Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Between surging demand, labor shortages, outdated air traffic management, and travel reservation I.T. Synchronize siloed processes : Imagine if ATC activities were standard but siloed off from other aviation processes, such as airport gate management. I F YOU’VE HAD to be on a plane in the last year or so, especially within the U.S.,

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

What are the market forces at work – are they playing fair or are they slowly (and possibly illegally) undermining your position. For some positions (CFO, CIO), all their hard work to make it to the table is now useless when they need to use skills other than IQ: Communication – Communicate clearly and concisely.

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CEO Development Licensing Motivation 236

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Stuart Oliver: Entrepreneur, Interim CIO, Technology COO, Strategist, » Blog Archive » To blog or not to blog [.] Mike Myatt from N2Growth has this interesting blog entitled “To blog or not to blog“ [.] link] Swiecki’s Blog » Tech-blog Carnival Edition 2 [.]

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), of upper management positions were held by women (up from 14.4% One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g., which is down 4% from 30% in the prior year.

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Press Release Discount PR Directory 113

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 12, 2012

This interactive white paper from CIO Magazine and EMC lays out the benefits of big data and predictive analytics, provides tips on how to get started, and shares the remarkable results that businesses have achieved by marrying these two powerhouses. And a quick survey provides benchmarking between CIO peers.

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Resources CIO White Paper Benchmarking 50

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The facility, which is located in the Cambridge Science Park in the UK, strives to help bring new ideas and applications to the market. Telecoms giant Huawei aims to do a similar thing via their private 5G testbed network. ” Getting the right people involved.

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Innovation Technology CIO Operations 113

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 15, 2012

When managers talk about social media the debate still seems to revolve around external uses of social technologies. This is typified by the kind of debate I participated in for Professional Manager back in February that asked whether social media was a waste of time.

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CIO Media Participative Consensus 76

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

CEOs and CFOs managing technology may not recognize tech debt building up in their SMBs—because it is not revealed in monthly variance reports or other accounting controls. That is patch management—a relatively straightforward process, 10 or 20 years ago. How would your CFO or CIO handle this? and security penetration.

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Bottom-up Software Policies CIO 88

Skip Prichard

JUNE 24, 2021

The long-time CIO of Google, Ben Fried, indicated that the way in which that company has maintained its entrepreneurial spirit despite growing into a behemoth has been its ability to attract and retain people who are comfortable with and even drive change, even if it means cannibalizing what has worked in the past.

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Company How To Core Competence Venture Capitalist 104

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 27, 2015

It may seem an obscure data management distinction, but this shift toward collecting unstructured data – which is a large part of what Big Data is all about – is sending shock waves across traditional organizations. In short, there is a lot more to doing business in the Big Data world than simply collecting and analyzing more data.

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CIO Technology CRM Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2019

The market a company operates in should also be taken into account for enterprise architecture. The enterprise architecture should manage changes in the architecture, but input by other employees should be appreciated. This approach is developed by Aloys Kregting, who was entitled as CIO of the year twice.

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Enterprise Architecture Process Decentralization Agility 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

So she asked her CIO if he could test that software out. The CIO said that he could, but that he'd want sign-off from the corporate counsel first. They asked their CIO to set up a "key word/key phrase" filter to identify and track the language they didn't like. The CIO acquiesced. And legal said, "absolutely not.".

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CIO Compliance Ethics Policies 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

According to Korn Ferry unpublished data, there has been a 74% increase in the number of CIOs serving on Fortune 100 boards in the past two years. Only 31% of Fortune 100 boards currently have a director who is a CIO, even though technology is at the core of every business today. ” How should boards incorporate a CIO director?

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CIO Committee Technology P&L 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

But today, acquiring and interpreting customer data inherently must involve both the marketing and IT departments. In fact, recent research [PDF] conducted by the CMO Council, suggests that this process should start with the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and the Chief Information Officer (CIO).

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CIO Chief Information Officer Norton Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

However, a survey just conducted by Accenture Interactive (see The CMO-CIO Disconnect ) points to a downright unhealthy relationship in many C-Suites which can do nothing but damage to firms. Thus, even though both marketing and IT professionals say they want to be more collaborative, meaningful collaboration is unlikely to occur.

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CIO Chief Information Officer Marketing Technology 12

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 17, 2013

The CIO paradox is a set of contradictions that lies at the heart of IT leadership. Many CIOs have buckled under the CIO paradox, while others have managed to be effective despite it. We are in the midst of a computing renaissance, when all CIOs will need to raise their game and master this same set of practices.

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CIO Technology Storytelling Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2014

For the past four years, Accenture has conducted an annual survey of chief marketing officers (CMOs) and chief information officers (CIOs) to understand the state of their collaboration. And 83 percent of CIOs say that they need to align and interact with Marketing. (It Contrast this with 56 percent in 2012.)

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CIO Chief Information Officer Marketing Survey 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2013

Enterprise IT as we have known it is rapidly becoming obsolete, and the traditional role of the CIO is increasingly irrelevant. Therefore, the CIO''s role must shift from protecting and defending the status quo to embracing and extending new innovative capabilities. Of course, not all CIOs will embrace their new role.

