CEO Insider

JUNE 30, 2023

As I point out in my book […] The post Buyer’s Folly – Why Buying a Company is More Complicated than You May Think appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine. Most executives I’ve talked to are either actively seeking acquisitions or, to use their common turn of phrase, they’re “opportunistic.” Copyright The CEOWORLD magazine Limited 2021.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 7, 2022

Concern propagated , however, that the very technologies that enabled us all to work from home would mean that we could, in theory, work from anywhere , which means we wouldn’t need to be tied to cities in order to work for companies based there. Indeed, Ding argued that new technologies could reduce emissions by up to ten times.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 31, 2022

technologies, that were at the time growing apace via platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, could transform governments and better enable them to address the many challenges facing the world. billion per year can be saved through smarter use of digital technologies. The paper highlighted the potential for web 2.0

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 13, 2018

That idea comes from Donagh Herlihy who, when I interviewed him for the first edition of The Next Level back in 2005, was the CIO for Avon. These days, Donagh is the chief technology officer for the restaurant company, Bloomin’ Brands.

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CEO Insider

MAY 21, 2022

It’s 2022, and both blockchain technology and the digital assets that it enables are seemingly everywhere in the corporate world — a stark departure from crypto’s grassroots origins. The post What Executives Should Know About Digital Currencies appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

According to Korn Ferry unpublished data, there has been a 74% increase in the number of CIOs serving on Fortune 100 boards in the past two years. Only 31% of Fortune 100 boards currently have a director who is a CIO, even though technology is at the core of every business today. But there’s room for growth.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

And, sadly, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) reports that 60 percent of small companies are unable to sustain their business more than six months following a cyberattack. As technology has evolved over time from main frame to client server to the Internet and now the cloud, the impact of a new Tech Debt 2.0 A Stitch in Time.

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ReImagine Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

I started out as an information technology professional. About 7 years into my IT career I realized I didn’t love the technology enough to excel over the long haul. In R&D, organization members developed things to turn into products, presumably so our company could sell them and make more money.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Focus on the wrong thing—such as selling her something she doesn’t need or spending too much time talking about his company or products—and she’ll become annoyed and feel like her time is being wasted. But what if someone could help 50 salespeople learn how to think and plan the way he did with the CIO? Or 500 salespeople?

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 27, 2015

The Internet and cloud computing have revolutionized the nature of data capture and storage, tempting many companies to adopt a new 'Big Data' philosophy: collect all the data you can; all the time. Big Data is Not Just More Data : That’s because the nature of the data we can now collect has changed.

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Cooperperson

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Research shows Information Technology (IT) leaders agree and are working to enhance the skills of their employees. A recent study conducted by the CIO Executive Council asked questions directly to IT leaders to gain an understanding of communication and training through their eyes. Are IT leaders seeing improvement? Of course not!

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

What impact will terahertz frequencies have on communication technologies? Those are the kinds of questions that CIOs get all the time. Chief information officers are expected to see deeply into the future and generate IT predictions that companies can build their strategies around.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Since all the work in every organization is done through relationships, it makes great sense to utilize technology to allow people to connect and collaborate easily and effectively. Inside a company, social networking tools provide the linchpin for corporate growth , says Facebook's Director of Information Technology Tim Campos.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

Five years ago, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) were on top of the world. However, a global recession and the inability of CIOs to deliver on business value have tarnished their status. Today's CIOs are under pressure to deliver on requests for innovation, cost reduction, connectivity, and a growing demand for business intelligence.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

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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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

The CIO paradox is a set of contradictions that lies at the heart of IT leadership. Adopt emerging technologies, while weighed down by the past. Many CIOs have buckled under the CIO paradox, while others have managed to be effective despite it. Most large companies have underinvested in IT for decades.

