CIOs and other IT leaders share predictions and tech trends for 2022

As we enter 2022, CIOs and other IT leaders are predicting more of the same issues: a tech talent shortage that will stress organizations still working on modernization efforts and increased use of artificial intelligence and analytics, and enhancing security, among other innovative technologies. Among its predictions for 2022, Forrester believes "a tech talent panic will create broad gaps until new sourcing models go mainstream." IT organizations face a 13.8% attrition rate, reflecting a slow move to "future fit" talent strategies, according to Forrester. "The demand for technology talent maintains a frenetic pace with an emphasis on data and analytics, information security, architecture, cloud and engineering," said Craig Stephenson, managing director, North America Technology Officers Practice, at Korn-Ferry. Here's how they plan to cope.