What CIOs Read in 2023
In 2023, technology executives racing to keep ahead of the almost-daily advances surrounding generative AI continued to seek answers and inspiration in a centuries-old format: books. We asked some to share their favorites, included here along with a handful of notable reads from CIO Journal’s library. Books on AI were top of the list for many—no surprise—along with guides on winning in the new, AI-enabled competitive landscape.
Recommended leadership reads also came in many forms, including one from former commander of Joint Special Operations Command, Stanley McChrystal. But it wasn’t all LLMs and leadership. Among other works tech leaders took up were books on disruption—as in, how to avoid it—and a read on the global “chip war," decades in the making and continuing to unfold on The Wall Street Journal’s front page.
Note that we are applying a broad definition to books: They can be dead-tree or digital. What they’re not are the strings of text produced by a generative AI chatbot prompt. (Though, to be sure, some might say that books power a good number of gen AI responses today.) So read on.
Edited highlights are below. Scott Arnold, chief digital and innovation officer, Tampa General HospitalSee Sooner, Act Faster: How Vigilant Leaders Thrive in an Era of Digital Turbulence George S. Day and Paul J.H.
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