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Career Advice from Female Tech Company Founders

Women on Business

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Women make up half of the total workforce in the United States, but they make up only 25% of the workers in the technology industry and hold just 15% of senior management positions. Some of those quotes follow: Melissa Tyree, co-founder and CIO of Itography: “Don’t be afraid to fail.

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How to Stop Selling Your Ideas and Start Enrolling People in Them

Next Level Blog

That idea comes from Donagh Herlihy who, when I interviewed him for the first edition of The Next Level back in 2005, was the CIO for Avon. These days, Donagh is the chief technology officer for the restaurant company, Bloomin’ Brands. You build trust by bringing people in early.

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Why CIOs Make Great Board Directors

Harvard Business Review

According to Korn Ferry unpublished data, there has been a 74% increase in the number of CIOs serving on Fortune 100 boards in the past two years.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. But there’s room for growth.

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The CIO as Corporate Psychic

Harvard Business Review

What impact will terahertz frequencies have on communication technologies? Those are the kinds of questions that CIOs get all the time. Most CIOs don't like being cast in the role of corporate psychic, but there's nothing they can do about it. As an alternative, CIOs can indulge in some low-risk reverse mentoring.

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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. Victorio M.

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All Boards Need a Technology Expert

Harvard Business Review

Like almost every other major industry today, banking relies on hugely complex, enormously expensive technology. I discovered that only one bank had a board member with some direct experience in technology and in that case it was as a sales executive. The truth is that many industries today employ outdated technology.

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Technology Alone Won’t Solve Our Collaboration Problems

Harvard Business Review

Sure, these technological improvements help in many ways. But more often than not, the problem we’re facing isn’t a technological one, but a social one. The unfortunate reality is that no matter what technology you choose, at some point it will break down. Let me share a few examples. The call will be dropped.