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How to Lead in High Turbulence – 5 Lessons from the Tunisian revolution

Strategy Driven

I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. I didn’t want to turn down such an honor over the phone, so I travelled from Paris to Tunis to meet Prime Minister Jomaa. Tawfik Jelassi is IMD Professor of Strategy and Technology Management. About the Author.

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How Senior Executives Stay Passionate About Their Work

Harvard Business Review

When we talk about “learning to love your job” or “managing yourself,” it’s often in the context of junior or midlevel roles. Jim Fowler and Jeff Smith talked about peripheral vision in relation to the chief information officer role (Fowler is currently CIO at General Electric, and Smith was formerly CIO at IBM).

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Your Biggest Cybersecurity Weakness Is Your Phone

Harvard Business Review

Executives are wrestling with managing a proliferation of devices, protecting data, securing networks, and training employees to take security seriously. Educate employees and upper management. Educating upper management is a different task for information technology executives.

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Lessons in IT Innovation From Silicon Valley

Harvard Business Review

But our recent research has taught us a lot about how management innovations can travel — in this case, from Silicon Valley tech sector companies known for their experimentation and agility in information technology (IT) management to the much older Bay Area companies who are their neighbors.

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What I Learned from Leading a Tunisian Ministry During the Arab Spring

Harvard Business Review

I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. Yet I didn’t want to turn down such an honor over the phone, so I traveled from Paris to Tunis to meet Prime Minister Jomaa. How could I refuse? My family was against it and it was risky.

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Empowering Digital Societies - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MICROSOFT

Harvard Business Review

million citizens but is larger in landmass than Switzerland; as a result, many towns do not have a nearby government office. Every citizen carries a digital ID card that allows him or her to vote remotely, pay taxes with a few clicks, manage health care, and much more. Estonia has only 1.3