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.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Innovation is always infectious. But our recent research has taught us a lot about how management innovations can travel — in this case, from Silicon Valley tech sector companies known for their experimentation and agility in information technology (IT) management to the much older Bay Area companies who are their neighbors.

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Here’s a question: where do you speak about strategy issues when you don’t know exactly what it is you want to say? Certainly not in the board room or at a company presentation. 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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CEO Insider

JUNE 30, 2023

The acquisition minded executive is the norm in the business world. Most executives I’ve talked to are either actively seeking acquisitions or, to use their common turn of phrase, they’re “opportunistic.” In other words, if the right deal falls into their laps, they might be stirred into action.

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CEO Insider

MAY 26, 2023

This month I had my biannual chance to be a fly on the wall while Silicon Valley Investor Partners had a very candid, frank conversation with a group of Seed/A startups that had already raised sizable rounds during the “party” of 2021 funding.

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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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CEO Insider

APRIL 29, 2023

CEOWORLD Magazine has announced the appointment of new members to its board of directors and executive council.

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 8, 2022

According to an October 2022 Zippia study, 26% of U.S. employees work remotely, and remote jobs make up 15% of all work opportunities. It also mentions that sales are one of the top industries for remote workers. As a sales manager or company owner, embracing the remote selling trend is imperative. While doing so, there […].

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 2, 2022

We could all use a confidence boost these days – especially with how fast life is moving around us. Think about the last compliment you got from a friend, colleague or even from the boss. How did it feel? Great, right? That’s exactly how I feel every time I connect with my leadership coach – […].

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

The job of Chief Information Officer has never exactly been easy. But massive disruptions in business models, technology, and the work force have been throwing up massive new challenges for CIOs and other technology leaders. Many CIOs are of course already well aware of all this. Organizational DNA.

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 19, 2022

That’s because the strategic orchestration of technologies described in this book—conversational AI, hyperautomation, and intelligent automation—will do a lot more […]. I don’t want to scare you, but the status quo is a death sentence.

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CEO Insider

JUNE 10, 2022

It’s been said that ‘managing by walking around does not translate into managing by emailing around’. That might be true – but it’s also not a bad thing. In my experience, a manager walking around meant someone checking up to make sure you were at your desk. Not helpfully asking if you were okay, more […].

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CEO Insider

MARCH 30, 2023

The dust from the Silicon Valley Bank collapse is nearly settled, but as we look at the new landscape, we need to take a hard look at what can be learned from it.

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CEO Insider

JULY 28, 2022

There is nothing like escaping the winter of Melbourne, Australia, for the warmth and relaxation of Bali. The beaches, the rice terraces, the mountains, the beautifully kind people, the food, the vibe – there are so many reasons to make Bali your next holiday destination. But, what if you want more than a holiday? As […].

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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. I''m often struck by how many articles exclusively focus on new or emerging technology and their productivity or efficiency effects. Generating Top-Line Growth. Improving Operational Efficiency.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

It is a conversation about the increasing importance of information technology and the role it must assume in every enterprise, regardless of size, industry or geography. We also engaged with CIOs across the globe in discussions about what they were experiencing and what changes were surprising or bewildering them.

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 9, 2022

In reference to this, does anyone who has access to a computer or a reasonably recent mobile device really yearn for the “good old days?” Can most visualize making decisions on what to sell, who to sell stuff to and how best to do that without being immersed entirely in the wonderful world of research? […]. The post SOPHISTICATED RESEARCH?

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CEO Insider

MAY 6, 2022

An important part of designing your investment and retirement strategy is deciding exactly what your wealth goals are. You’ll want to determine how you plan to spend the money that you save or earn through investing later in life. Some individuals may seek to set higher wealth goals as they will want to continue to […].

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

When it comes to innovation in industries with strategically narrow windows of opportunities, speed is everything. This quickening pace — what academics and journalists have called innovation on steroids — is beginning to reach IT departments. Innovations were virtually prevented by stifling complexity.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2013

But there''s a catch for CIOs and other tech-minded executives: to keep creating opportunities, companies must keep changing the experience or fall behind. Each generation of technologies raises customer expectations beyond the last. Create new digital experiences by adopting Silicon Valley''s approach to innovation.

