IDG Contributor Network: Moonlighting for CIOs: how to get a second job

I am not talking about moonlighting as a club “muscle” or flipping burgers at night of course. But any CIO should consider seriously expanding their reach in their organization and getting a second set of responsibilities different from IT.Why is this important?
Most IT leaders are extremely busy, and adding new workload seems to be counter productive in the short term. However, there is a lot of value in getting involved in new areas:
Business value: IT leaders are in a rare executi