Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Left brainers are critical to accomplishing the engineering, finance, production and operational work that’s required to make meaningful change happen. magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Dateline NBC, CNBC, CIO Magazine and the CBC. Innovation Engineering methods and tools are designed to engage both left and right brain thinkers.

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Innovation Engineering CIO System 57

Roundtable Talk

MARCH 17, 2010

It doesn’t matter if you’re in HR, finance, IT, marketing… these new buddies will be everywhere. Sure, real friendships may emerge overtime, but if Bill starts avoiding your calls after you’ve quit your big CIO job, don’t let it undermine your confidence. And, if you’re running an organization that has multiple interests, watch out.

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CIO Godin Blog Crisis Management 44

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Our research, conducted in partnership with Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global, finds that corporate leadership has lost confidence in the CIO as a strategic partner and views IT as a commodity rather than a difference-maker.

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CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2013

But it should be the CIO''s job. It''s time for CIOs to move beyond their roles as chief technology officers, and embrace the name with all of its implications: Chief Information Officer. The time is ripe for CIOs to take a page from the CFOs'' playbook to ensure both accountability and responsibility for information creation.

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CIO CFO Zero Based Budgeting Chief Technology Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2012

Helping my smaller vendors grow and get established is in my interest," notes Patty Morrison , CIO of Cardinal Health — and the kind of dynamic customer advocate ideal for any technology firm. "So When she was CIO at Motorola, for example, the company had public positions on things like use of mobile devices and public safety.

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Reference CIO PR Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Have you ever met a sales executive or a CIO who said: "Sales is too important to be left to Sales" or "IT is too important to be left to IT"? Thats different in IT, accounting, or finance. Have you ever met a sales executive or a CIO who said: "Sales is too important to be left to Sales" or "IT is too important to be left to IT"?

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CIO Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The CIO has to know what's going on in finance and marketing, for instance, and P&L experience is important even for support functions like human resources. So, for instance, if you want a top finance job it's not enough to be the best CFO in the U.S.; C-level jobs have become less circumscribed.

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Execution P&L CFO Globalization 17

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2020

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Content CIO Finance Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

We do not know to what extent this approach was replicated within the bank and cannot, therefore, say whether it was applied in the CIO unit that incurred the recent trading losses. A number of executives in the Chief Investment Office (CIO), where the loss was incurred, left the bank soon after the loss had been revealed. But was it?

Risk Management 13

Risk Management CIO Management Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2012

On the same call, Dimon himself announced that the global supervisor of the London office and head of the firm's retired Chief Investment Office (CIO), Ina Drew , would voluntarily give up the "equivalent to the maximum clawback amount." Drew earned $15.5 million in 2011, including $7.5 in severance according to this year's Proxy Statement.

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CIO Risk Management Policies Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. CEOs remain reluctant to invite CIOs to the executive table, insisting that IT is a cost center, not the innovation incubator it could be.

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Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

I'm Lying Down and I Can't Stop Checking E-Mail (CIO Insight). Finance Needs Stewards, Not Toll Collectors (John Kay). And within this manage-izing-auto-industrial-services sector, it seems to be way, way ahead. But that’s because there’s no one else there. — By Andy O'Connell. CAN'T GET MY MIND OFF OF YOU.

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Strategy CIO McKinsey Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Have you ever met a sales executive or a CIO who said: "Sales is too important to be left to Sales" or "IT is too important to be left to IT"? That's different in IT, accounting, or finance. Too often I hear even HR people saying, "HR is too important to be left to HR." I'm sick about it. I doubt it.

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CIO Human Resources Talent Management Finance 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2013

Headquarters of Chief Investment Office (CIO). Generally speaking, firm management did not ensure proper controls and oversight at CIO as its trades became more complex and risky. Why were red flags ignored by senior managers in CIO and in the firm?

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Report CIO Crisis Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2018

In 2017, CIO magazine reported that around one-third of all customer relationship management (CRM) projects fail. CRMs today also serve a lot of masters, from executives in the C-suite, technology, marketing, finance, and, oh yeah, sales. PM Images/Getty Images. That was actually an average of a dozen analyst reports.

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CRM Project Succession CIO 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

They resist getting their hands dirty alongside the CIO, even though many of them will readily get down into the mud of a balance sheet with the CFO or strategize the details of global brand issues with the CMO. Nor do they understand the CIO''s role or, typically, the technologies that the company deploys. Accountability.

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CEO CIO Technology CFO 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

boss, Ina Drew , the former head of their unit in of the bank's, the Chief Investment Office (CIO); and CEO Jamie Dimon, to whom the CIO reported who oversaw the CIO. These individuals could include (but not be limited to) the London trader, Bruno Iksil ("The London Whale"); his London boss, Achilles Macris; their U.S.

