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The Metamorphosis of the CIO

Harvard Business Review

Only a small percentage came up with anything that was truly innovative. Tomorrow''s businesses will have a very different make-up, and the CIO must lead the charge in the face of these changes. What does it mean to view innovation as the only competitive advantage? Such propositions come from innovation.

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Three Ways CIOs Can Connect with the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

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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How CIOs Can Keep In Step With CEOs

Harvard Business Review

New research, conducted with HBR, The Economist , CEB, and TNS Global, reveals that CEOs believe CIOs are not in sync with the new issues CEOs are facing. CEOs also tell us that CIOs do not understand where the business needs to go and how IT should support strategic goals. Barriers to entry have been destroyed.

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The IT Conversation We Should Be Having

Harvard Business Review

The Conversation is also a 1974 film by Francis Ford Coppola whose themes include the role of technology in society and being so focused on what you are doing that you forget why you are doing it and become oblivious to what is happening around you. Only a quarter of executives felt their CIO was performing above his or her peers.

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The Internet-Connected Engine Will Change Trucking

Harvard Business Review

In 2013, the company released a service called Virtual Technician to help existing drivers while also enabling new business models and revenue streams. Building the service required decisive leadership to invest in the innovation, negotiate across boundaries, address issues, and engage hundreds of people in making the vision real.

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The Internet-Connected Engine Will Change Trucking

Harvard Business Review

In 2013, the company released a service called Virtual Technician to help existing drivers while also enabling new business models and revenue streams. Building the service required decisive leadership to invest in the innovation, negotiate across boundaries, address issues, and engage hundreds of people in making the vision real.

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Why So Many High-Profile Digital Transformations Fail

Harvard Business Review

This kind of unfortunate decision has happened over and over again, in wave after wave of transformative business technology. Therefore, no managers should view digital — or any other major technological innovation — as their sure salvation. It is multi-faceted and diffuse, and doesn’t just involve technology.