Lead Change Blog

MARCH 24, 2017

I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for Apple’s Chief Technology Officer, Kevin Lynch. It took Lynch twenty-four years to reach the position of CTO for the world’s largest company. And, with that in mind, I approached every task as manager knowing full well that I’d have to be ready to learn from my mistakes.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

And for this keynote, in particular, I pushed the audience to respond and react to my statements and provide feedback. My first opportunity to gauge my theory of people-centric leading was speaking to a room filled with young entrepreneurs and employees from various industries who were beginning to enter management positions.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

In 2001, a new approach to technology development was created by a daring group of developers. Once again, it has started in the bowels of technology companies and startups. Frequent releases allow companies to continuously experiment with new features and test them on different audiences. aleksandarvelasevic/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

As promised , I asked Bruce Brown , P&G's CTO, one of the questions readers submitted last week: "As you look forward into the future what do you see as P&G's largest challenges, as seen through your eyes as CTO?" A*STAR Managing Director Low Teck Seng used that phrase to describe how Singapore appears on a map. The Red Dot."

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2011

Then the middle managers left, and the gloves came off. The second meeting was a moderated discussion between P&G CTO Bruce Brown and me about our recent Harvard Business Review article. I've done a few of these kinds of discussions before, and getting good questions from an Asian audience can be like pulling teeth.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

But more than that, we found, they really needed help seeing exactly what wisdom they have that’s useful to other people, and then framing that around their audience, not themselves. What audience do you want to reach? No matter what your goals are, your writing must reach the right audience. Why will they care?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2013

Perhaps the most exciting (and challenging) aspect of working in a progressive IT organization is the pace of technological change. Managing this rapid change and fostering innovation while "keeping the trains running on time" is the primary leadership role required of any CIO, new or old. Generate Room for Innovation.

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