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The Benefits of a Chief Transformation Officer for Growth

N2Growth Blog

As executive search consultants, we focus on understanding and optimizing businesses’ intended transformations and how they are shaping strategic responses to industry-level changes. All organizations must face major transformations while working to advance in their industry. This is where the CTO role gets into the spotlight.

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Nike Layoffs Announcement to Affect 740 Employees by June 28

HR Digest

This doesn’t give us enough insight into the departments that are set to be affected but it may not be as heavy on those in technology-oriented fields considering the industry, such as the recent layoffs at Google. Reportedly, the exact job titles and the employee numbers will be announced later once determined.

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Learning The Keys To Exceptional Execution

Tanveer Naseer

They run app companies, consultancies, clinics and sprawling technology corporations. The man changing the face of the financial world had no prior background in the industry before he began in 2009. 500 founders that were interviewed in Amar Bhide’s book had no past experience of working in the industry they went on to dominate.

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The Cleantech Revolution is Finally Here

CEO Insider

We have been ‘on the brink’ of a clean industrial revolution seemingly forever. We’ve heard it for decades. It never came. Now it’s here and, as always, driven by government policy. The threat from climate change has been the subject of conversation, activism, and often aggressive debate for decades.

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The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer

Harvard Business Review

These three change accelerators are what lie behind today''s avalanche of business transformation, and they are directly affecting the roles of CIO and CTO. And, just as the CIO''s role needs to change, so too does the CTO''s—from Chief Technology Officer to Chief Transformation Officer.

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The Future of Our Partnership With Machines

Skip Prichard

So a good strategy is to learn about what automation solutions are out there, start experimenting and incorporating them into your workflows, and augment yourself using these technologies instead of rolling the dice and letting your employer make those decisions for you. “Automation is a game of tasks, not a game of occupations.”

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How Apple Pushes Entire Industries Forward

Harvard Business Review

But Apple’s most impressive achievement on display at yesterday’s announcement was not a technological feat — although the technology on display was certainly impressive. The term was coined by the first CTO of the US Government, Aneesh Chopra. Apple used its power as an impatient convener to move an industry.