First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 28, 2011

How are technology leaders helping their organizations adapt to the accelerating change and complexity that mark today’s competitive and economic landscape? To find out, IBM interviewed 3,018 CIOs, spanning 71 countries and 18 industries. They shared how they are innovating with [.].

Chief Information Officer 80

Chief Information Officer CIO Information Globalization 80

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. As chief information officer of my family, I had purchased two used 333 MHz iMac G3s with 160MB of RAM in Bondi blue for my children to play games on.

Technology 15

Technology CIO CFO TCO 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

After the toppling of Dictator Ben Ali in January 2011, whose stifling reign lasted nearly a quarter century, the country faced a rocky start to a new ruling order. I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. How could I refuse?

Politics 11

Politics Chief Information Officer Tourism Environment 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

As the chief information officer of a large academic medical center, I oversee four petabytes of data. In December 2011, my wife was diagnosed with stage IIIA breast cancer with a specific type of tumor. Is that “big data”? Precision medicine.

Health Care 8

Health Care Chief Information Officer Committee Early Adopters 8