How CIOs Can Help Build Executive AI Literacy
TechTarget, Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
Gartner finds only 21% of C-suite executives consider their peers AI savvy.
Gartner research finds only 21% of C-suite executives consider their peers AI savvy, which is a leadership gap rather than a training gap. The argument is that CIOs need to move past general employee enablement and build executive-level understanding that pairs AI knowledge with strategic judgment.
The goal is not to make executives technical, but to let them question assumptions, evaluate trade-offs, and decide on governance, investment, workforce transformation, and competitive positioning.
Organizations that invest in targeted executive education convert AI initiatives into measurable business results more reliably.