N2Growth Blog

JUNE 27, 2016

Business architects, data architects, automation framework architects and technology platform architects will be in high demand as companies begin their journey to Business 2.0. CIOs become Aggregators of Business Capabilities : What does the CIO do, when there’s no Big IT to manage?

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 13, 2018

That idea comes from Donagh Herlihy who, when I interviewed him for the first edition of The Next Level back in 2005, was the CIO for Avon. These days, Donagh is the chief technology officer for the restaurant company, Bloomin’ Brands.

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Modern Servant Leader

APRIL 18, 2023

A little story of one time I made a stand, paid the price, then reaped the reward… If looks could kill, the CIO would have assassinated me on the spot. The CIO had a large ego and surrounded himself with yes men and (very few) women. The CIOs eyes shot darts at me. ” I was done falling for anything.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 18, 2023

For years, IT employees and union representatives had been complaining about the company’s antiquated technology systems. In fact, prior to this incident, Southwest did not have their CIO on the executive board, leaving no voice for technology at the table. We expect they will learn from this lesson.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Technology Implementation: Interim CIOs have overseen critical technology projects, ensuring timely delivery and adoption across the organization. Mergers and Acquisitions: Interim executives have played crucial roles in integrating merged entities, aligning cultures, and realizing synergies.

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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 [.] Most of you who have been following this blog know that I’ve been an a strong evangelist of social media, and perhaps even more so of blogging for several years now.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“Although digital transformation has been a major business priority for the past few years, there’s still a nagging gap between a company’s existing technology foundation and the digital skills or tools workers need to unleash creativity and new ways of working,” the authors conclude.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 7, 2022

Concern propagated , however, that the very technologies that enabled us all to work from home would mean that we could, in theory, work from anywhere , which means we wouldn’t need to be tied to cities in order to work for companies based there. Indeed, Ding argued that new technologies could reduce emissions by up to ten times.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Bunkered away in R&D labs they often fall into the trap of focusing almost exclusively on the technology they’re developing rather than on the customer need it should be meeting. The testbed not only aims to give innovators access to the technological framework but also to the expertise that has helped to create it.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Since all the work in every organization is done through relationships, it makes great sense to utilize technology to allow people to connect and collaborate easily and effectively. Inside a company, social networking tools provide the linchpin for corporate growth , says Facebook's Director of Information Technology Tim Campos.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 31, 2022

technologies, that were at the time growing apace via platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, could transform governments and better enable them to address the many challenges facing the world. billion per year can be saved through smarter use of digital technologies. The paper highlighted the potential for web 2.0

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ReImagine Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

I started out as an information technology professional. About 7 years into my IT career I realized I didn’t love the technology enough to excel over the long haul. A version of this post originally ran on the CIO online site on April 27, 2015. I have a Bachelor’s in Comp Sci. I worked at a chemical plant in the early Eighties.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 24, 2021

An organization that is nimble has the modernized and matured their practices related to people, processes, technologies, ecosystems, and strategy such that they can seize opportunities as they present themselves and stave off issues that present themselves more readily, as each will be presented more quickly than in the past.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 28, 2017

I had studied relentlessly and asked to be put on complex projects that drilled deep into the analytical side of my brain so I would be ready to work with Information Technology teams. We are in mid-presentation when the CIO walks into the room, takes a seat right-up-front, and suddenly that train of thought derails.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% are held by women (down from 6.9% in the prior year). One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g.,

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CEO Insider

MAY 21, 2022

It’s 2022, and both blockchain technology and the digital assets that it enables are seemingly everywhere in the corporate world — a stark departure from crypto’s grassroots origins. The post What Executives Should Know About Digital Currencies appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 19, 2022

That’s because the strategic orchestration of technologies described in this book—conversational AI, hyperautomation, and intelligent automation—will do a lot more […]. Most modern organizations are run using systems and strategies that will seem almost comically outdated a few short years from now.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

As technology has evolved over time from main frame to client server to the Internet and now the cloud, the impact of a new Tech Debt 2.0 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. An excerpt is below.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

But what if someone could help 50 salespeople learn how to think and plan the way he did with the CIO? When they identify the desired business result(s) first, they can then identify the tasks necessary to achieve them. And while a single large deal is great for that salesperson, there’s nothing radical about such an isolated example.

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CIO Guidelines Chief Information Officer Learning-by-Doing 76

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 15, 2012

When managers talk about social media the debate still seems to revolve around external uses of social technologies. Just as a decade or so ago IT became so central to the functioning of a modern enterprise that it warranted a new executive position, with most companies now having a CIO in place to manage their IT needs.

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Cooperperson

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Research shows Information Technology (IT) leaders agree and are working to enhance the skills of their employees. A recent study conducted by the CIO Executive Council asked questions directly to IT leaders to gain an understanding of communication and training through their eyes. Are IT leaders seeing improvement?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

Five years ago, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) were on top of the world. However, a global recession and the inability of CIOs to deliver on business value have tarnished their status. Today's CIOs are under pressure to deliver on requests for innovation, cost reduction, connectivity, and a growing demand for business intelligence.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 27, 2015

But this new world of Big Data is proving to be much more demanding and complex than expected, requiring companies not only to adopt different technologies, but also to make significant changes to their business strategy, internal skillsets, and organizational structures.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

What impact will terahertz frequencies have on communication technologies? Those are the kinds of questions that CIOs get all the time. Most CIOs don't like being cast in the role of corporate psychic, but there's nothing they can do about it. As an alternative, CIOs can indulge in some low-risk reverse mentoring.

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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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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. But there’s room for growth.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

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). In some instances, it may be necessary to align the CEO on a plan, but a united recommendation between the CMO and CIO has a better of chance of success.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

billion , entrepreneurial companies with technology at their core have disrupted entire industries and threatened or eliminated incumbents. 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.

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Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 17

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2011

Companies love to stretch out their investments in existing technology as long as possible, a policy whose faulty logic I recently rediscovered in my role as CIO. That's because, like many CIOs, I hate buying technology that loses a significant part of its value as soon as it's delivered.

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Technology CIO CFO TCO 15

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. To begin to mend the CMO-CIO relationship, it''s important to understand the source of each side''s frustrations.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The importance of technology ownership is significant. magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Dateline NBC, CNBC, CIO Magazine and the CBC. Know that patent owners reap the rewards. Patent filings in the U.S. have grown exponentially. While ideas alone aren’t patentable, the methods or the proofs of innovative ideas are.

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Innovation Engineering CIO System 57

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. As game-changing technologies transform every business process, they also give us the ability to create new products and services that were impossible just a few years ago. Transformation Drivers.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

The CIO paradox is a set of contradictions that lies at the heart of IT leadership. Adopt emerging technologies, while weighed down by the past. Many CIOs have buckled under the CIO paradox, while others have managed to be effective despite it. Be strategic and operational. Stay secure and boost innovation.

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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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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

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! Of course, this response would be fine if the challenge were merely to deploy technology (on time and to budget) and ensure it continues to function properly for as long as required. So what can a CIO be held responsible for?

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Steve Farber

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Ironically, the very technology that is designed to connect us with one another often separates us from our team and prevents us from enjoying in-person, face-to-face interactions. We choose to talk via text rather than chat via…well…chatting. Let employees relax and converse,” he says.

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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. Victorio M.

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