In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 6, 2012

So much has been written about business innovation this past year. Those walking the talk are on Fast Company’s list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies. Are we to deduce that innovation is the domain of new economy and early-stage life cycle businesses? These innovators love playing rocket man.

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Chief Operating Officer Chief Technology Officer CEO Innovation 202

Management Craft

APRIL 18, 2014

Elaine Biech author, The Business of Consulting and editor, The ASTD Leadership Handbook. “If Cory Bouck , Director of Organizational Development & Learning at Johnsonville Sausage; author of The Lens of Leadership : Being the Leader Others WANT to Follow. Dwayne Melancon, Chief Technology Officer, Tripwire, Inc.

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Books Chief Technology Officer Chief Executive Officer Open-book 63

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

In business, winning is often a matter of speed — to new markets with new offerings — rather than slow, steady plodding. For many business leaders — 85%, according to a recent Accenture survey — such open innovation is critical to their strategic plans. Hardly an encouraging finding.

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Innovation Chief Technology Officer CEO Objective 8

Management Craft

APRIL 18, 2014

Elaine Biech author, The Business of Consulting and editor, The ASTD Leadership Handbook. “If Cory Bouck , Director of Organizational Development & Learning at Johnsonville Sausage; author of The Lens of Leadership : Being the Leader Others WANT to Follow. Dwayne Melancon, Chief Technology Officer, Tripwire, Inc.

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Books Chief Technology Officer Chief Executive Officer Open-book 40

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

Western multinationals — especially the most successful ones — consistently struggle to achieve their growth targets in emerging markets. Because they try to repeat their past success formulas — the ones that work so well for them in developed markets. Rich countries are the most technologically advanced.

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Chief Technology Officer CTO Constraint Engineering 13

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2011

You cannot presume that packaging is simply a matter of clever design that helps your products fly off the shelves of a super market. Consider the chief technology officer of a company who is able to influence standards by being on an industry body – the revenue impact of such a thing can be immense.

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Self-aware Engineering Chief Technology Officer Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

While business markets are obviously different from societies in many ways, they share more things in common, especially in today's networked world. Many companies, dipping their toes into social media and Web marketing, try to engage with bloggers who've built up audiences and exert influence over their buying decisions.

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How To Chief Technology Officer Audience Banking 12