding up innovation and business processes yields a competitive advantage.

CIOs in the food and pharma industries confront unique challenges in untangling complex supply chains to ensure product safety and availability.

The weather is good for more than just small talk, says Maryfran Johnson. It's a big business, with companies like The Weather Channel and AccuWeather selling data analytics to businesses like DHL and Sears, who use weather data to make timely decisions.

Maryfran Johnson says the answer is to grow your own hybrid players, who have the rare combination of technical smarts, great communication skills and strategic thinking

This $707 billion global industry is building more intimate customer relationships by pushing the IT envelope on technologies like real-time data analysis, inventory-tracking sensors and mobile payments

The rising tide of hiring CDOs, who bring marketing, e-commerce and sales backgrounds to the C-suite, could eclipse the strategic importance of CIOs. Here's how Best Buy, Starbucks and OfficeMax are taking advtage of this new dynamic duo to bring about digital transformations.

Well-known business models (Avon, Netflix and Best Buy) are under siege, underscoring the point that IT plays a more central role than ever before in the rise and fall of almost any company.

Our annual checkup on the state of the CIO shows improvement in the leadership skills required to achieve great things for business peers and external customers, says Maryfran Johnson

CIOs tend to be good at management and problem-solving, but only a few are good at selling. We found a small, inspiring group of CIOs who are actually generating revenue for their business.

Members of the board of directors are dangerously undereducated about IT, says Maryfran Johnson. We have advice on how to fix that (in ways that will resonate with the directors and not scare them off).

CIOs are at the center of the 'omnichannel retail' revolution, where the customer expects the same great shopping experience whether the venue is a store, website, smartphone or tablet, says CIO Editor in Chief Maryfran Johnson.

CIOs, with their 5-year average tenure, are on the low end of the spectrum when compared to the longevity of their colleagues in the C-suite. CIO magazine editor in chief Maryfran Johnson looks at why that is and how CIOs can last longer in the job