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Target’s Fall Guy: Is Your Board Prepared?

N2Growth Blog

The primary reason stated was because of the continued fall-out from the 2013 massive data breach. What if the board does not have technology expertise? Or if their technology expertise is antiquated? Technology expertise in this case, by the way, does not refer to the CEO or former CEO of a technology company.

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How to Lead in High Turbulence – 5 Lessons from the Tunisian revolution

Strategy Driven

This was the context when on Christmas day 2013, the then designated Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa offered me the aforementioned thankless and non-lucrative opportunity. I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. How could I refuse? Turbulence.

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What I Learned from Leading a Tunisian Ministry During the Arab Spring

Harvard Business Review

After a general election that saw an Islamist-led coalition rise to power, the country witnessed two political assassinations in February and July 2013. This was the context when, on Christmas Day 2013, the then-designated Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa offered me the aforementioned thankless and non-lucrative opportunity.

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Marketers, Let Your Egos Go

Harvard Business Review

It''s hard to argue that any computer or technology can create that kind of emotional connection or weave that kind of story. What we can''t deny is that technology is now penetrating the marketing industry like never before. It is art for money''s sake. Traditional advertisers will tell you that not much has changed.

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Is Anyone Really Responsible for Your Company's Data Security?

Harvard Business Review

But when I put the question to top management, well, they''re busy — not their problem, that''s for sure — and they refer me to the chief information officer or the chief technology officer. This is a management failure, not a technological problem. To find out, I like to ask questions.