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Whose Job Is It to Manage Freelancers?

Harvard Business Review

We suggest a number of possible approaches for organization leaders to consider: Assign a roving chief technology officer or project manager. One approach that 10X has recommended is creating a roving CTO or project managers. Broaden the role of your “chiefs.”

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Team Building Agenda: Kick-off Program for IT Leadership Team

Mike Cardus

Chief-Technology-Officer CTO, and Human Resources Business Partners within the IT Team and Mike will serve as the Accountability-Team to check-in and coach the directors for completion of the 100 day action plans. CTO – Why are we here? How does this fit into the larger strategic goals? 9:40-10:00.

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Reversing the Curse of Dominant Logic

Harvard Business Review

From the bottom up, Local Growth Teams (LGTs) should: Establish radical goals: Harman built an LGT in India to design a new auto infotainment system to provide all the functionality at half the price and one-third the cost. Paliwal not only thwarted the coup, he supported Lawande's leadership and even made him the new CTO.

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The One Unbreakable Rule in Business Writing

Harvard Business Review

A good way to keep yourself honest is to create a scenario that meets your stated goals but fails in other ways. If you hem and haw and equivocate, then you need to drill deeper and make sure you figure out what other goals must be included in this scenario for you to be satisfied with the result. Question 2: Who am I writing this for?

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Why Can't a CIO Be More Like a CFO?

Harvard Business Review

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. They have remained, instead, CTO''s. Technology is intimidating, particularly to non-Millennials. Information governance is not IT''s job.

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How to Manage People Who Are Smarter than You

Harvard Business Review

” Remember, Hill adds, your goal is to “figure out how you’re going to work together and support your employee.” Earlier this year, Emily Burns, founder and CEO of Learnivore, the Boston-based start-up that helps people find local instructors, coaches, and classes, set out to hire a chief technology officer.