The best business books of 2014 for CIOs
by Kenny MacIver, published on I-CIO
12-18-2014
With themes of digital disruption, business transformation, the CIO’s evolving role and more, we pick the books that were essential reading for IT leaders in 2014.
From the unstoppable, disruptive power of digital technology to the rise of the Internet of Things, big data, cloud and wearable devices, the megatrends of 2014 were put into context in the best technology and business books of 2014. We identify the ones that stand out as essential reading for CIOs, with all of them underscoring how the momentous changes underway across business and society are reshaping the role of the CIO as a leader of digitally defined business transformation.
Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies
Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee
How the Best CIOs Tackle Their Toughest Business Challenges
Dan Roberts and Brian Watson
How IT Can Drive Organizational Innovation
Peter High
Changing the Dynamics of the Business Enterprise
Philip Weinzimer
How Corporations Succeed by Solving the World’s Toughest Problems
Lynda Gratton
How to Overcome the Trials and Challenges of IT Leadership
Jonathan Mitchell
Bringing the Lean Start-up into Your Organization
Nathan Furr and Jeff Dyer
Paving the Way for Business and Technology Convergence
Joseph Topinka
How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
Walter Isaacson
