{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"18391","rtpr_id":"nPNAKgHwba","ticker":"IBM","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["IBM"],"title":"IBM Study: CEOs are Reshaping C-suite Roles for the AI Era","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-05-04T04:01:00.628Z","article_body":"IBM Study: CEOs are Reshaping C-suite Roles for the AI Era\nPR Newswire\n\nARMONK, N.Y., May 4, 2026\n* 76% of surveyed organizations now have a Chief AI Officer, up from 26% a\nyear ago\n* 59% of CEO respondents say the CHRO's influence will increase over the next\nfew years\n* Nearly two-thirds of surveyed CEOs are comfortable using AI to help inform\nmajor strategic decisions\nARMONK, N.Y., May 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new global study from the IBM\n(NYSE: IBM (https://www.ibm.com/investor)) Institute for Business Value finds\nthat the accelerating pace of AI is pushing CEOs to redesign how C-suite roles\nare structured to drive greater business impact across the enterprise.\n\nIn the foreword of the study, IBM Vice Chairman Gary Cohn writes, \"The CEO's\nrole has always been to lead through disruption. What AI changes is the\nvelocity and consequences of leadership. Enterprises that succeed will operate\nAI-first – not as a layer of technology, but as a new operating model.\nDecision cycles will compress. Boundaries between functions will dissolve.\nAdvantage will accrue to those who can learn, adapt, and execute faster than\ntheir competitors.\"\n\nThe annual IBM CEO study\n(https://www.ibm.com/thought-leadership/institute-business-value/en-us/c-suite-study/ceo),*\nwhich surveyed 2,000 CEOs globally, shows that as AI becomes more pervasive in\nthe enterprise, CEOs are under growing pressure to rethink how leadership\nteams operate, how decisions get made and how organizations are structured.\n\nAmong the key findings:\n* 76% of surveyed organizations have a Chief AI Officer (CAIO) in 2026, up\nfrom just 26% in 2025.\n* Analysis shows that organizations with an AI-first approach to C-suite\ndesign have scaled 10% more AI initiatives enterprise-wide than their peers.\n* 64% of surveyed CEOs say they are comfortable making major strategic\ndecisions based on AI-generated input. \n* 83% of respondents agree that AI sovereignty is essential to business\nstrategy, underscoring the importance of having the right controls as AI plays\na larger enterprise-wide role. \n* Surveyed CEOs say only 25% of the workforce is using AI regularly as part of\ntheir job, despite 86% believing their employees have the skills to\ncollaborate with AI.\n\"AI is changing how work gets done, bringing people and software together in\nnew ways, and it's changing how people come together in the workplace,\" said\nMohamad Ali, Senior Vice President, IBM Consulting. \"The CEOs delivering real\nresults from AI transformation aren't just deploying AI faster, they're\nredesigning their organizations to bring together the best people with the\nbest technology.\"\n\nNew challenges demand different kinds of leadership\n* 85% of respondents say all functional leaders must become technology experts\nin their domain, signaling that AI accountability is expanding beyond\nspecialized roles. \n* Among organizations with a CAIO, all surveyed CEOs expect the influence\nof the role to increase by 2030, alongside rising influence across every\nmember of the C-suite. \n* 59% of surveyed CEOs say the CHRO's influence will increase over the next\nfew years.\nAs CEOs turn to AI-driven decisions, governance and controls become more\ncritical\n* By 2030, surveyed CEOs expect 48% of operational decisions where\nconsistency and guardrails can be codified will be made by AI without human\nintervention, compared to 25% today. \n* 79% of executives surveyed confirm they are decentralizing decision-making,\ndistributing accountability as AI plays a more significant role enterprise\nwide. \nOrganizations are betting on people to drive AI success\n* 83% of CEOs surveyed say AI success depends more on people's adoption than\ntechnology.\n* Between 2026 and 2028, respondents expect 29% of employees to require\nreskilling for a different role and 53% to need upskilling to perform their\ncurrent role more effectively. \n* Surveyed organizations that redesigned five core business\nareas -- technology, finance, HR, operations and cross-functional\ncollaboration -- are four times more likely to have delivered on business\nobjectives. \n* 77% of respondents say talent and technology leadership roles are\nconverging, suggesting tighter integration between talent, technology and\nenterprise strategy. \nTo view the full study, visit:\nhttps://www.ibm.com/thought-leadership/institute-business-value/en-us/c-suite-study/ceo\n\nThe study also features industry perspectives from senior executives on how\nbusiness leaders are responding to AI-driven change. A selection of these\nfirsthand views are available in the addendum below.\n\n*Study Methodology\nThe IBM Institute for Business Value, in cooperation with Oxford Economics,\nconducted a survey of 2,000 CEOs and equivalent senior leaders across 33\ngeographies and 21 industries from February to April 2026. The survey explored\nhow leaders are redesigning business models, operating structures and\nexecution capabilities in an AI-driven economy, with additional analysis\nexamining how organizations translate AI ambition into enterprise-wide\nexecution and business value.