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The CTO: Evolving The Role of Chief Technology Officers

N2Growth Blog

Shifts in CTO Responsibilities Over Time The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) role has evolved dramatically over the past few decades, driven by rapid technological advancements and shifting business landscapes. However, as companies embraced digital transformation, the role expanded beyond technical management.

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Comparing Interim Executives & Consultants: Aligning with Your Strategic Objectives

N2Growth Blog

Interim executives have emerged as pivotal assets in steering companies through critical phases of transformation, growth, or crisis management. Their cross-industry experience equips them with best practices and innovative approaches tailored to each organization’s unique needs.

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Contemplative Leadership: Finding Time to Think

CEO Insider

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. “The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness.” ― John C.

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Data From 3.5 Million Employees Shows How Innovation Really Works

Harvard Business Review

But somewhere along the way, we recognized that they were based on definable pipelines and applied technology to manage those pipelines. Today you can put a corporate dashboard in place to manage them and tweak the settings to try to boost your results. What if we applied the same thinking to innovation?

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My New Book, Double the Love - Now Available on Amazon!

Management Craft

Johna Campbell, Senior Manager of HR, Kollmorgen. “If Kathleen Goodman, Director, Strategy, Planning and Management at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Dwayne Melancon, Chief Technology Officer, Tripwire, Inc. Books Management' I already found three things I''m planning to try at work on Monday!”

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A Hands-Off Approach to Open Innovation Doesn’t Work

Harvard Business Review

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. The bad news?

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Answering Your Questions About P&G and Innovation

Harvard Business Review

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.