IDG Contributor Network: Where does innovation belong in the IT department?

I recently attended an MIT Sloan CIO Symposium on MIT’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It’s was an annual one-day event mostly attended by CIOs and academics to discuss current trends within the CIO’s realm of responsibility. There were panel discussions and a few presentations, many of which were focused on artificial intelligence, machine learning and digital transformation. These futuristic topics complement an MIT-hosted and -facilitated conference.  However,