TNW 9 rules for CIOs to embrace developer-led innovation

Developers should be seen as the driving force of innovation as their projects deliver competitive advantages to their companies. Here is a set of rules for CIOs to unleash the full potential of their developers:
1. Arm developers with efficiencies of the public cloud
2. Embrace the new breed of enterprise developer marketplaces
3. Remove the barriers of long term contracts
4. Recognize that developers speak their own language
5. Allow developers to experiment freely, but put some controls in place
6. Encourage developers to build apps that are platform agnostic
7. Provide developers with a collaborative, creative outlet for their own projects
8. Set standards for coding in RESTful, modern APIs
9. Embrace the hacker/maker culture

Source: TNW