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The CIO in Crisis: What You Told Us

Harvard Business Review

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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To Blog or Not to Blog?

N2Growth Blog

Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Stuart Oliver: Entrepreneur, Interim CIO, Technology COO, Strategist, » Blog Archive » To blog or not to blog [.] Your advice is helpful. Mike Myatt from N2Growth has this interesting blog entitled “To blog or not to blog“ [.] link] Swiecki’s Blog » Tech-blog Carnival Edition 2 [.]

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Morning Advantage: Do You Really Understand Strategy?

Harvard Business Review

We'll add that this is particularly useful advice for executives who have switched industries. I'm Lying Down and I Can't Stop Checking E-Mail (CIO Insight). For the rest if you, here's some advice on how to avoid ending up like your ubiqui-connected colleagues. Finance Needs Stewards, Not Toll Collectors (John Kay).

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What If You Could Learn Design from Apple?

Harvard Business Review

For a number of years, IBM organized the Center for CIO Leadership as a “global community to advance the profession.” ” At the time of its founding in 2007 most leadership programs were focused on helping CIOs be better IT managers. In contrast, IBM’s program helped CIOs be better business leaders.

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How to Get on the Shortlist for the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

” The management literature is overflowing with advice on becoming the boss. One CFO I know managed finance for a spin-off firm when it went public and then returned to the parent company in a corporate position. Yet the path narrows significantly as executives ascend closer to the top slots.

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All Boards Need a Technology Expert

Harvard Business Review

Who would argue against a future in which disruptive services continue to impact everything from healthcare to retail to personal finances? Too often the corporate advice these advisers offer is generic. Amazon dramatically impacted not just book shops but shopping; Google is now a verb. Don’t rely entirely on advisers.

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Social Media Strategy: Make Your Own Romania

Harvard Business Review

Maybe you won't be the top English-language website about early childhood language education (or supply chain management, or maternity care, or mortgage finance). You won't be the top expert on banking or women-owned businesses but you can be the top Twitter feed with banking and finance advice for women-owned businesses.

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