Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

Just look at what most do: They appoint a CIO and give him or her a budget and a mandate to get on with it! So what can a CIO be held responsible for? This raises the fundamental question as to whether a CIO can really be held accountable for something that will only emerge when their colleagues step up to the plate. Technology?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

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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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.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

Over the last two years, we have been engaged in primary research with The Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly known as the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global in an attempt to paint a picture of how the role of the CIO and the IT department is changing. CIOs today must adapt or risk being marginalized.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

Most CIOs will benefit from this trend through increased competition, better prices, and quicker provisioning. At the same time, the trend also heightens the expectations of CIOs'' internal customers to deliver better solutions at greater speed. Agile projects have focused on standard, non-critical systems.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Leading supply chain organizations, for example, are embedding agility and responsiveness into their DNA to catalyze the digital supply chain into action. High-performing marketing organizations have developed a more agile style of working to keep their brands competitive amid rapid marketplace shifts.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

When Amazon announced last week that it will acquire Whole Foods Market, a grocery chain with over 450 retail stores and deep industry talent, for $13.7 on the news, increasing its market capitalization by $11 billion. Agile innovation teams are small. A Quick Introduction to Agile Management. More From This Author.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2013

But there''s a catch for CIOs and other tech-minded executives: to keep creating opportunities, companies must keep changing the experience or fall behind. Frame strategy based on a new model of customer interaction. Traditional customer acquisition strategies won''t work because the path to purchase is no longer linear.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2010

While Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Cloud Computing are gaining traction in the enterprise market, many firms still struggle to understand their strategic implications. Agility is also a plus. When should firms consider cloud-based solutions and for which applications? We would like to hear about your organization's experience.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

Kim Stevenson , Intel''s CIO, summarizes the challenge well: "[IT functions have] gone through ERP, they''ve gone through BYO and they''ve gone through cloud, and they think they''ve done it all. New, more agile , software development tools and testing methods are utilized. There is no time for complacency.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2017

This collaborative approach is no longer optional: No single company, deploying only its own products or services, can capture IoT’s value by itself, and certainly not with the speed required in today’s digital market. They Update Their Talent Management Strategies. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

The only competitive advantage comes though agility, keeping ahead of the competition, moving on to the next technology wave. Google''s CIO on How to Make Your IT Department Great. As with American Airlines, each competitive advantage with IT is temporary. Competitors copy or suppliers commoditize to erase these advantages.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

Adoption risk: Adopting technologies or responding to market, business, and technology trends too quickly or too slowly; reactively or over thought, without considering how non-technical implications or unintended consequences contribute adoption risk. Google''s CIO on How to Make Your IT Department Great. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

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