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Why CIOs Make Great Board Directors

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

According to Korn Ferry unpublished data, there has been a 74% increase in the number of CIOs serving on Fortune 100 boards in the past two years. Only 31% of Fortune 100 boards currently have a director who is a CIO, even though technology is at the core of every business today. ” How should boards incorporate a CIO director?

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CIO Committee Technology P&L

The CIO in Crisis: What You Told Us

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.

CIO

CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar

Morning Advantage: Inside the Messy, Daunting, and Thoroughly Confusing Job Market

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

But for the real gems — this being the Internet — head to the comments section, where hiring managers offer some stern advice for Auld’s downtrodden cohort. Yet, the comments also reinforce Auld's opinions about how crazy and daunting the job market can be. Contradictory advice abounds. Contradictory advice abounds.

Marketing

Marketing CIO Consensus Survey

B2B Salespeople Need to Act More Like Travel Agents

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

According to the travel and leisure marketing firm MMGY, the use of travel agents increased by 50% from 2014 to 2015. Here are examples of how firms in three industries are simplifying the purchase process, and the specific tactics they are using: An employee wellness benefits provider uses content marketing. Fast forward to today.

B2B

B2B Travel CIO Benchmarking

To Blog or Not to Blog?

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

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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Blog Content Media Brand

What If You Could Learn Design from Apple?

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Content marketing is a start, but articles and posts on social media don’t go deep enough. It’s time to flip the corporate university inside out, blending marketing with learning to create relationships beyond the transaction. In contrast, IBM’s program helped CIOs be better business leaders.

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CIO Chief Financial Officer White Paper Learning-by-Doing

IT Can’t Be Slower than the Rest of the Business - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM IBM

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

CIOs and CEOs of large enterprises are faced with an overwhelming demand to transform their IT enterprise services and with a bewildering, often conflicting landscape of advice. I interviewed the leaders of many fabled Scrum companies, agile certification firms, and some Big 4 consultants, but the advice we got was all product-focused.

Agility

Agility Content CIO Banking

Morning Advantage: The Death of the American Shopping Mall

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

Even so, the downfall of malls could have a huge impact on the real-estate market. Some CEOs Still Disregard Social Media (CIO Insight). According to a Zeno Group study — as reported by Dennis McCafferty at CIO Insight — some CEOs don’t really give a damn about social media. Sadly, many will be demolished.

CIO

CIO Real Estate Retail Reputation

Here’s Why Strategy Chiefs Succeed or Fail

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

Consider Staples, the office-supplies retailer, which had tumbled from being the market leader to being a third of the new leader’s size by 1992. The person’s capabilities should fit the challenges facing the organization at the time. Don’t underestimate the importance of cultural fit.

Strategy

Strategy Chief Financial Officer Short-term Chief Information Officer

The 4 Things It Takes to Succeed in the Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

Dr. Dieter Haban, CIO of Daimler Trucks North America, offers Daimler Trucks’s Detroit Virtual Technician as a good example. These notifications, enriched with expert repair advice, are then dispatched in real time to Schindler’s service applications, where technicians are scheduled as appropriate. Insight Center.

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Supply Chain Health Care Globalization Technology

How to Negotiate Your Next Salary

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2012

This situation is only more complicated in a tough job market. Regardless of the state of the job market, you should always negotiate. Then compare the advice you get. Then she sought the advice of the company's CIO, Ted*. "I But, that's rarely the smartest thing to do. What the Experts Say. Know your alternatives.

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COO How To Proposal Henderson

Leading in a World of Resource Constraints and Extreme Weather

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

He told me about the days, decades ago, when he first ran into a new breed of executive and thought, “What the heck is a CIO?” The advice boils down to building better strategic foresight and creating more agile management and operations. My father worked at IBM for 35 years. Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

Constraint

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations

Make It Easy for Decision Makers to Approve Your Deal

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2015

In order to reduce a Top Dog’s risk profile, think about the individuals to whom they turn for advice and validation. CSO, CFO, CIO, IT, Ops (Practice Leaders): Typically, these decision makers run cost centers as opposed to generating revenue. They care about pleasing boards and shareholders.

P&L

P&L Due Diligence CIO COO

Social Media Strategy: Make Your Own Romania

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

I talk to a lot of business audiences about how they can use social media to build their reputation, and there's always someone who wonders if that strategy is really viable in their market, their field, their budget. How could this work for me?" But the Romanian strategy isn't limited to those targeting a small language group. Add a keyword.

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Media Strategy Supply Chain Audience

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Why CIOs Make Great Board Directors

The CIO in Crisis: What You Told Us

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Morning Advantage: Inside the Messy, Daunting, and Thoroughly Confusing Job Market

B2B Salespeople Need to Act More Like Travel Agents

To Blog or Not to Blog?

What If You Could Learn Design from Apple?

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Morning Advantage: The Death of the American Shopping Mall

Here’s Why Strategy Chiefs Succeed or Fail

The 4 Things It Takes to Succeed in the Digital Economy

How to Negotiate Your Next Salary

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Make It Easy for Decision Makers to Approve Your Deal

Social Media Strategy: Make Your Own Romania

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