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CIO Innovation Technology Wireless 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

CIOs who do great things in leading IT soon gain extra responsibilities. By helping business leaders to improve their businesses, the CIO becomes an obvious candidate to fill any open role that involves technology, process, or strong governance. Some CIOs become CIO-Plus-COO or CIO-Plus-Head of Shared Services.

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CIO Technology Apparel Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

IT is not something that can be managed from a box on the organizational chart. Just look at what most do: They appoint a CIO and give him or her a budget and a mandate to get on with it! So what can a CIO be held responsible for? What is clear is that they are not the sole responsibility of the CIO. Technology?

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CIO CAPEX Budgeting CRM 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Variations of this Big Data story line are being played out in executive offices around the world, with CMOs and CIOs in the thick of it. CIOs, tasked with turning technology into revenue, are themselves pounding the table demanding better requirements for Big Data initiatives.

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CIO Budgeting Enterprise Architecture Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2013

It is all well and good — and true — to say that the role and mandate of the CIO are expanding. But too many organizations are stretching their Chief Information Officers (CIO) too thin. Today''s CIOs must learn to balance all of these personas. CIOs especially need: an integrative mind. focus and vision.

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CIO CFO Chief Information Officer Business Intelligence 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

It''s the rare CIO who applies scenario planning to the business of IT. Yet, in a function driven by innovation and the uncertainties surrounding the application and implication of future technologies, not using scenarios is tantamount to management malpractice. For many industries, technology has become the transformative force.

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Scenario Planning CIO Planning Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Tomorrow''s businesses will have a very different make-up, and the CIO must lead the charge in the face of these changes. The role of management can be broadly thought of as the processes that tie these components together to produce value. Traditional economic frictions and barriers to market entry are disappearing.

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CIO Competitive Advantage Agility Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

There is a marked dissonance between CIOs and the C-suite — a fact that we uncovered in new research conducted with HBR, The Economist, CEB, and TNS Global. We have identified the problem , which is that CEOs believe that the CIO does not understand or help with the CEO''s issues and the needs of the business.

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CIO Hamel Technology Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

The recent disclosure of a multi-billion dollar trading loss at JPMorgan Chase reminds us again of the challenge and complexity of risk management, the subject of our June 2012 HBR article, "Managing Risks: A New Framework." Each requires customized risk management processes. The compliance-oriented risk manager of a failed U.K.

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Risk Management CIO Management Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

But for the real gems — this being the Internet — head to the comments section, where hiring managers offer some stern advice for Auld’s downtrodden cohort. Yet, the comments also reinforce Auld's opinions about how crazy and daunting the job market can be. He received over 600 replies. Understood. Arguments ensue.

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Marketing CIO Consensus Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

New research, conducted with HBR, The Economist , CEB, and TNS Global, reveals that CEOs believe CIOs are not in sync with the new issues CEOs are facing. CEOs also tell us that CIOs do not understand where the business needs to go and how IT should support strategic goals. The nature of the workforce and management is shifting.

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CIO CEO Outsourcing Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation. A few years ago, community managers did not exist. In recent years, incumbents have fought back. Here's a five-step checklist to ensure you stay relevant: 1.

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Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

But I'm most fascinated by how Timeline plugs in to Facebook Connect to create a new class of empowered consumers who are willing to share their personal data with marketers in exchange for convenience, a personalized experience, and value. All sounds straightforward, right?

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Management CIO Reputation Class 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

The CIO was Katherine Hudson, who is considered by many people to have launched the modern IT outsourcing movement while at Kodak. It's conceivable that IT's views could have saved the company, had the culture been different and had executive management been willing to listen. Today corporations are said to be more enlightened.

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CIO Outsourcing Cost Center Film 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

” Nowadays, a company’s digital strategy practically drives the roadmap and goals of many departments, from marketing to sales to HR. Back in 2007, only 40% of CIOs were involved in strategic planning; now they’re regarded as some of the most integral members of the C-Suite. It used to be synonymous with “IT.”

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CIO Survey Strategic Planning Technology 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2018

In 2017, CIO magazine reported that around one-third of all customer relationship management (CRM) projects fail. Front-line sales professionals and managers rarely find the majority of these capabilities useful in winning more business for the company. Integrate your marketing efforts with sales activity. The result?

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CRM Project Succession CIO 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2014

But if accounting once led to widespread computerization, marketing is leading today’s digital revolution. And it’s the marketing department that’s become the central repository. Marketing finds itself in the vanguard because it stands to gain the most from digitization.

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Supply Chain CIO Chief Information Officer Budgeting 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2012

It is consumers that have made Africa the fastest growing mobile market in the world. But so far they've concentrated their marketing power at consumers, and invested in selling mainly broadband-related products to the corporate sector. The market is completely open. The notion of the CIO is still in its infancy.

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CIO Information Technology Bottom-up Policies 17