GDIT's Kristie Grinnell on the need for skills beyond IT

It goes without saying that new technologies and ways to implement and use them have changed rapidly, which inevitably leads industry to questions on talent and what skills they need in an evolving environment.

But some skills will endure regardless of what new creations come up, according to the chief information officer for General Dynamics’ IT services segment. And those skills are in both the pure-play technical variety and how to apply that in a business context even with advances in automation and other robotic tools, GDIT CIO Kristie Grinnell said.