CEO Insider

AUGUST 21, 2022

These three strategies can help keep your operations on time and budget. Avoiding the snowball effect that comes with logjams means creating more efficient workflows that keep the organization moving in the right direction. In any corporate workplace, efficiency is the key […].

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Efficiency Organization Magazine How To 131

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Leaders of small and medium size businesses (SMBs) often think their size lets them operate under the radar, as less attractive targets to bad guys. 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.

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Bottom-up Software Policies CIO 88

Strategy Driven

MARCH 20, 2021

But you must also remember that any new technology you onboard will bring change to your bank’s operations—some of which isn’t welcome just yet. It’s usually the job of a bank’s chief financial officer (CFO), chief risk officer (CRO), or chief technology officer (CTO) to oversee tech implementation.

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 12, 2021

The definition that I operate from is that leadership is any means by which two or more people develop the ability to cooperate and take collective action. Typically, this behavior doesn’t produce optimal results, and the leader needs to find a way to manage that inner state differently, so that they create a different leadership presence.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

In order to see the future more clearly, it''s almost always helpful to look back — and this certainly goes for IT and its ever-increasing impact on operations, and ultimately on competitive advantage. ERP systems, RFID , knowledge management, business intelligence) have washed over organizations.

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Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

And because organizational change tends to be driven by those who most acutely feel the pain, it’s often line managers who are the strongest champions for “talent tech”: innovations in how firms hire people, staff projects, evaluate performance, and develop talent. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

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Talent Management Technology Process Management 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2013

Three Approaches to Managing Total Digitization. How are enterprises managing the spread and scope of total digitization? We at MIT CISR have found that enterprises are using one or more of three approaches to managing total digitization: convergence, coordination, or a separate digital innovation stacks approach. Coordination.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

Lines like this are still used all too frequently when employees tell their managers that they want to move in a new direction. Managers are under tremendous pressure to generate results. I hear these challenges all the time as I work with managers at all levels, particularly in large corporations. Sales isn’t what you do.

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CTO Goal How To Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

The impact that had on the operations and culture was significant. We’re lucky to have an amazing CTO with a deep knowledge of e-commerce and strong desire to partner with the business, and a strong team behind him. How have you addressed this since joining Sephora? The companies that did this have much bigger online businesses today.

Brand 14

Brand CTO Marketing Retail 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Self-management: Being a PM can be incredibly stressful. Company Fit.

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Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

” This engagement between directors and management starts with the permission and knowledge of the CEO. ” “On the FactSet board, I’ve been encouraged to meet with the management team and to give advice to the CEO and the CIO,” says Jordan. ” Look for hybrids and cast a wide net. .”

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

Improving Operational Efficiency. EIG is responsible for enterprise architecture, the center of expertise for simplification and integration methods, process and program management. The geographic dispersion that accompanies these opportunities frequently challenges traditional management-control systems and controllership.

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Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

IT is already being asked both to industrialize traditional infrastructures and systems fast to save costs, and to innovate customer experiences and operations with new digital technologies. They have changed their IT functions utilizing three related management interventions which, taken together, represent a fundamental re-invention of IT.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” The Future of Operations. Insight Center.

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Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Starting a global engineering operation “essentially doubles the expense for 6-12 months,” says former Informatica CTO, James Markarian. Markarian states, “You need strong company managers to set up remote sites.” Iyer has managed the evolution of Indian talent for over two decades.

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Offshoring Company CTO Engineering 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'

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2013

Managing this rapid change and fostering innovation while "keeping the trains running on time" is the primary leadership role required of any CIO, new or old. Our Project Management Office is therefore enthusiastically pursuing new PPM capabilities that will enhance the transparency of our decision making processes.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2013

For a time, having a BlackBerry was the ultimate status symbol in business, as well as the ultimate addiction: One former global account manager recalls a CTO referring to the blinking red light as "digital heroin." He’s not going to last,''" recalls former senior business development manager Vincent Washington. "I

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Yet wanting to be closer with customers, and knowing what actual, operational pathways to take in order to achieve this are two very different things. The Future of Operations. This way, they can respond very quickly to new or changing customer needs, incrementally. Insight Center. Sponsored by GE Corporate.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

In other words, how do you manage up to someone who’s just jumped a level above you and who might’ve been a friend? In some ways, you’ll have to treat your new boss like you would a manager you’ve never met before , says Michael Watkins, author of The First 90 Days. Does your relationship need to change?

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Case Study CTO Learning Curve Operations 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.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

But not ever as fast as the manager wants!” ” “Where is the manager?” The manager says I’m the only one she trusts with the toilets.” As Ken clocked out at 2:30 PM, the manager told him, “You do good work. And he saw managers who were effective but spread too thin.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 5, 2025

Scaling up introduces complexities that require innovative approaches to meet employee expectations and maintain operational stability. Philippe Gilet , CTO and Co-Founder at Aldia (-display), emphasizes, True talent stays if they believe in the mission and receive fair compensation, but long-term retention requires much more than pay.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

political system, the business world has no rules requiring that every leader have a backup, or that every corporate chief executive has a chief operating officer. This amplified the company's message about the importance of wireless technologies, even though McAdam (who later became CEO) would also preside over landline operations.

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COO Wireless Ryan Chief Operating Officer 19

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

When Agile software development was born in 2001, it articulated a set of four critical principles to elevate the craft of software development and improve engineering and product manager motivation. It is no wonder that the CTO of this company said, “my engineers feel like short order cooks in the back of a diner.”

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Agility Engineering Software How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

Today, I make strategic and tactical technology decisions as the CTO of Atlantic Media. It''s frequently seen as peripheral or even an impediment to business operations. This solution erects a barrier, which will be perceived as hindering daily operations. Getting buy-in IT management Technology'

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