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The Four Personas of the Next-Generation CIO

Harvard Business Review

Five years ago, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) were on top of the world. However, a global recession and the inability of CIOs to deliver on business value have tarnished their status. These executives played mission-critical roles in driving multi-million dollar projects that delivered massive change.

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Just Adding a Chief Data Officer Isn’t Enough

Harvard Business Review

Brad Peters, CEO of Birst, a business intelligence company, raised the issue of incentives and structure with me in an interview at Saleforce.com’s Dreamforce conference.

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The CIO as Corporate Psychic

Harvard Business Review

Will they integrate with current Business Intelligence systems? Chief information officers are expected to see deeply into the future and generate IT predictions that companies can build their strategies around. Will " social analytics " tools prove to be reliable?

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Are We Asking Too Much of Our CIOs?

Harvard Business Review

But too many organizations are stretching their Chief Information Officers (CIO) too thin. CIOs are being tasked with managing internal business systems, cloud-based services, big data innovation, data security, and the 24x7 needs of global customers who access company data on personal devices.

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How a German Manufacturing Company Set Up Its Analytics Lab

Harvard Business Review

We needed to shield the team from being flooded by business intelligence reporting projects. But the momentum it created is something we do not want to miss”, said Dr. Jürgen Sturm, Chief Information Officer. Hard data had to play a major role in the solution. The team had to be motivated.

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