CEO Insider

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business environment, accountability is a key driver of success. Yet, many CEOs struggle to cultivate a culture where accountability is embedded into the DNA of their organization. When accountability is absent, inefficiencies, finger-pointing, and missed goals become all too common.

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CEO Insider

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

I delivered a three-hour workshop to a CEO Peer Advisory Group recently, where one of the members talked about the difficulty (putting it mildly) of having a civil conversation with someone who stands on the opposite side of one’s political views. He described how emotion instantly hijacks such an encounter.

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Politics CEO Magazine Workshop 109

CEO Insider

APRIL 21, 2021

They’ll either become a valued part of the team that offers insights and collaboration, or they’ll slow down innovation and disrupt the customer experience. Hiring the right person is always a bit of a gamble. Increasing the odds of finding the right people is vitally important because most ventures survive or wither due to the […].

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Licensing Magazine Innovation Article 98

CEO Insider

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

While the existence of a gender pay gap across countries and industries is common knowledge, it is rare to think we are personally affected by it, and even more difficult to find out if we are.

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Management Craft

APRIL 18, 2014

Dwayne Melancon, Chief Technology Officer, Tripwire, Inc. Lisa Haneberg’s clearly at her best in this book!” Ellen Weber (PhD) directs innovation at the Mita International Brain Center. “Accountability is one of the most ‘lip serviced’ words on the planet, but Lisa changes the game of accountability in Double the Love.

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CEO Insider

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Poor mental health costs the global economy $1 trillion annually in lost productivity and it is only getting worse in an uncertain world. Disrupted sleep, increased irritability and fatigue from mounting tasks can spiral leaders into poor coping habits that affect both personal health and work performance.

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CEO Insider

APRIL 23, 2024

Discipline. Intelligence. Work ethic. Creativity. These are the attributes that most people associate with success. And they’re all important. But a person can display all these traits and still not reach the highest levels of achievement.

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Succession Magazine Ethics Creativity 128

CEO Insider

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In the past four years, we have experienced many changes in how people work—a global pandemic, the great resignation, quiet quitting, political unrest, and so on. Many people are proving they can work from anywhere and be productive.

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CEO Insider

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Shares of Deliveroo (OTC: DROOF) (LSE: ROO) declined by 1.5% following unconfirmed reports suggesting that the company’s founder and CEO, Will Shu, might be preparing to step down. Amid growing speculation, sources indicated that Deliveroo was exploring potential replacements, raising concerns about the companys future direction.

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CEO Insider

APRIL 29, 2024

This is embarrassing, but I will admit it: I feel out of touch. This realization happened recently while reading the book Extremely Online by Taylor Lorenz. Lorenz shares the history of influencers on the internet – primarily through social media – and how they impact our society.

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Twas the last month of the year, and all through the world, Not a CEO was sleeping, not even the head of Ford. The company goals were logged in spreadsheets with care In hopes that this time, it would finally be their year.

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CEO Insider

MAY 1, 2024

As May marks Mental Health Awareness Month, it is a poignant reminder of the importance of prioritizing mental well-being in the workplace. From stress and burnout to anxiety and depression, the challenges faced by employees can impact their productivity, engagement, and overall happiness.

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CEO Insider

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

“The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness.” ― John C. Maxwell In the Harvard Business Review article How CEOs Manage Time, the authors report CEOs spend a quarter of their work on people and relationships, another quarter on functional and business unit reviews, 16% on organization and culture, and 21% on strategy.

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Middle Eastern legal sector, amidst transformative economic diversification, is witnessing a pivotal evolution. A region that was once primarily fueled by its energy sector is now a crucible for various emergent industries, reshaping the legal profession within its evolving economies.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2011

June's Harvard Business Review features a story by Procter & Gamble Chief Technology Officer Bruce Brown and me on " How P&G Tripled Its Innovation Success Rate." First, some of the ways that P&G reduces risk on individual projects are generally good innovation practices for everyone.

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Management Craft

APRIL 18, 2014

Dwayne Melancon, Chief Technology Officer, Tripwire, Inc. Lisa Haneberg’s clearly at her best in this book!” Ellen Weber (PhD) directs innovation at the Mita International Brain Center. “Accountability is one of the most ‘lip serviced’ words on the planet, but Lisa changes the game of accountability in Double the Love.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2012

Khoja recalls his chief technology officer, Eric Chapman, announcing a week into the search that they were going to have to choose their engineers in a different way. Truly game-changing institutional innovations are unlikely to come about from internalizing the rules and making the moves that allowed others to win.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2011

Next Monday I am going to be facilitating a panel discussion in Singapore on "Asia Fuelling Global Innovation."