\n\nThe IBM Institute for Business Value, IBM's thought leadership think tank,\ncombines\nglobal research and performance data with expertise from industry thinkers and\nleading academics to deliver insights that make business leaders smarter. For\nmore world-class thought leadership, visit: www.ibm.com/ibv. To receive more\ninsights, subscribe to the IdeaWatch newsletter:\nhttps://ibm.co/ibv-ideawatch. \n\nAbout IBM\nIBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting\nexpertise. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights\nfrom their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the\ncompetitive edge in their industries. Thousands of government and corporate\nentities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services,\ntelecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM's hybrid cloud platform and Red\nHat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and\nsecurely. IBM's breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing,\nindustry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and flexible\noptions to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM's long-standing\ncommitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity, and service.\n Visit www.ibm.com for more information.\n\nMedia Contact\nMarisa Conway\nIBM Corporate Communications\nconwaym@us.ibm.com\n\nExecutive Perspectives:\n\n\"It's not laying AI on top of your existing tools and\nservices. It's reimagining the entire process.\" -- Pablo T. Rivero,\nCEO, Resy and SVP, Global Dining, American Express\n\n\"You can't forecast every disruption, but you can prepare by building\norganizations that are resilient, adaptable, and ready to operate through\nchange.\" -- Andrew Anagnost, President and CEO, Autodesk\n\n\"AI has moved from the infrastructure layer, largely invisible, to the surface\nlayer of how we work and how we serve customers.\" -- David Risher, CEO, Lyft\n\n\"The introduction of AI is more transformative than the introduction of the\ninternet was at the time – not because of the technology itself, but because\nof its impact on how people work, decide and collaborate.\" -- Jan Polkerman,\nCEO, Dutch Tax and Customs Authority IT\n\n\"AI needs to be embedded into how we operate. That means integrating it into\nworkflows across design, merchandising, marketing, stores, and\noperations—not as a separate initiative, but as part of how the business\nruns.\" - Patrice Louvet, President and CEO, Ralph Lauren Corporation\n\nSOURCE IBM\n\n\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2971103/IBM_Institute_for_Business_Value_CEO_Study.jpg\nhttps://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2319830/IBM_LOGO_1.jpg\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPNAKgHwba","title":"IBM Study: CEOs are Reshaping C-suite Roles for the AI Era","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"IBM","created":"2026-05-04T04:01:00.628Z","tickers":["IBM"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"IBM Study: CEOs are Reshaping C-suite Roles for the AI Era\nPR Newswire\n\nARMONK, N.Y., May 4, 2026\n* 76% of surveyed organizations now have a Chief AI Officer, up from 26% a\nyear ago\n* 59% of CEO respondents say the CHRO's influence will increase over the next\nfew years\n* Nearly two-thirds of surveyed CEOs are comfortable using AI to help inform\nmajor strategic decisions\nARMONK, N.Y., May 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new global study from the IBM\n(NYSE: IBM (https://www.ibm.com/investor)) Institute for Business Value finds\nthat the accelerating pace of AI is pushing CEOs to redesign how C-suite roles\nare structured to drive greater business impact across the enterprise.\n\nIn the foreword of the study, IBM Vice Chairman Gary Cohn writes, \"The CEO's\nrole has always been to lead through disruption. What AI changes is the\nvelocity and consequences of leadership. Enterprises that succeed will operate\nAI-first – not as a layer of technology, but as a new operating model.\nDecision cycles will compress. Boundaries between functions will dissolve.\nAdvantage will accrue to those who can learn, adapt, and execute faster than\ntheir competitors.\"\n\nThe annual IBM CEO study\n(https://www.ibm.com/thought-leadership/institute-business-value/en-us/c-suite-study/ceo),*\nwhich surveyed 2,000 CEOs globally, shows that as AI becomes more pervasive in\nthe enterprise, CEOs are under growing pressure to rethink how leadership\nteams operate, how decisions get made and how organizations are structured.\n\nAmong the key findings:\n* 76% of surveyed organizations have a Chief AI Officer (CAIO) in 2026, up\nfrom just 26% in 2025.\n* Analysis shows that organizations with an AI-first approach to C-suite\ndesign have scaled 10% more AI initiatives enterprise-wide than their peers.\n* 64% of surveyed CEOs say they are comfortable making major strategic\ndecisions based on AI-generated input. \n* 83% of respondents agree that AI sovereignty is essential to business\nstrategy, underscoring the importance of having the right controls as AI plays\na larger enterprise-wide role. \n* Surveyed CEOs say only 25% of the workforce is using AI regularly as part of\ntheir job, despite 86% believing their employees have the skills to\ncollaborate with AI.