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In a landscape where vendors slap “AI-powered” on everything from chatbots to coffee machines, CIOs must take a critical eye to every new technology, and create guidelines that will keep the organization safe and align to its goals. “If we’re not careful, we risk falling into AI-washing—where AI is more of a marketing tool than a practical asset,” says Jess Evas, vice chancellor and CIO of Maricopa Community Colleges and longtime technology leader in higher education.

CIOs have spent decades justifying their existence with complex technical roadmaps and lengthy implementation cycles. Pawan Satyawali throws that playbook out the window. “At the end of the day, every decision should answer one question: What’s in it for the business?” says Satyawali, former CIO of Tata Consumer Products and now head of digital services at Signify. CIOs should identify AI use cases that deliver measurable impact in weeks, not years, he says in our guide to IT leadership in the AI era.

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Deliver exceptional service at scale with Freshservice for MSPs—the ITSM suite designed to simplify operations, reduce chaos, and accelerate onboarding. Customize branding, set global or client-specific SLAs, and automate workflows effortlessly. Whether you're managing 5 clients or 50, Freshservice gives you the visibility and control to grow with confidence.

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Freshworks CIO Ashwin Balla shares his perspective on his ‘always-evolving’ strategic role. In a career that has spanned sales, marketing, and engineering, Ballal has put empathy at the center. By putting himself in users' shoes, he's able to identify and eliminate pain points that technically-minded CIOs might never notice.

The role of the CIO is evolving and, at the intersection of technology and business outcomes, stands a new kind of leader. In this conversation, Freshworks CEO Dennis Woodside sits down with Sonja Browning Page, Director Consulting Expert at CGI, to discuss how CIOs are stepping beyond IT management to drive real business impact. Learn how empathy, agility, and an outcomes-first mindset are redefining the future of IT leadership.#CIO.

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