Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2013

So who''s responsible for information security in your company? But when I put the question to top management, well, they''re busy — not their problem, that''s for sure — and they refer me to the chief information officer or the chief technology officer.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

In fact, recent research [PDF] conducted by the CMO Council, suggests that this process should start with the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and the Chief Information Officer (CIO). It's up to the CEO to ensure that marketing and IT are on the same page in terms of both innovation goals and risk management.

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CIO Chief Information Officer Norton Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2013

It''s time for CIOs to move beyond their roles as chief technology officers, and embrace the name with all of its implications: Chief Information Officer. Because no one is managing the store. The explosive growth of information is accelerating. How did we get here?

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CIO CFO Zero Based Budgeting Chief Technology Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

Nearly half (49 percent) of CIOs say marketing pulls in technologies without consideration for IT standards. But why is it that two leaders focused on the same ultimate goal cannot make better progress in working together? Already, CIOs and CMOs spend more than 30 percent of their respective budgets on technology.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2014

One consultant described the search for a chief information officer in these terms: “Whereas technical expertise was previously paramount, these competencies [being sought today] are more about leadership skills than technical ones.” Technical and technology skills. Change-management.

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Skills Consultative Ethics Chief Information Officer 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. Just like a technology company, we intentionally physically set up our “lab” on the opposite side of Tunis, far from the main body of government. A sense of urgency can help leaders reach goals.

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Politics Chief Information Officer Tourism Environment 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Over my 15 years of teaching a course on IT in health care, I've seen that for CIOs who are MDs, the skill of delivering difficult messages becomes part of their tool set for communicating effectively with senior management. Rather than try to educate the CEO about technology, focus on the portfolio of risks associated with the legacy system.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2014

That could mean illustrating the effects of a proposed customer management system with testimonials from actual customers, or describing how the data-sharing project you want to expand helped keep employees connected during a major outage. Make sure you also show how that the need aligns with corporate goals and strategies,” Sheen says.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

This gave ZF access to top-notch expertise in data analytics and the management of information systems. As the goal of the data lab is to create value by analyzing data, we initially focused on the departments that generate the most data. The confidence that the technology executive team placed in us was crucial to our success.

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Company Automotive Project Chief Information Officer 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2013

But too many organizations are stretching their Chief Information Officers (CIO) too thin. CIOs are being tasked with managing internal business systems, cloud-based services, big data innovation, data security, and the 24x7 needs of global customers who access company data on personal devices.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

As the chief information officer of a large academic medical center, I oversee four petabytes of data. This group saw that new mobile apps for patients (which measure and manage health outcomes) could yield clinical and financial benefits. Is that “big data”?

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