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The Metamorphosis of the CIO

Harvard Business Review

Tomorrow''s businesses will have a very different make-up, and the CIO must lead the charge in the face of these changes. This will lead to new business models, new processes, more meaningful business interactions, innovation, improved and faster decision making, and a more agile organization. The Rise of the CIO.

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Should Your CIO Be Chief Digital Officer?

Harvard Business Review

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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How CIOs Can Keep In Step With CEOs

Harvard Business Review

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. Value is becoming highly individuated.

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Developing Competitive Advantage in the Cloud: Qualitative Findings

Harvard Business Review

To begin to answer these questions, we conducted some qualitative research, using in-depth interviews with about two dozen CIOs and senior IT managers whose organizations have evaluated or adopted cloud computing services. Agility is also a plus. To participate, please click here.

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Developing Mindful Leaders

Harvard Business Review

That was the question Todd Pierce asked himself in 2006 after years of experimenting with the full menu of trainings, meetings, and competency models in his capacity as CIO of biotechnology giant Genentech. As PEP heads into its sixth year at Genentech, some 800 people have participated in the program.

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Success with the Internet of Things Requires More Than Chasing the Cool Factor

Harvard Business Review

Companies deploying IoT successfully in industrial sectors such as manufacturing, oil and gas, mining, and transportation are seeking multiple agile partners with open IP architectures to co-create solutions. How the best companies get up to speed.

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Improve Decision-Making With Help From the Crowd

Harvard Business Review

Instead of the typical process where technology projects are picked by a review board, people in IBM’s IT community can participate as submitters, backers, and evaluators. Over 1,000 IBMers participated from 30 countries, applying to get part of the seed fund of $300,000. Funding is raised over a period of eight weeks.