Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 11, 2014

As the Chief Information Officer for the organization, it’s my unfortunate responsibility to support his behaviors. I asked Kerstin – I said, “Kerstin, in your work with your patients, what is it that makes someone more effective at adapting the new technology – more likely to be successful with the technology?”.

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Media Video Servant Leader Chief Financial Officer 213

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2016

We led the fight against terrorism, redesigned the higher education system in the country, formulated a five-year strategic plan for “Digital Tunisia,” created a “country chief information officer” role that reports directly to the Prime Minister. Success one year, or even one week, doesn’t at all guarantee future wins.

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How To Chief Information Officer Tourism Politics 50

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 22, 2018

Deloitte have coined the phrase “the symphonic C-Suite” to describe this new, collaborative, team-based executive model, which brings together multiple functions, project teams and resources, who all need to work in harmony and collaborate together in order to achieve success. So where do you start to get the C-suite working as a team?

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Chief Information Officer Team Human Capital Survey 186

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

The job of Chief Information Officer has never exactly been easy. On the plus side, though, they can play an increasingly key role in orchestrating and driving overall organizational success. CIOs who belong to the executive management team can play the strategic role that''s key to success. Organizational DNA.

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CIO Succession Fast Follower Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2017

of executives characterizing their big data investments as “successful.” In spite of the investment enthusiasm, and ambition to leverage the power of data to transform the enterprise, results vary in terms of success. report having success. Of the executives who report starting such a project, only 40.2%

Company 14

Company Chief Information Officer Parcell Survey 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2017

Hass says: “It’s amazing to watch kids beaming with confidence and achieving success in the classroom, or seeing someone who is trying to assimilate into a new country or understand a new culture, to be able to bridge that gap. It’s these things that we do for our learners that make me proud of my company and the work we do.”

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Execution CIO Chief Information Officer Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2014

This shift blurs the lines of control as supply chain, customer relationship management, and other data systems become subordinate sources for information critical to marketing success. Some companies are installing chief information officers to bridge the gap, while others haven’t yet decided what action to take.

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Supply Chain CIO Chief Information Officer Budgeting 12

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 Speed is our friend in almost every case.

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Chief Information Officer CIO ROI Technology 279

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2013

No definition or metrics for what success means. Seeking more influence and power, the company’s Chief Information Officer has altered his title, becoming Chief Innovation Officer. These were the 11 answers I heard most often. What do you want out of it?”

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Innovation Company Chief Information Officer Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2012

Luke Skywalker, a salesperson for XYZ Technologies, is attending a trade show and happens to be in the elevator with Norman Bates, chief information officer at Wonderful Telecommunications. In this regard, your ability to deliver a compelling elevator pitch is crucial to achieve success. Hello, Norman.

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CIO Chief Information Officer Outsourcing Telecommunications 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

To answer this question, we evaluated a sample of 55 different heads of strategy and looked more closely at 11 who were particularly successful and 10 who were at the other end of the spectrum. Why is that some companies have great heads of strategy who make an outstanding contribution to their companies while others don’t?

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Strategy Chief Financial Officer Short-term Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Successful communication is the cornerstone of all sales. He earned our trust so we were much more open with him." —Chief Information Officer. "What's wrong with salespeople is they're typically selling a product. I don't need a product unless it solves one of my business problems." —President.

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Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating Officer Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain 18

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2013

In a recent article , I suggested that the role of the CIO needs to shift from Chief Information Officer to a Chief Innovation Officer, due to the massive, rapid, multiple technology-driven transformations that are occurring today. The Building Blocks of Successful IT. IT management'

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CTO CIO Chief Technology Officer Chief Information Officer 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

My experience with even the most successful global companies is that they’re between average and poor at developing future talent. So how can you chart the shortest, surest path to success? These from/to statements are real examples from successful executives who made tremendous progress once their needs were made this clear.

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Career Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

For instance, the general counsel thinks about the issue in terms of compliance with information security regulations such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation. The chief risk officer (CRO) looks at the problem in terms of risk transfer and cyber insurance purchased.

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Metrics CIO Chief Financial Officer Chief Information Officer 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Chief information officers are expected to see deeply into the future and generate IT predictions that companies can build their strategies around. If she were really good, she would have known long ago that Netflix, Google, and Apple were going to be big successes and would have bought their stock and retired.

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CIO Venture Capitalist Chief Information Officer Conference 15

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). But today, acquiring and interpreting customer data inherently must involve both the marketing and IT departments.

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CIO Chief Information Officer Norton Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2015

During one of my very first consulting assignments, a colleague and I interviewed direct reports of the Chief Information Officer of a chemical company about improving project execution. We consistently heard that the CIO was autocratic and intimidating, and that his people were afraid to talk openly about mistakes.

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CIO Chief Information Officer Consultative Open-book 8

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.” And C-level executives must also be adept at communicating externally.

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Skills Consultative Ethics Chief Information Officer 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2016

.” Once a company decides to try out an insight tool, it should keep its first data project small and focused on frontline decisions, that way participating managers can be engaged and help to ensure its success. We find that small, test-and-learn data projects on 90-day cycles help to steer clear of committee consensus.

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Retail Banking Chief Information Officer Report 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2014

You can then salt their recommendations into your presentation, which will increase their investment in your success. And in short order, the company achieved consistent double-digit sales growth — and a successful IPO. They’ll feel like they’re representing their own idea.”. Case study #2: Impress with unique visuals.

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IPO Audience Chief Information Officer Case Study 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Consistent with our view that big data and AI are extensions of analytical capabilities, the most common objectives — and those most likely to achieve success — are “advanced analytics/better decisions.” Data monetization programs had the lowest priority and the lowest percentage of success (27%).

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Company Survey Chief Information Officer Objective 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Key Success Factors. In particular, we found three more ingredients to be crucial to the data lab’s success: Executive support. The confidence that the technology executive team placed in us was crucial to our success. The perspective of an outside authority. ” Domain experts.

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Company Automotive Project Chief Information Officer 12

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. Success stories of Big-Data-enabled innovation remain relatively few at this stage.

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Chief Financial Officer Chief Information Officer Agility Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2013

But too many organizations are stretching their Chief Information Officers (CIO) too thin. Research focused on the careers of 14 highly successful CIOs found that, beyond the skills needed by all C-level executives (an extensive network, emotional intelligence, leadership, etc.), CIOs especially need: an integrative mind.

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CIO CFO Chief Information Officer Business Intelligence 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

As the chief information officer of a large academic medical center, I oversee four petabytes of data. To make screening sheets a success, our IT leaders articulated a vision that was consistent with clinicians’ need to improve quality, safety, and efficiency for better population health. Wise analysis.

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Health Care Chief Information Officer Committee Early Adopters 8