Elizabeth Valentine

Enterprise Business Technology Governance: Three Competencies to Build Board Digital Leadership Capability

The competent leadership of digital transformation needs to involve the board of directors. The reported lack of such capability in boards is becoming a pressing issue. A part of leadership in such transformation is the board of directors competence to lead Enterprise Business Technology Governance (EBTG). In this paper we take the position that EBTG competencies are essential in boards, because competent EBTG has been shown to contribute to increased revenue, profit, and returns. We update and expand on the results of a multi-method approach to the development of a set of three board of director competencies needed for effective EBTG.

Are Boards Flying Blind When it Comes to Enterprise Technology Governance

Abstract Considering the sheer speed, complexity, and ever changing risk in todays technology-saturated business environment, its hardly surprising that the call for digitally savvy directors is increasing. Emerging research suggests serious consequences for boards that continue to ignore or delegate enterprise-level technology governance.

Governance: The Board and the CIO

Abstract. The call to have digital-savvy board members and non-IT senior executives is growing globally. Yet the gap between the majority of senior executives knowing this is essential and their acting to raise their individual and collective enterprise business technology governance (EBTG) competency is large. This raises issues for boards and executives. The role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) is important in influencing and in building EBTG awareness and competence in the wider executive team as well as in the board. This article suggests three roles CIOs can play in digital leadership and in reinventing IT as a top business priority.