In this era of heightened digital disruption, the future belongs to those who are fearless and willing to embrace innovative technology. (Photo: Shutterstock)
If you read Gartner's recent chief information officer survey on blockchain, you may have been as surprised by the results as I was. For all the hype around the promise of blockchain to create business efficiencies, it appears CIOs have serious reservations about dipping their toes into Distributed Ledger Technology.
Of over 3,000 CIOs surveyed, only 1% had any kind of blockchain adoption within their organization. To make matter worse, 43% said the technology is on their radar, but they had no plans to test, develop or deploy it, and another 34% said they had no interest in the technology. Those figures aren't a typo: 77% with either no interest in or immediate plans for blockchain.
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