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CMOs and CEOs Can Work Better Together

Harvard Business Review

But she also realized that the company needed to develop greater marketing muscle to drive a commercial transformation. As she put it, “Our markets are going through dynamic change. It must be marketing. And she put marketing in charge of an organization-wide growth program. Who should lead our transformation?

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Do You Have the IT For the Coming Digital Wave?

Harvard Business Review

Cloud-based services are also now being bought directly by functions like HR and marketing, resulting in IT losing its control over technology purchase within the organization. It is no longer sufficient for IT just to be ''aligned'' with your business objectives; a fusion is needed.

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