First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Bob''s blog entries Accountability versus Ownership “Be yourself [period] Everyone else is taken” Bibliomotion CIO Career Path Corporate Board Cost versus Innovation David C.

CIO 80

CIO Enterprise Architecture Review CFO 80

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Maybe your CFO is a family friend. He is graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business’s LEAD program in Corporate Innovation. Their organizational culture happens by default. Leaders know that building a culture by design is critical to business success. You’re avoiding some tough calls. Here’s an example.

Delegation 203

Delegation Maturity CEO Execution 203

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

What they don’t do well enough is reinvent and innovate. Sure, there are exceptions who are both visionary CEOs and innovators — Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos, for example — but there are very few companies that can stomach that sort of leadership. So if the CEO isn’t someone who can innovate, then who should?

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur CTO Business Model CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

The wishes of a functional head such as CFO, CMO, or company President won out over a Process Owner of Order-to-Cash. Brad Power ( bradfordpower@gmail.com ) is a consultant and researcher in process innovation. They also built a process governance structure that was an organizational overlay on their functional and product structures.

Process 15

Process Champy Competitive Advantage Hammer 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

We have some of our largest and most innovative companies doing this. When I’m talking to corporate CEOs, CFOs, and board members, I don’t see the major multinationals planning to bring that cash back to the United States. I was with the CFO of Apple the other day, and they’ve got $140 billion of cash trapped overseas.

Globalization 8

Globalization CEO System Offshoring 8