Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2016

Separate the transformation or innovation team from the traditional part of the organization. Our job was to come up with innovative ideas to move our country forward and for that we needed the space to think and be creative. For the Prime Minister, it also meant that he had to empower his team to make autonomous decisions.

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 2, 2022

We could all use a confidence boost these days – especially with how fast life is moving around us. Think about the last compliment you got from a friend, colleague or even from the boss. How did it feel? Great, right? That’s exactly how I feel every time I connect with my leadership coach – […].

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 19, 2022

I don’t want to scare you, but the status quo is a death sentence. Most modern organizations are run using systems and strategies that will seem almost comically outdated a few short years from now.

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 8, 2022

According to an October 2022 Zippia study, 26% of U.S. employees work remotely, and remote jobs make up 15% of all work opportunities. It also mentions that sales are one of the top industries for remote workers. As a sales manager or company owner, embracing the remote selling trend is imperative. While doing so, there […].

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CEO Insider

JULY 28, 2022

There is nothing like escaping the winter of Melbourne, Australia, for the warmth and relaxation of Bali. The beaches, the rice terraces, the mountains, the beautifully kind people, the food, the vibe – there are so many reasons to make Bali your next holiday destination. But, what if you want more than a holiday? As […].

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CEO Insider

JUNE 30, 2023

The acquisition minded executive is the norm in the business world. Most executives I’ve talked to are either actively seeking acquisitions or, to use their common turn of phrase, they’re “opportunistic.” In other words, if the right deal falls into their laps, they might be stirred into action.

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CEO Insider

MAY 26, 2023

This month I had my biannual chance to be a fly on the wall while Silicon Valley Investor Partners had a very candid, frank conversation with a group of Seed/A startups that had already raised sizable rounds during the “party” of 2021 funding.

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 9, 2022

In reference to this, does anyone who has access to a computer or a reasonably recent mobile device really yearn for the “good old days?” Can most visualize making decisions on what to sell, who to sell stuff to and how best to do that without being immersed entirely in the wonderful world of research? […]. The post SOPHISTICATED RESEARCH?

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CEO Insider

MAY 6, 2022

An important part of designing your investment and retirement strategy is deciding exactly what your wealth goals are. You’ll want to determine how you plan to spend the money that you save or earn through investing later in life. Some individuals may seek to set higher wealth goals as they will want to continue to […].

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CEO Insider

MARCH 30, 2023

The dust from the Silicon Valley Bank collapse is nearly settled, but as we look at the new landscape, we need to take a hard look at what can be learned from it.

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Crisis Management Crisis Learning Curve Magazine 98

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Today, at large organizations, innovation is the new El Dorado. Chief executives and business unit leaders weave the word innovation into their PowerPoints, hoping it will magically yield better product ideas, or miraculous improvements to existing processes. I’m not (only) mocking the cult of innovation.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 2, 2012

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Complete Executive Karen Wright Harder Than I Thought Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell HR Strategic Project Management SPOMP Leon M. Hielkema INTERVIEWS Matthew E. May: Second Interview, Part 1, by Bob [.].

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

Five years ago, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) were on top of the world. Today's CIOs are under pressure to deliver on requests for innovation, cost reduction, connectivity, and a growing demand for business intelligence. These intelligence officers tend to focus on the business side and internal facing activities.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2017

” Survey respondents included Presidents, Chief Information Officers, Chief Analytics Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, and Chief Data Officers representing 50 industry giants, including American Express, Capital One, Disney, Ford Motors, General Electric, JP Morgan, MetLife, Nielsen, Turner Broadcasting, United Parcel Service, and USAA.

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Company Chief Information Officer Parcell Survey 16

CEO Insider

OCTOBER 5, 2023

I write about high-performing groups and teams. Venturing into an article about travel is as much a departure for me as my recent trip to Mexico. My wife and I reacquainted with our favorite resort – Esperanza in Cabo San Lucas, part of the Auberge Resorts Collection.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Innovation is always infectious. But our recent research has taught us a lot about how management innovations can travel — in this case, from Silicon Valley tech sector companies known for their experimentation and agility in information technology (IT) management to the much older Bay Area companies who are their neighbors.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Chief information officers are expected to see deeply into the future and generate IT predictions that companies can build their strategies around. Events such as TED and the BIL conference where innovators, thought leaders, and entrepreneurs congregate can be mind-bending.

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CEO Insider

JUNE 18, 2023

In recent years, cherished US institutions have revealed toxic workplace cultures characterized by racism, bullying, misogyny, homophobia or a combination of all four, that is hard to fathom. It’s easy enough to write these instances off as extreme anomalies in the corporate world.

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 14, 2022

‘Tis the season for reflection – a time to learn, grow and appreciate all that’s good in this one precious life of ours. As I look back on the past year, it’s easy to point out where I could have done more, how I could have done better, or whether I served the people I […].