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2011

Consider the chief technology officer of a company who is able to influence standards by being on an industry body – the revenue impact of such a thing can be immense. The term rainmaking means an unusual ability to create value through deal-making and personal contacts. But rainmaking is a lot more than just that.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2012

Khoja recalls his chief technology officer, Eric Chapman, announcing a week into the search that they were going to have to choose their engineers in a different way. Truly game-changing institutional innovations are unlikely to come about from internalizing the rules and making the moves that allowed others to win.

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Innovation Chief Technology Officer Engineering Disruptive Innovation 14

CEO Insider

APRIL 19, 2024

Scheduled to meet with Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s incoming Prime Minister, and his predecessor, Lee Hsien Loong, Cook’s visit to Singapore marks the finale of an extensive tour across the region.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

In the HBR article, " A Reverse Innovation Playbook " (April 2012) and our forthcoming book, Reverse Innovation , my co-author, Chris Trimble, and I elaborate on how western multinationals can overcome their dominant logic. Rich countries are the most technologically advanced.

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CEO Insider

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

A $39 billion takeover attempt by Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard for the owner of 7-Eleven is being seen as a turning point for Japan’s corporate governance, and it has left executives worried their own companies might soon face similar bids. The CEO of Suntory Holdings, Takeshi Niinami, shared this perspective.

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 30, 2024

A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies reveals that the CEOs of some of the largest companies employing low-wage workers in the US are prioritizing their own short-term gains over long-term investments.

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CEO Insider

JUNE 12, 2024

In today’s competitive market, American businesses must continuously and comprehensively transform to avoid falling behind. Recent insights from PwC’s Pulse Survey reveal that business leaders are aware of the stakes and feel equipped for necessary reinvention. However, the survey data highlight significant concerns.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

For many business leaders — 85%, according to a recent Accenture survey — such open innovation is critical to their strategic plans. In particular, large companies want to partner with small firms that have developed advanced, game-changing technologies. Hardly an encouraging finding.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2017

But somewhere along the way, we recognized that they were based on definable pipelines and applied technology to manage those pipelines. What if we applied the same thinking to innovation? After all, innovation, like marketing and sales, is a pipeline. Once you put innovation into a system like this, you can track everything.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2017

The White House recently formed the Office of American Innovation, which has a stated focus on “implementing policies and scaling proven private-sector models to spur job creation and innovation.” presidential innovation fellow and a cofounder of 18F , a digital services office within the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

I recently participated in a spirited panel discussion with Bruce Brown, Procter & Gamble's Chief Technology Officer, and Erich Joachimsthaler, Vivaldi Partners' managing director and CEO. It's yet another reason why business model innovation is so incredibly important.

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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

JANUARY 23, 2013

As campaigner-in-chief, however, this President is demonstrably without peer. His "Obama for America" fundraising , analytics and "get out the vote" operation was a masterpiece of agile electoral innovation and entrepreneurship. We knew what to do," said Harper Reed, the campaign's Chief Technology Officer. "We

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2014

The redder the location, the more frequently it was trafficked: For chief technology officer Joe Lezon, the results were both helpful and surprising. “I don’t come in every morning and say, “How am I going to innovate today? ” Those sales are what’s most important to Yin.

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Retail Chief Technology Officer Technology Merchandising 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

HDS put Hu Yoshida , its highly-respected chief technology officer, in the limelight to attract high-level audiences. And like the Founders, he leverages his knowledge and experience by communicating big ideas — social innovation, video surveillance, making incredible movie special effects — that get attention.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

With guidance from Paul English, chief technology officer of Kayak, we borrowed a common tool from business — professional virtual communities (PVCs) — and adapted it to leverage the wisdom of the crowds. Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth. Leading Health Care Innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

We suggest a number of possible approaches for organization leaders to consider: Assign a roving chief technology officer or project manager. ” Similar in some respects to the CTO role is the role of the technical “chief.”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

By Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado. Industry 4.0

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Content Chief Technology Officer Health Care Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

By Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado. Microprocessor (CPU) with human brain.

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