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What Makes Six Disciplines for Excellence A Different Kind Of Business Book

Six Disciplines

“This is the type of book that each time you read it you’ll find new pearls of wisdom and – better yet – practical advice.” Skip Angel, Random Thoughts of a CTO). ” (Skip Angel, Random Thoughts of a CTO). ” (Bob Shuneman, Small Biz Matters). ” (Bob Schuneman, Small Biz Matters).

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Whose Job Is It to Manage Freelancers?

Harvard Business Review

Organizations do better when managers have access to advice and best practice in leading mixed teams. One approach that 10X has recommended is creating a roving CTO or project managers. In this sense it is similar to the roving CTO but focused more on the depth and effectiveness of the agile talent network. This is a big miss.

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Grieving for a Colleague: Deep, Silent, and Solitary

Harvard Business Review

The news had just hit that Danny Lewin — the co-founder of Akamai Technologies, its charismatic CTO, a former commando in the Israeli Special Forces, and MIT mathematics genius who led the company from a math class to an IPO and a market cap of $30 billion — had suddenly died. For all of us, Danny was our CTO and visionary.

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Get the Most Out of Your Board

Harvard Business Review

For example, the CTO of DonorsChoose is in regular contact with board member Jeff Weiner , the CEO of Linkedin. And while my three suggestions might seem outrageous for a Fortune 500 company, advice and opportunity sometimes come from unexpected sources. Board building is an ongoing activity, and a process of continuous improvement.

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Why CIOs Make Great Board Directors

Harvard Business Review

” “On the FactSet board, I’ve been encouraged to meet with the management team and to give advice to the CEO and the CIO,” says Jordan. “It’s important that the board understand the management team, and that interaction helps.

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Leading in a World of Resource Constraints and Extreme Weather

Harvard Business Review

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

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The One Unbreakable Rule in Business Writing

Harvard Business Review

For example, if you want clients for your CTO coaching business, then chief technology officers (and the people who know them) are your audience. It’s a small audience, but one who will be very interested in the advice. No matter what your goals are, your writing must reach the right audience.