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CEO Insider

JUNE 8, 2022

While moderating somewhat due to rising interest rates and other factors, the real-estate housing sector continues to generate record sales — particularly in certain pockets throughout the country, including cities in Florida, North Carolina, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and California.

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Real Estate Brand Magazine Chief Information Officer 52

CEO Insider

JUNE 5, 2022

Everyone who knows me, knows I reject ‘The Great Resignation’ – it’s a million-dollar catch-phrase, but it’s quite dangerously misleading. This is not a great resignation – which suggests that people have made a sudden decision to do something dramatic that we didn’t see coming. Most of the labour market movement we have seen in […].

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CEO Insider

MAY 25, 2022

Changes are essential for our development, and even though every start may be scary initially, it should finally be welcomed and embraced, even in the cases where you were not the one who decided on this significant change, you need to think about how you can adjust to the new standards. When it comes to […].

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Career Magazine Chief Information Officer Development 52

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2011

As chief information officer of my family, I had purchased two used 333 MHz iMac G3s with 160MB of RAM in Bondi blue for my children to play games on. Companies love to stretch out their investments in existing technology as long as possible, a policy whose faulty logic I recently rediscovered in my role as CIO.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

In fact, recent research [PDF] conducted by the CMO Council, suggests that this process should start with the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and the Chief Information Officer (CIO). It's up to the CEO to ensure that marketing and IT are on the same page in terms of both innovation goals and risk management.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Just over one-quarter of firms (27%) are pursuing some combination of innovation and disruption, speed to market, or data monetization initiatives. However, there is still a lack of clarity about how different data-oriented roles (chief information officer, chief data officer, chief digital officer, chief analytics officer, etc.)

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Company Survey Chief Information Officer Objective 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2014

Starving IT of budget takes a heavy toll on innovation. Some companies are installing chief information officers to bridge the gap, while others haven’t yet decided what action to take. For this revolution to work, organizational power can’t simply continue to devolve from IT to the marketing department.

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Supply Chain CIO Chief Information Officer Budgeting 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2017

Jim Fowler and Jeff Smith talked about peripheral vision in relation to the chief information officer role (Fowler is currently CIO at General Electric, and Smith was formerly CIO at IBM). They’re much less likely to get blindsided by the changes around them. Leadership as service.

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Execution CIO Chief Information Officer Learning-by-Doing 17

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2013

In a recent article , I suggested that the role of the CIO needs to shift from Chief Information Officer to a Chief Innovation Officer, due to the massive, rapid, multiple technology-driven transformations that are occurring today.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

Separate the transformation or innovation team from the traditional part of the organization. Our job was to come up with innovative ideas to move our country forward and for that we needed the space to think and be creative. For the Prime Minister, it also meant that he had to empower his team to make autonomous decisions.

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Politics Chief Information Officer Tourism Environment 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2013

But too many organizations are stretching their Chief Information Officers (CIO) too thin. CIOs are being tasked with managing internal business systems, cloud-based services, big data innovation, data security, and the 24x7 needs of global customers who access company data on personal devices.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

Thus, even though both marketing and IT professionals say they want to be more collaborative, meaningful collaboration is unlikely to occur. Worse, each side suspects that the difference is even greater than it is.

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CIO Chief Information Officer Marketing Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

The job of Chief Information Officer has never exactly been easy. The persona of the next-generation CIO is evolving from Chief Infrastructure Officer through Chief Integration Officer and Chief Intelligence Officer to Chief Innovation Officer. Organizational DNA.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

But the momentum it created is something we do not want to miss”, said Dr. Jürgen Sturm, Chief Information Officer. As Andreas Romer, ZF’s Vice President for IT Innovation, put it, “We no longer consider innovation to be an internal process at ZF. The perspective of an outside authority.

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Company Automotive Project Chief Information Officer 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2014

Clearly articulate this need as soon as you begin, because no matter how well researched or innovative your solution, you won’t get support if the need isn’t apparent or convincing. Is there a market opportunity the company is overlooking? Does the firm need a new IT system?

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IPO Audience Chief Information Officer Case Study 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

And yet when companies suddenly decide to “get more innovative,” starting hackathons, idea competitions, and accelerator programs, they typically forget to address all those things that kill perfectly good ideas after they hatch. Here are six ways to change that. Start with a survey.

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Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The survey gathers perspectives from a small but influential group of executives — chief information officers, chief data officers, and senior business and technology leaders of Fortune 1000 firms. Identify opportunities for innovation. Innovation continues to be a source of promise for Big Data.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Whatever their approach, the providers shared a common goal of excellence and efficiency in patient care—and a willingness to innovate to get there. In an ever-changing environment, HROs continually look for potential problems and innovative solutions. Sustaining Results Achieved Through the Lean Methodology. Same with diabetes.

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Health Care Content Chief Information Officer Efficiency 9