IDG Contributor Network: Should CIOs still care about business strategy?

The age-old practice of executive teams convening at off-site retreats for “strategic planning” hasn’t changed much in the last three decades. Amid rounds of golf and scotch tastings, they re-hash revenues, reevaluate business partnerships, marginalize upstart competitors and brainstorm new ideas. Budget conversations are inevitable, as are discussions of innovation and becoming more “data-driven.” On the last evening, the CEO delivers a rousing motivational missiv