N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Importance of CIO Leadership in the Modern Business Landscape In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, digital leadership has emerged as a critical factor for success. One of the critical responsibilities of a CIO is to align the digital strategy with the overall goals and objectives of the organization.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2014

For the past four years, Accenture has conducted an annual survey of chief marketing officers (CMOs) and chief information officers (CIOs) to understand the state of their collaboration. And 83 percent of CIOs say that they need to align and interact with Marketing. This is a 16-point jump over 2012.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

However, a survey just conducted by Accenture Interactive (see The CMO-CIO Disconnect ) points to a downright unhealthy relationship in many C-Suites which can do nothing but damage to firms. To begin to mend the CMO-CIO relationship, it''s important to understand the source of each side''s frustrations.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

I came to understand the reason for a phenomenon I had been aware of for years: Medical-center CIOs who are MDs tend to be much better at stating unpleasant truths about IT systems than nonmedical CIOs. CIOs need to engage with the CEO's informal influencers to gain insights into the visibility of this topic in the C-suite.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2014

These skills are now reaching beyond data analysis to encompass information architecture, application development, and technology project management. And expecting marketers to operate as a shadow IT department is both expensive and presents significant data-governance and operational risks.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

These COEs are responsible for innovation, transformation and process governance, and they work closely with operating units in Mexico, Brazil, Central America and the Philippines to roll them out. In the past, IT just provided direct services to the operating groups, according to Chief Information Officer Hector Calva.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 18, 2011

As a leader], you—not the IT department, nor the VP of IT, nor the chief information officer (CIO)—must understand, drive and be accountable for how technology is structured in order to reach the strategic goals of the operation….Technology

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