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Knowledge Is Power. Data Isn’t.

In the CEO Afterlife

Now, I don’t want anyone to think that I don’t value information technology. That meant making the call without all of the information, and not fretting about it, but being glad of it. To be fair, the ‘act early’ ethic prevails in corporate cultures that worship entrepreneurial thinking. But, I’m a disciple of point #4.

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Ethics for Technologists (and Facebook)

Harvard Business Review

In retrospect, if I had to write it again, I’d include a section or chapter on ethics. The ongoing explosion of technologically-enabled business opportunities inherently expand the ethical dilemmas, quandaries and trade-offs managements will confront. Ethics Information & technology Innovation'

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Predict What Employees Will Do Without Freaking Them Out

Harvard Business Review

Marketing concepts like brands, segments, value propositions and engagement are fertile metaphors for retooling HR , but there is also a more subtle lesson here. These questions require artfully combining analytical rigor with sensitivity and insight into the humanity and ethics of work. Beware Big Data’s Easy Answers.

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Cyber Security Depends on Education

Harvard Business Review

In a recent Ponemon Institute survey , 73 percent of respondents reported that an employee''s security misstep had caused financial loss and/or brand damage to their organization. Education IT management Information & technology' All the rest of your employees also need to know more about protecting themselves and the company.

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How IBM's Sam Palmisano Redefined the Global Corporation

Harvard Business Review

He also forced partners and distributors to commit in writing to uphold IBM's strict ethical standards. As Palmisano built IBM into the world's leading information technology company, its competitors dithered. Palmisano once said, "The CEO is not the brand! It is not about you.

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Why Customers Don't Buy

Harvard Business Review

Then there are strategic projects that are critical to our long term success such as protection of our brand or improving customer satisfaction. For example, I remember one information technology decision-maker telling me, "There''s no such thing as picking the wrong solution so long as it helps you land your next job.".

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