\n\"AI is changing how work gets done, bringing people and software together in\nnew ways, and it's changing how people come together in the workplace,\" said\nMohamad Ali, Senior Vice President, IBM Consulting. \"The CEOs delivering real\nresults from AI transformation aren't just deploying AI faster, they're\nredesigning their organizations to bring together the best people with the\nbest technology.\"\n\nNew challenges demand different kinds of leadership\n* 85% of respondents say all functional leaders must become technology experts\nin their domain, signaling that AI accountability is expanding beyond\nspecialized roles. \n* Among organizations with a CAIO, all surveyed CEOs expect the influence\nof the role to increase by 2030, alongside rising influence across every\nmember of the C-suite. \n* 59% of surveyed CEOs say the CHRO's influence will increase over the next\nfew years.\nAs CEOs turn to AI-driven decisions, governance and controls become more\ncritical\n* By 2030, surveyed CEOs expect 48% of operational decisions where\nconsistency and guardrails can be codified will be made by AI without human\nintervention, compared to 25% today. \n* 79% of executives surveyed confirm they are decentralizing decision-making,\ndistributing accountability as AI plays a more significant role enterprise\nwide. \nOrganizations are betting on people to drive AI success\n* 83% of CEOs surveyed say AI success depends more on people's adoption than\ntechnology.\n* Between 2026 and 2028, respondents expect 29% of employees to require\nreskilling for a different role and 53% to need upskilling to perform their\ncurrent role more effectively. \n* Surveyed organizations that redesigned five core business\nareas -- technology, finance, HR, operations and cross-functional\ncollaboration -- are four times more likely to have delivered on business\nobjectives. \n* 77% of respondents say talent and technology leadership roles are\nconverging, suggesting tighter integration between talent, technology and\nenterprise strategy. \nTo view the full study, visit:\nhttps://www.ibm.com/thought-leadership/institute-business-value/en-us/c-suite-study/ceo\n\nThe study also features industry perspectives from senior executives on how\nbusiness leaders are responding to AI-driven change. A selection of these\nfirsthand views are available in the addendum below.\n\n*Study Methodology\nThe IBM Institute for Business Value, in cooperation with Oxford Economics,\nconducted a survey of 2,000 CEOs and equivalent senior leaders across 33\ngeographies and 21 industries from February to April 2026. The survey explored\nhow leaders are redesigning business models, operating structures and\nexecution capabilities in an AI-driven economy, with additional analysis\nexamining how organizations translate AI ambition into enterprise-wide\nexecution and business value.\n\nThe IBM Institute for Business Value, IBM's thought leadership think tank,\ncombines\nglobal research and performance data with expertise from industry thinkers and\nleading academics to deliver insights that make business leaders smarter. For\nmore world-class thought leadership, visit: www.ibm.com/ibv. To receive more\ninsights, subscribe to the IdeaWatch newsletter:\nhttps://ibm.co/ibv-ideawatch. \n\nAbout IBM\nIBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting\nexpertise. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights\nfrom their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the\ncompetitive edge in their industries. Thousands of government and corporate\nentities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services,\ntelecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM's hybrid cloud platform and Red\nHat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and\nsecurely. IBM's breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing,\nindustry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and flexible\noptions to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM's long-standing\ncommitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity, and service.\n Visit www.ibm.com for more information.\n\nMedia Contact\nMarisa Conway\nIBM Corporate Communications\nconwaym@us.ibm.com\n\nExecutive Perspectives:\n\n\"It's not laying AI on top of your existing tools and\nservices. It's reimagining the entire process.\" -- Pablo T. Rivero,\nCEO, Resy and SVP, Global Dining, American Express\n\n\"You can't forecast every disruption, but you can prepare by building\norganizations that are resilient, adaptable, and ready to operate through\nchange.\" -- Andrew Anagnost, President and CEO, Autodesk\n\n\"AI has moved from the infrastructure layer, largely invisible, to the surface\nlayer of how we work and how we serve customers.\" -- David Risher, CEO, Lyft\n\n\"The introduction of AI is more transformative than the introduction of the\ninternet was at the time – not because of the technology itself, but because\nof its impact on how people work, decide and collaborate.\" -- Jan Polkerman,\nCEO, Dutch Tax and Customs Authority IT\n\n\"AI needs to be embedded into how we operate. That means integrating it into\nworkflows across design, merchandising, marketing, stores, and\noperations—not as a separate initiative, but as part of how the business\nruns.\" - Patrice Louvet, President and CEO, Ralph Lauren Corporation\n\nSOURCE IBM\n\n\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2971103/IBM_Institute_for_Business_Value_CEO_Study.jpg\nhttps://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2319830/IBM_LOGO_1.jpg\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. 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