Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 13, 2011

While working for a large, rapidly expanding non-profit, I was tasked with upgrading the organization’s technology. Adding to the challenge was an already understaffed technology department, supporting antiquated technology. My boss, the Chief Financial Officer, set lofty goals.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

In our recent HBR article , we argued that financial statements fail to capture the value created by modern digital companies. Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

So founder and CEO Tom Stemberg hired John Wilson as head of strategy and chief financial officer. The latter was a capable strategist with relevant insight into digital technologies — the most pressing strategic issue for the company at that time. ” Wilson was exactly what the business needed.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

What they said didn't really apply to us." —Chief Financial Officer. A clear difference between winners and losers is that the winners developed an internal "coach" within the account. With that said, I never want to buy the highest priced solution." —Vice President of Technology. Losing is always hard.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Recent global developments underscore the importance of these societal issues. They stem in confusing and challenging forms from significant geopolitical developments: e.g. populism, nativism and protectionism in the U.S. In most major U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

The chief information security officer (CISO) or chief information officer (CIO) reports the technical vulnerabilities that his or her team has successfully remediated. The chief risk officer (CRO) looks at the problem in terms of risk transfer and cyber insurance purchased.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The best ones are permeable membranes that transfer knowledge from the outside in: Steve Jobs recruited the Dean of Yale’s Business School to run Apple University, while Jeff Weiner recruited business coach and thought leader Fred Kofman to lead leadership development for LinkedIn. In 1920-21 farmers were hard hit by deflation.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2018

In a recent HBR article , we claimed that modern digital companies such as Uber, Facebook, and Alphabet play an increasingly important role in the economy, but their financial statements fail to capture company’s main value drivers. Based on these insights, we now propose a new blueprint for financial reporting of digital companies.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

The chief financial officer (CFO) role rose to prominence in the mid -1980’s as pressures for value management and more transparent investor relations gained traction. Information & technology Leadership' Over the past 30 years, most companies have added new C-level roles in response to changing business environments.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

Digital technology, one of the world's fastest-growing and most lucrative sectors, is popular with consumers of all ages. According to Techies.com, the average age of a software developer in Silicon Valley is 24. The organizational "geography" also matters — chief marketing officer versus chief financial officer.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2017

You’re not just thinking about the actual medical issue at hand; you’re thinking about the development of that child more holistically. One-fifth of kids will develop some type of mental health or behavioral health issue during their lifetime or during their childhood years. What did you have to learn when you became CEO?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. Not surprisingly, this didn’t sit well with the local team.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The survey gathers perspectives from a small but influential group of executives — chief information officers, chief data officers, and senior business and technology leaders of Fortune 1000 firms. Develop the right metrics. How technology is changing the way we work. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

technology companies — that use China as a source of assembly, semi-manufactures or components have an additional vulnerability: their value chain. national security concerns because they incorporate Chinese technology into their end products. technology company needs. Yuji Sakai/Getty Images.

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