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

MARCH 24, 2021

The memory wall reflects a constant shift in the balance between the costs of computational and memory operations and adds to the complexity of achieving high performance. Karu Sankaralingam, PhD, is founder/CEO/CTO of Madison, WI-based SimpleMachines, Inc. About the Author. He has 17 patents and has published 91 papers.

Software 92

Software CTO Travel Library 92

Skip Prichard

MARCH 13, 2020

Jobs most at risk: machine operators and assemblers, clerical workers, elementary occupations, crafts and related trades. You could argue that all jobs are at risk: Machines can already analyze data, pick stocks, make decisions that touch on operational efficiency and logistics, sift through resumes and make hiring decisions, etc.

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Blanchard Education CTO Technology 104

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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Technology Banking Chief Financial Officer Chief Technology Officer 68

HR Digest

MARCH 16, 2024

million in damages to Owen Diaz, a Black man who worked as an elevator operator at its Fremont, California factory in 2015. Elon Musk faces criticism The settlement with Diaz comes as Tesla CEO Elon Musk faces widespread criticism for his handling of hate speech on X, formerly Twitter, which he owns and runs as CTO.

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CTO Proposal CEO Class 52

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. Equally dangerous is the computer operator who props open the data center door to make it easier to allow the guy who says he’s the A/C maintenance engineer get in and out.

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Bottom-up Software Policies CIO 88

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. He was the CTO of a global manufacturing company. “The more individuals there are in a meeting, the higher the risk of confusion and poor alignment.” -Tom Tom Goodell. .

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Self-aware Leadership Team Open-book 138

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2013

At Boeing, all enterprise technology (including digital) investments are managed by the CTO, which enables significant synergies. For Commonwealth Bank of Australia, convergence involved bringing together operations and IT into a new unit, Enterprise Services (ES), headed by the CIO.

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CIO Organization Committee CTO 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

When I launched my first company in 2008 (CarZen, acquired by Liberty Mutual), one of my first hires was a CTO. I made him the CTO’s protégé, and had the CTO spend time teaching and evaluating him. I made him the CTO’s protégé, and had the CTO spend time teaching and evaluating him.

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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

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. Yet with each wave, the criticality of IT to basic operations and delivery of service to customers continues to escalate.

Competitive Advantage 9

Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

Improving Operational Efficiency. They can help companies exploit rapidly evolving information technology and implement a virtuous cycle of revenue growth and operational-efficiency improvements. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. DIG is responsible for emerging technology, collaboration methods and technology (e.g.,

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Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Because operational managers are closer to the action, they have better insights into specific business challenges and customer pain points that can be addressed by new technologies. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

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Talent Management Technology Process Management 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

“Traditionally, boards have tended to stay out of operational functions, but technology is so pervasive that the best practice is to have direct board engagement in technology through active committees, just as they would with audit, compensation, and other key areas.”

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CIO Committee Technology P&L 13

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. It requires new modes of operation. They reduce duplication of efforts and skills, thus reducing operational costs.

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CIO Operations CTO Technology 8

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.

Constraint 8

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. In fact, costs go up initially. He goes on to say that global engineering initiatives “are like start-ups and can fail easily or deliver sub-par results and can quickly flame out.

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Offshoring Company CTO Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

This perspective created the industrial economy lens through which most managers perceive their operations. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. The industrial age economy does not exist in a vacuum. Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center. A Board Director''s Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right. IT management'

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CTO Franchising CIO Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2013

It''s a key responsibility of IT to effectively architect and operate core services such as email and content management systems; however, these systems are unlikely to distinguish one organization from the next. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

CIO 9

CIO Positioning PPM Information Technology 9

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. Using these principles Intuit began driving design thinking deep into its culture and operations. Insight Center. Sponsored by GE Corporate.

Products 8

Products Productivity Customer Intimacy Software 8

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."

CTO 8

CTO Apparel Ryan Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Is innovation intended to improve and expand the existing business, or is it meant to redefine the company itself and the industry in which it operates? Look for ways to stretch the boundaries of current innovation efforts, but remember you are not the CEO or CTO. As he notes, “There is no such thing as an isolated market anymore.”

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Innovation Planning Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

PMs have to have a deep understanding of how the organization operates and must build social capital to influence the success of their product – from obtaining budget and staffing to securing a top engineer to work on their product. They can get “lost” in the system and have to deal with more politics and tight budgets.

Products 8

Products Productivity Core Competence Management 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.

Brand 8

Brand Disintermediation Media Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Offer support and information, but not in a way that raises questions about whether you’re “a political operator.” Ankit became CTO. First, “focus on interactions that are going to add value for them and for the business,” advises Watkins. ” Make sure your overtures are authentic and relevant.

Case Study 8

Case Study CTO Learning Curve Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

” Yoshiyuki Taniguchi, the CTO, spoke up: “I like your thinking, Mayuka-san, but why not use technology to achieve the same result? If we want to hire people or pay more, it should be at the managerial level. But we could achieve stronger oversight and tighter controls with our current staff if we work at it.”

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Case Study Airlines COO CFO 8

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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CTO Simon How To COO 195

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.

COO 19

COO Wireless Ryan Chief Operating Officer 19

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

It is no wonder that the CTO of this company said, “my engineers feel like short order cooks in the back of a diner.” In many organizations, there are tell-tale signs of “faux pods” — teams that call themselves pods but don’t actually operate that way. ” These are not pods.

Agility 8

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.

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Company CTO Policies Tactics 8