Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Tom made a major career decision 3 months ago: he decided to leave his position as chief information officer at a large manufacturing firm to become an entrepreneur and start a company to provide software that helps manufacturers improve the quality of their manufacturing process. There was no room for any missteps.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 8, 2019

Make it a point to keep the lines of communication open, so that team members feel free to speak to you about day-to-day operations. He was formerly Director of Research and Director of System Architecture for Akamai Technologies and was the Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Cilk Arts, Inc.,

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2017

By Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado. ” The immediate result has been a world increasingly awash with platforms and, if you aren’t operating one, many will label you a strategy Luddite. One of the more popular business mantras to hit town recently has been: “Forget products, think platform!”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

In particular, large companies want to partner with small firms that have developed advanced, game-changing technologies. For the hands-on managers, nearly 80% of CEOs took the most active role; in contrast, hands-off companies relied much more on their R&D head or chief technology officer.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2013

Unhappy critics may well look askance at Barack Obama's performance as Commander-in-Chief. As campaigner-in-chief, however, this President is demonstrably without peer. His "Obama for America" fundraising , analytics and "get out the vote" operation was a masterpiece of agile electoral innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

Some organizations are already deploying elements of process change automation, while others are developing technologies that lay the foundation for it. A company called Sight Machine has developed machine-learning analytics to solve a variety of problems in complex assembly lines. Self-Adapting Processes Enhance Customization.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2016

While technology can certainly improve operational performance, the idea that it can replace a sound strategy is a dangerous delusion. As a marketing ploy the move clearly failed. The Downside of Data. First, let’s take the notion of data-driven content optimization.

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