Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2013

IT leaders have long embraced the idea that the role of the IT unit, and of enterprise IT systems, is to enable business. However, when we ask CIOs how their "enabling" is going, they consistently respond that sometimes it goes well; sometimes not so much. And other CIOs nodded in agreement. These are finite resources.

CIO 8

CIO Stage-Gate Project Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

In particular, CIOs tell us that data scientists, security experts, and enterprise architects are hard to find. Talent-as-a-Service – Use crowdsourcing platforms like Topcoder or Kaggle to access talent that may not be available in the enterprise, commonly for projects but conceivably for operations too. Unleashing Talent.

Technology 8

Technology Organization Incubator Content 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

But does it really make sense for all mission-driven organizations to measure their long-term impact on society? Brian Trelstad, Acumen's former CIO, is blunt about why not: it's complicated, expensive, and often impractical for early-stage enterprises. What do these organizations seek to measure?

Long-term 8

Long-term Due Diligence Metrics Cost-Benefit Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

Identity Access Management (IAM) vendors have been forced to consider brokering authentication for Active Directory because companies feel like they must stay on it as an internal authentication platform. Create a long-term flexible strategy. The CIO In Crisis: What You Told Us. The Metamorphosis of the CIO.

Directory 8

Directory Company IAM CIO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

While a vanilla version of a software application can be okay (and many corporations use standard versions of major vendors’ ERP software), any choice should be a business decision made by business managers for operational and strategic reasons. Operating this way today is a big no-no in the corporate world.

Execution 8

Execution Hotels Software System 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

We are delighted to announce the winners of the Beyond Bureaucracy Challenge , the second leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. And we received a flood of big ideas and game-changing initiatives and experiments from management innovators in all kinds of organizations around the world. Story by Bjarte Bogsnes.

Bureaucracy 13

Bureaucracy Company Agility CIO 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

I keep thinking of the health-care IT professionals I’ve worked with for much of my career and how they must be dreading the long, rough road that lies ahead for them. With time to plan, we knew we needed to engage the staff in thinking creatively about how best to reorganize IT operations to optimize available resources.

Tips 10

Tips Health Care Budgeting CIO 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

To do this, Royal Caribbean thought about every aspect of the ship and its operations from a guest's perspective. If you have to stand in line," explained Bill Martin, vice president and CIO, "the ship suddenly seems too big and the experience diminishes sharply.". This gives the effort a clear and manageable focus.

IT Strategy 9

IT Strategy Strategy Class Offshoring 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2015

Automattic, owner of WordPress, has been able to scale up operations to nearly 300 people and more than 131M monthly website visitors — the 3rd highest on the Internet — with a purely distributed team. How tools are changing the way we manage, learn, and get things done. In a 2014 Robert Half Technology survey of U.S.-based

Tools 8

Tools CIO Knowledge Management Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

I call this phenomenon “executive brownout” and the details of El-Erian’s departure (not to mention more recent reporting on the conduct of his co-CIO Bill Gross, who has also since resigned) only confirmed my opinion that he was very likely suffering from it.

CIO 8

CIO CFO Crisis Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2015

The core disruptive concept is that the “pipe” created by the cable MSOs (multiple system operators) no longer provides the sole gateway to consumers’ television screens. Think about messaging: We’ve relied on mobile phone operators (AT&T, Verizon, et al.) to send text messages. ” Data.

Brand 8

Brand Disintermediation Media Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

With Frederick''s Taylor invention of scientific management in the 1880s, and its subsequent assimilation into what we now consider modern management, organizations have used logic and rationality to the eliminate waste, to seek efficiency, and to transfer human knowledge to tools and processes. IT management'

CTO 8

CTO Franchising CIO Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2013

The two major players didn’t share priorities: CMS prioritized the October 1 st deadline above operability. Managers must make it clear that they understand that excellent performance does not mean not making mistakes — it means learning quickly from mistakes and sharing the lessons widely. Playing the blame game.

Company 8

Company Telecommunications CIO Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

The four-story glass building designed by Norman Foster seamlessly integrates a long and diverse list of technical achievements — from the enormous solar panel array on the roof to hidden cable management mechanisms at the workstations — all according to Jobs’s uncompromising design standards.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Technology Hedge Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2017

But the Russian attack on Yahoo revealed how these kinds of attacks can have severe indirect costs as well: Verizon reached new terms for its acquisition of Yahoo and exacted a $350 million discount toward its purchase price because of the Russian hacks. Information sharing has long been a talking point for cybersecurity evangelists.

Compliance 9

Compliance Tactics Diversity CIO 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

They did not spend as much time thinking about local events that have implications for their emerging market operations. The cost of doing business — and especially the cost of local production — would go up, and budget-busting government spending increases would erode long-term business confidence despite short-term stimulus.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9