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.

Execution 17

Execution P&L CFO Globalization 17

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. Integrate your marketing efforts with sales activity. PM Images/Getty Images.

CRM 15

CRM Project Succession CIO 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"?

CIO 16

CIO Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 16

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.

Supply Chain 16

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 16

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 17, 2017

Eastman Kodak is the textbook case for failing to prioritize an innovation agenda; business schools around the world study the ramifications of the company’s ill-fated decision to ignore the digital photography market until it was too late. The Future of Financial Services. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide.

Industry 16

Industry Short-term Planning Long-term 16

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.

CEO 10

CEO CIO Technology CFO 10

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.

Enterprise Architecture 9

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 9

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. This is reflected in the drop in stock price from an April high of about $45 to about $35 in late May (a market cap decline of more than $35 billion).

CIO 12

CIO Committee Risk Management Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Content marketing is a start, but articles and posts on social media don’t go deep enough. It’s time to flip the corporate university inside out, blending marketing with learning to create relationships beyond the transaction. In contrast, IBM’s program helped CIOs be better business leaders.

CIO 8

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. states with deregulated power markets) and technologies (e.g., solar and home batteries) for businesses to consider.

Company 8

Company Management CIO Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

High-performing marketing organizations have developed a more agile style of working to keep their brands competitive amid rapid marketplace shifts. All CIOs need to educate their boards and the C-suite on how to think about and take more responsibility for cybersecurity risk.

Supply Chain 8

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.

Competitive Advantage 9

Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

But they also have changed how they work with each part of the company, allowing them to learn and adapt faster as new opportunities arise and markets change. In order to gain the desired flexibility while controlling costs, she advises CIOs to build not just a service platform but a set of digital services to go along with it.

Technology 9

Technology Organization Content Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

You have the charm, charisma, enthusiasm, hard work, and marketing mind to encourage and drive your teams to think anything is possible. This means managing entrepreneurs who can navigate trends and market behaviors. You do not work for the CEO, or alongside the CTO, CIO, and CFO. ” You believe anything is possible.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur CTO Business Model CEO 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. These champions are “the lions,” because they are motivated by a desire to advance their company’s competitive position and aggressively dominate an emerging trend or market. Advancement.

Motivation 9

Motivation CIO Competitive Advantage Software 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

By now, we have all heard a great deal about marketing to Millennials. population ; they’re a big part of many companies’ market base, and pretty soon they will be the part that counts most. The New Tools of Marketing. Where do they shop? The internet. What don’t they like? Being pitched to. Insight Center.

Company 8

Company Hotels Travel Class 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

I talk to a lot of business audiences about how they can use social media to build their reputation, and there's always someone who wonders if that strategy is really viable in their market, their field, their budget. How could this work for me?" But the Romanian strategy isn't limited to those targeting a small language group. Add a keyword.

Media 15

Media Strategy Supply Chain Audience 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

According to the Global Impact Investing Network, the market for impact capital, currently sized at $60 billion, could grow over the next decade to $2 trillion, or 1% of global invested assets. Everyone agrees that impact investing is on the rise. Intensity and immediacy of impact.

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda. They did not spend as much time thinking about local events that have implications for their emerging market operations. Top leaders tend to focus more on status updates than on contingency planning.

Market Risk 13

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 13