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

The Modern Servant Leader Servant Leadership & Technology. Technology. Technology. Why Technology Managers Make Great Leaders. Fortune’s Best Companies to Work For With Servant Leadership. Technology’s Impact on Employee Morale & Effectiveness. Servant Leadership Companies List.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2014

For the past four years, Accenture has conducted an annual survey of chief marketing officers (CMOs) and chief information officers (CIOs) to understand the state of their collaboration. And 83 percent of CIOs say that they need to align and interact with Marketing. In that time, weve tracked dramatic changes in attitudes.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The Chief Diversity Officer of a Fortune 1000 company wanted to know if email exchanges and digital communications inside the firm reflected any biases or imbalances between senior executives and women and minority employees. So she asked her CIO if he could test that software out. The CIO acquiesced.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

Just look at what most do: They appoint a CIO and give him or her a budget and a mandate to get on with it! Of course, this response would be fine if the challenge were merely to deploy technology (on time and to budget) and ensure it continues to function properly for as long as required. So what can a CIO be held responsible for?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2013

It is all well and good — and true — to say that the role and mandate of the CIO are expanding. But too many organizations are stretching their Chief Information Officers (CIO) too thin. Chief "Innovation" Officer: Looking for disruptive technologies to drive innovation. CIOs especially need: an integrative mind.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

However, a survey just conducted by Accenture Interactive (see The CMO-CIO Disconnect ) points to a downright unhealthy relationship in many C-Suites which can do nothing but damage to firms. Potential buyers simply don''t have the time or energy to do business with a company that makes things harder for them.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Tomorrow''s businesses will have a very different make-up, and the CIO must lead the charge in the face of these changes. Companies are comprised of business units, work groups, communities of practice, and alliances with suppliers, partners and customers. The Rise of the CIO.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Our research, conducted in partnership with Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global, finds that corporate leadership has lost confidence in the CIO as a strategic partner and views IT as a commodity rather than a difference-maker. Victorio M.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Better insight from customers can drive serious growth in your company, at least according to a recent study by IBM of over 1700 CEOs. In fact, recent research [PDF] conducted by the CMO Council, suggests that this process should start with the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and the Chief Information Officer (CIO). Find Common Ground.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2013

Running an IT department is hard enough under any circumstances, but imagine doing it at one of the world''s preeminent technology companies. Your customers aren''t haplessly trying to set up their voicemail; they''re experts in technology and expect it to work. An edited version of our conversation is below.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

The findings are sobering: almost half of CEOs view their CIOs as out of step with the business and about the same percentage think IT should be a commodity service, purchased as needed. So the good news is it represents more opportunity for others — people who want to be CIOs someday. Well, don''t talk IT. Talk business.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

At a time when many established companies are struggling to remain competitive, it’s clear that fundamental change is in order. Some established companies have found a path that works — they are surviving, thriving, and going head-to-head with an onslaught of fast-moving startups that seem to multiply overnight.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2013

But it should be the CIO''s job. It''s time for CIOs to move beyond their roles as chief technology officers, and embrace the name with all of its implications: Chief Information Officer. At the same time, technology budgets are static or contracting, and non-IT execs want more attention to cost-cutting. We know this.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

There is a marked dissonance between CIOs and the C-suite — a fact that we uncovered in new research conducted with HBR, The Economist, CEB, and TNS Global. We have identified the problem , which is that CEOs believe that the CIO does not understand or help with the CEO''s issues and the needs of the business.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

A global telecoms company recently decided to do what many companies are doing: figure out how to turn big data into big profits. They put together a preliminary budget and an RFP that asked vendors to take the data the company had — customer call and payments behavior, online searches, social network activity, billing, etc.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g., CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), in the prior year).

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CEO Insider

APRIL 29, 2023

Lebua Hotels & Resorts founder and CEO Deepak Ohri and Sharda Group of Companies CEO Dr. Amit Kailashchandra Lath have been chosen to join the board of directors and the executive council of CEOWORLD magazine, according to an announcement […] The post CEOWORLD magazine elected Deepak Ohri and Dr.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Research finds that just 5 to 15 percent of innovations are successful at large companies. But companies pursuing innovation as their core business strategy realize 50 to 100 percent higher profit margins than those who pursue low cost, high quality and fast delivery strategies, or simply doing whatever the customer says.

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Certainly not in the board room or at a company presentation. Here’s a question: where do you speak about strategy issues when you don’t know exactly what it is you want to say? Probably not even in front of your senior leadership team or even in a one-to-one meeting with a key report. You’re supposed […].

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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. That's because, like many CIOs, I hate buying technology that loses a significant part of its value as soon as it's delivered.

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CEO Insider

MAY 26, 2023

The companies gave a “Quick Pitch” and the investors gave unusually candid […] The post 3 Things I Learned From Silicon Valley VCs This Month appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine. Copyright The CEOWORLD magazine Limited 2021.

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