Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2013

Most CIOs will tell you that they have no shortage of ideas to invest in — the hard part is whittling down to the right ones. Push that a bit further and what most CIOs say is that those ideas are in the form of project requests from business partners. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. IT management'

Innovation 8

Innovation CIO ROI CTO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

From my experience, I believe that there are four highly interdependent categories of contributions the CIO and IT function should make. Every discussion on the role of IT and CIOs should start with the question: "What are the potential uses of this technology that will guarantee we stay in business?" Generating Top-Line Growth.

Enterprise Architecture 8

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

“It’s easier to understand the consequences of a change if you’re making lots of little steps,” observes Bryan Stevenson, CIO of on-demand software company Catalant. Because software code is released in smaller batches, it is easier to identify the source of any problems. Maximize engineering productivity.

Agility 8

Agility Development Organization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

The Chief Entrepreneur will be responsible for managing a portfolio of entrepreneurs who experiment with new business models and value propositions. This is not a CTO role or a role that reports to the CEO. This means managing entrepreneurs who can navigate trends and market behaviors. Design/construct a space for invention.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur CTO Business Model CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

Kim Stevenson , Intel''s CIO, summarizes the challenge well: "[IT functions have] gone through ERP, they''ve gone through BYO and they''ve gone through cloud, and they think they''ve done it all. Different standards of project and portfolio management are also required with more flexibility in demand management and budgeting methods.

CIO 8

CIO CTO Operations Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

He told me about the days, decades ago, when he first ran into a new breed of executive and thought, “What the heck is a CIO?” The advice boils down to building better strategic foresight and creating more agile management and operations. Insight Center. The Future of Operations. Sponsored by GE Corporate.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

It''s the rare CIO who applies scenario planning to the business of IT. Yet, in a function driven by innovation and the uncertainties surrounding the application and implication of future technologies, not using scenarios is tantamount to management malpractice. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. IT management'

Scenario Planning 8

Scenario Planning CIO Planning Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Variations of this Big Data story line are being played out in executive offices around the world, with CMOs and CIOs in the thick of it. CIOs, tasked with turning technology into revenue, are themselves pounding the table demanding better requirements for Big Data initiatives.

CIO 8

CIO Budgeting Enterprise Architecture Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2013

As the drive toward increased digitization continues, enterprises have to get a handle on this total digitization — and corporate CIOs have to step up to the challenge. Three Approaches to Managing Total Digitization. How are enterprises managing the spread and scope of total digitization? Coordination.

CIO 8

CIO Organization Committee CTO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2013

The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. Google''s CIO on How to Make Your IT Department Great. IT management' Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center. A Board Director''s Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

Organization 8

Organization CTO CIO Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

With Frederick''s Taylor invention of scientific management in the 1880s, and its subsequent assimilation into what we now consider modern management, organizations have used logic and rationality to the eliminate waste, to seek efficiency, and to transfer human knowledge to tools and processes. IT management'

CTO 8

CTO Franchising CIO Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

Measurement risk: Fail to measure the real goal of innovation, focus on project progress rather than value created and turning management measures into goals instigating aberrant behavior. IT creates risk confusing leadership, governance, and managing. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. IT management'

Dunning 8

Dunning Project CTO Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2015

The traditional model dictates that brands define their marketing objectives, use agencies to select media and develop creative to run in those venues, and then leverage their own relationships and those of the agencies to work with media companies to manage the campaigns. But the functions overlap more and more.

Brand 8

Brand Disintermediation Media Metrics 8