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Emerging Technology Readiness 2024

Thank you for participating in this short survey on the status of Emerging Technology Readiness at your company!

Your responses will help us identify trends in how companies evaluate, govern and adopt new technologies. We need your help understanding these trends and promise to share the results with you in upcoming Leadership Advisors.  

- Professors Steve Andriole and Noah Barsky, Cutter Fellows
1.How is technology organized & governed at your company?
2.To whom does the CIO/CTO report?
3.Do you have a defined process for adopting emerging/disruptive technology in place?
4.How would you characterize the importance of technology to your company’s strategic competitiveness in the next 3-5 years?
5.How would you characterize your company’s readiness for technology advancements?
6.Is yours a Requirements-first/Technology-second organization or a Technology-first/Requirements-second organization?
7.To what extent do Shadow IT* organizations and Shadow IT spending influence the technology adoption process at your company?

*Shadow IT is technology spending and deployment that is not authorized by corporate IT.
8.Does your organization maintain an ongoing list of “promising” emerging and potentially disruptive technologies?
9.How do you hear about emerging/disruptive technologies? (Choose all that apply.)
10.What are drivers of your emerging/disruptive technology adoption? (Choose all that apply.)
11.Where is your company or business unit along the emerging technology adoption curve?
12.How would you characterize your organization’s readiness for Cybersecurity?
13.How well does your organization fund Cybersecurity initiatives?
14.How are Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning initiatives prioritized?
15.Does your organization fund Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning initiatives adequately?
16.How would you characterize your organization’s readiness for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning initiatives?
17.Have you specifically explored the potential and risks of Generative AI (ChatGPT, Bard, Co-Pilots, etc.):
18.How would you characterize your board’s understanding of Emerging Technology opportunities and risks?
19.How would you characterize your board’s understanding of Cybersecurity opportunities and risks?
20.How would you characterize your board’s understanding of AI opportunities and risks?
21.Do you distinguish between Business Strategy and Technology Strategy?
22.Does your organization have a well-funded, well-defined innovation process?
23.Any comments on the role that emerging technology — especially AI — plays at your company?
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25.Which of the following titles best fits your job description?(Required.)
26.In which region is your organization headquartered or based?(Required.)
27.How would you best describe your company (or division, if you are completing the survey for your division only)?(Required.)
28.What are your organization's approximate annual revenues in U.S. dollars (or division if you are completing this survey for your division)?(Required.)
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