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When a CFO’s “Head In The Cloud” Is a Good Thing

N2Growth Blog

Having a CFO with a “head in the cloud” might be a good thing if we’re talking about cloud computing, cognitive technologies, and AI that has significantly influenced this role. This scenario is why changing the recruiting strategy and redefining the CFO profile requirements are long overdue. .

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The Big Shift: Demand for Future Work Skills in 2021

HR Digest

The companies and research studies in our analysis included: Deloitte, LinkedIn, IBM Institute for Business Value, Indeed.com, Institute for the Future (IFTF), McKinsey, Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM), Udemy, Willis Towers Watson, and World Economic Forum. Hire a Chief Future Officer (CFO). For Organizations.

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Why Startups Need To Get The Founding Team Right

The Horizons Tracker

Who would be CFO or COO? The original INSEAD analysis suggests that the picture is somewhat more complex than that, and indeed the team and the idea are mutually reliant upon each other. Assigning roles. Who would be CEO? Idea or team. In the startup world, a common question is to ponder whether the idea comes first or the team.

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Who’s Better at Strategy: CFOs or CSOs?

Harvard Business Review

The 1990s saw the rise of the strategic CFO, and more recently many companies have created a chief strategy officer (CSO) position. Such friction is destructive — and a huge missed opportunity, because the CFO and the strategy head are far more effective when they collaborate. Tapping the most promising growth spots.

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How I Learned the Hard Way That Aging Technology Is Expensive

Harvard Business Review

Then the family's CFO, my wife, who also happens to be a CPA, demanded to know their TCO. The CFO's skepticism was proved correct, and I lost all credibility. The machines were given to a friend, who sold them at a garage sale (I couldn't throw them away, because the CFO wouldn't authorize the $50 per machine "green" disposal fee.).

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The Reason So Many Analytics Efforts Fall Short

Harvard Business Review

Given the role analytics has played in reshaping industries and rewarding innovative adopters over the last two decades, it is surprising how frequently we are asked: “Does this analytics stuff really work?” We only included companies that had implemented a major analytics initiative with an innovation or similar agenda.

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Two Powerful Ways Managers Can Curb Implicit Biases

Harvard Business Review

And sameness blocks performance and innovation. Diversity, on the other hand, spurs innovation. In research spanning decades, Columbia professor Katherine Phillips has repeatedly found that, when tasked to innovate, teams that include diverse members and that value the contributions of all their members outperform homogenous teams.

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