Interviews

Conversation with Mr. Arun Gupta, Group CIO K Raheja and Shoppers Stop

Arun is the Group CIO at the K Raheja Corporation which has business across infrastructure, realty and retail among others. He has a rich experience in the industry as an IT business leader and is recognized as a “Business friendly” and “Strategic CIO”, a leader in aligning IT and business. He has been featured by Economic Times as “The CIO who never spoke Technology”.  Arun is also an active blogger and pens down his observations @ http://cio-inverted.blogspot.com

What is the process your organizations uses to translate strategic initiatives into front-line action and results? How do you assess/manage the demand pipeline and prioritise accordingly?

The management team comprising of the CXOs together define the strategic direction of the organization.  Based on this direction discussions on initiatives required to achieve the strategic objectives are formulated. These initiatives are then broken down into buckets based on time priority of long, medium, and short term.  Strategic initiatives may be long term in nature as they potentially deal with capability development. Continue Reading