{"title":"The digital age is transforming job descriptions, especially for CEOs","authors":"S. Denning","doi":"10.1108/sl-09-2021-0090","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\nPurpose\nTo implement a customer-centric vision in the digital era requires leadership that champions principles, processes and practices that promote customer value and corporate agility.\n\n\nDesign/methodology/approach\nIn the digital age organization the CEO’s job description, and those of all the leadership team, will require radical redesign.\n\n\nFindings\nA successful digital-age CEO is an entrepreneur with a passion for creating new value for customers and a preoccupation with strategic agility and discerning new business opportunities.\n\n\nPractical/implications\nPerhaps the most critical feature of digital-era CEOs’ jobs is their focus on the continuous creation of new businesses.\n\n\nOriginality/value\nA successful digital-age CEO is an entrepreneur with a passion for creating new value for customers and a preoccupation with strategic agility and discerning new business opportunities.\n","PeriodicalId":39797,"journal":{"name":"Strategy and Leadership","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Strategy and Leadership","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1108/sl-09-2021-0090","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Business, Management and Accounting","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Purpose
To implement a customer-centric vision in the digital era requires leadership that champions principles, processes and practices that promote customer value and corporate agility.
Design/methodology/approach
In the digital age organization the CEO’s job description, and those of all the leadership team, will require radical redesign.
Findings
A successful digital-age CEO is an entrepreneur with a passion for creating new value for customers and a preoccupation with strategic agility and discerning new business opportunities.
Practical/implications
Perhaps the most critical feature of digital-era CEOs’ jobs is their focus on the continuous creation of new businesses.
Originality/value
A successful digital-age CEO is an entrepreneur with a passion for creating new value for customers and a preoccupation with strategic agility and discerning new business opportunities.
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