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Do You Have the IT For the Coming Digital Wave?

Harvard Business Review

IT is already being asked both to industrialize traditional infrastructures and systems fast to save costs, and to innovate customer experiences and operations with new digital technologies. It is no longer sufficient for IT just to be ''aligned'' with your business objectives; a fusion is needed.

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CMOs and CEOs Can Work Better Together

Harvard Business Review

The CMOs will need to be much more attuned to the business objectives and strategies of the company in general and the CEO in particular, while the CEO must become more immersed in the customer perspective. sales, operations, IT), it requires being able to work well with other leaders to influence outcomes.

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