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CIO Committee Risk Management Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

From my experience, I believe that there are four highly interdependent categories of contributions the CIO and IT function should make. Every discussion on the role of IT and CIOs should start with the question: "What are the potential uses of this technology that will guarantee we stay in business?" Generating Top-Line Growth.

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Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Bob in Finance simply didn’t bring his own mainframe to work. CIOs who don’t empower their workforce become disempowered. Ralph Lora, the CIO of Clorox, riffing off the antagonistic concept of “shadow IT,” , has implemented an approach he calls “Shallow IT.” company. .”

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CIO Information Technology Enterprise Architecture Software 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

The current innovation model in the finance sector is designed to generate the highest possible short-term returns. Startups alone won’t fill that vacuum: Stewards must emerge from the old guard of financial services. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide. Sponsored by DXC Technology. How the best companies get up to speed.

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Industry Short-term Planning Long-term 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

For a number of years, IBM organized the Center for CIO Leadership as a “global community to advance the profession.” ” At the time of its founding in 2007 most leadership programs were focused on helping CIOs be better IT managers. In contrast, IBM’s program helped CIOs be better business leaders.

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CIO Chief Financial Officer White Paper Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

For example, the finance department approves what to buy, facilities maintains equipment, HR tells employees how to conserve energy, and marketing manages the company’s corporate sustainability reporting. You’d think that increasingly sophisticated technology would help reduce this waste.

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Company Management CIO Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In most organizations, the CIO remains accountable for cybersecurity, but information and technology (I&T) top performers are more likely to report that their boards are ultimately accountable for cybersecurity. All CIOs need to educate their boards and the C-suite on how to think about and take more responsibility for cybersecurity risk.

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Supply Chain Content CIO Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

Instead of thinking about driving value from the perspective of IT, or HR, finance, sales, or operations, leadership teams will think about a problem they want to solve or a process they want to change, and then align the full breadth of services (IT, HR, operations) needed to accomplish it. Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center.

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Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest franchise bottler of Coca-Cola beverages in the world, set the stage for this learning two years ago when it created centers of excellence (COEs) to drive transformation in each of its functional or process areas, including supply chain, distribution, commercial, finance, HR and IT.

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Technology Organization Content Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Who would argue against a future in which disruptive services continue to impact everything from healthcare to retail to personal finances? Amazon dramatically impacted not just book shops but shopping; Google is now a verb. Only a multi-year, board-level sponsored effort can ensure a responsible IT overhaul.

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Technology Zero Based Budgeting Banking CIO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

One CFO I know managed finance for a spin-off firm when it went public and then returned to the parent company in a corporate position. Another CFO led finance for multiple units so he could gain a breadth of knowledge across the business before becoming the corporate CFO. Most companies have a distinct culture.

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CFO How To CIO Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

In many cases, it is more closely linked to getting the green light than even financing and business fundamentals. In this particular case, the decision-makers were a small group of IT professionals headed by Chris Matthews, the then-CIO of IBM. Figuring out a champion’s motivation can be difficult, but the exercise is compulsory.

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Motivation CIO Competitive Advantage Software 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

Communication will be key to this partnership because the CEO is the person who can help finance your future experiments. You do not work for the CEO, or alongside the CTO, CIO, and CFO. You will also recognize the importance of handing over a validated business model that demonstrates opportunities to scale.

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Entrepreneur CTO Business Model CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2015

This technology knowledge is piled on top of existing expertise nurse executives are expected to have about clinical practice, patient experience, finance, safety, employee relations, process improvement, leadership development, and managing interdisciplinary teams. The list goes on and on.

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Six Sigma Health Care Supply Chain Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Big financial services companies are challenged when it comes to connecting with younger consumers, particularly about personal finance. Starwood CIO Martha Poulter told me that Starwood’s strategy is to try to amaze their guests so they will share their experiences through their social channels.

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Company Hotels Travel Class 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

Maybe you won't be the top English-language website about early childhood language education (or supply chain management, or maternity care, or mortgage finance). You won't be the top expert on banking or women-owned businesses but you can be the top Twitter feed with banking and finance advice for women-owned businesses.

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Media Strategy Supply Chain Audience 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

For instance, Triodos Sustainable Trade Fund provides finance to farmers whose cultivation practices are more sustainable in places like the Palestine Territories, Thailand, and the Dominican Republic, avoiding traditional chemically-intensive fertilizer in delicate ecosystems.

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Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Unfortunately, the business outlook could change if ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returns to office and fulfills his pledges to cancel pension reform and budget constraints.

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Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 13