N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 15, 2024

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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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Today, organizations face multifaceted challenges that demand agile and decisive leadership. The increasing demand for interim executives reflects a broader shift toward flexible leadership models. For example, consider a technology company undergoing a digital transformation.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 8, 2019

A FTER 18 YEARS on the MIT faculty, I thought I knew a thing or two about leadership. But in 1999, at the height of the Internet boom, I took a two-year leave of absence to serve as director of system architecture at Akamai Technologies, an MIT start-up located here in Cambridge. To keep leading, keep learning.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 6, 2012

Most problems in business begin with leadership. Right away, he replaced the chief operating officer, chief marketing officer, chief technology officer and chief talent officer. Starbucks, Amazon, Google and Apple prove me wrong. Size need not matter.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Today, the authors answered these questions: How has the coronavirus pandemic challenged businesses’ operating principles? What differentiates the Live Enterprise from other operating models? Kavanaugh is the Vice President and Global Head of the Infosys Knowledge Institute, the research and thought leadership arm of Infosys.

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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. Why could he not use the assembly line method used by the burger company to maximize the number of operations every surgeon performs?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

political system, the business world has no rules requiring that every leader have a backup, or that every corporate chief executive has a chief operating officer. Romney would succeed or fail based on this single choice, making the number two the prime mover in the fate of the number one. Unlike the U.S.

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