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CEO Insider

JUNE 18, 2023

In recent years, cherished US institutions have revealed toxic workplace cultures characterized by racism, bullying, misogyny, homophobia or a combination of all four, that is hard to fathom. It’s easy enough to write these instances off as extreme anomalies in the corporate world.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2017

Jim Fowler and Jeff Smith talked about peripheral vision in relation to the chief information officer role (Fowler is currently CIO at General Electric, and Smith was formerly CIO at IBM). They’re much less likely to get blindsided by the changes around them. Leadership as service.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

According to CIO Dieter Haban , whose team identified the idea and led product development, “the innovation combines telematics, mobility, central mission control, big data analytics, and a seamless process from the truck to the driver, fleet manager, and ultimately to an authorized service outlet.”. Take a look at your business.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

According to CIO Dieter Haban , whose team identified the idea and led product development, “the innovation combines telematics, mobility, central mission control, big data analytics, and a seamless process from the truck to the driver, fleet manager, and ultimately to an authorized service outlet.”. Take a look at your business.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2012

I believe, though, that it is at the enterprise level that mobile could truly become a game changer for Africa , enabling the building of massive fortunes, and perhaps even the much anticipated recycling of innovation from Africa to the West. The notion of the CIO is still in its infancy. That is where the results are already visible.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2014

More than just a drain or overlap in skills, organizational budgets have shifted rapidly away from IT, leaving the CIO scrambling to support legacy systems that are still necessary and costly to maintain. Starving IT of budget takes a heavy toll on innovation. CIOs and CMOs must meet in the middle.

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 14, 2022

‘Tis the season for reflection – a time to learn, grow and appreciate all that’s good in this one precious life of ours. As I look back on the past year, it’s easy to point out where I could have done more, how I could have done better, or whether I served the people I […].

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

Technology innovation is not slowing down or leveling off, but ramping up — and businesses will soon face a barrage of new digital possibilities. Cloud-based services are also now being bought directly by functions like HR and marketing, resulting in IT losing its control over technology purchase within the organization.

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CEO Insider

JUNE 8, 2022

While moderating somewhat due to rising interest rates and other factors, the real-estate housing sector continues to generate record sales — particularly in certain pockets throughout the country, including cities in Florida, North Carolina, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and California.

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CEO Insider

JUNE 5, 2022

Everyone who knows me, knows I reject ‘The Great Resignation’ – it’s a million-dollar catch-phrase, but it’s quite dangerously misleading. This is not a great resignation – which suggests that people have made a sudden decision to do something dramatic that we didn’t see coming. Most of the labour market movement we have seen in […].

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CEO Insider

MAY 25, 2022

Changes are essential for our development, and even though every start may be scary initially, it should finally be welcomed and embraced, even in the cases where you were not the one who decided on this significant change, you need to think about how you can adjust to the new standards. When it comes to […].

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Career Magazine Chief Information Officer Development 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s. Their strategic use of information technology (IT) presaged the dot.com boom of the 1990s when the Internet made this kind of online ordering commonplace. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Much as war is too important to be left to the generals, the business of network effects is too valuable to be entrusted to the CMOs and CIOs. How might Kickstarter-like innovation initiatives facilitate new conversations and collaborations between clients and employees? Information & technology Leadership Social media'

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

As a technology advisor, the CUO would understand the benefits of different energy innovations and be able to make smart purchasing decisions. The role would focus on cutting costly inefficiencies, figuring out how to use energy to deliver business outcomes, and then implementing these approaches.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2013

As importantly, an effective cybersecurity framework has to overcome barriers to continued economic growth — creating an environment that protects and nurtures innovation. A growing number of corporate boards are demanding regular updates from CISOs or CIOs on their states of readiness. Certainly, the environment is complex.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

So we have a fundamental dilemma: How must leaders align and transform their legacy business to take full advantage how people, information, and IT capabilities can interact in a rapidly changing, digital world? Clearly, business managers and CIOs are lagging. How technology is changing the way we work. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

Innovative digital marketing approaches in social media, CRM, and other areas dominate the discussion. Yesterday''s Linux hackers are now the chief architects and CIOs of the largest enterprises. Last year, Gartner predicted that by 2017, the CMO''s technology budget will exceed the CIO''s. How could this be?,

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