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The Professional: Seven New Rules

Strategy Driven

Fifty years ago, we did not have television news anchors, software engineers, web designers, or cosmetic surgeons. It is not enough to be a good surgeon, a civil engineer or a litigation lawyer. Today, half of Symantec’s patents are filed by engineers from outside the United States. But rainmaking is a lot more than just that.

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Reversing the Curse of Dominant Logic

Harvard Business Review

In the HBR article, " A Reverse Innovation Playbook " (April 2012) and our forthcoming book, Reverse Innovation , my co-author, Chris Trimble, and I elaborate on how western multinationals can overcome their dominant logic. Rich countries are the most technologically advanced.

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The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer

Harvard Business Review

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.

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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. ” Similar in some respects to the CTO role is the role of the technical “chief.”

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A Global Online Network Lets Health Professionals Share Expertise

Harvard Business Review

With guidance from Paul English, chief technology officer of Kayak, we borrowed a common tool from business — professional virtual communities (PVCs) — and adapted it to leverage the wisdom of the crowds. Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth. Leading Health Care Innovation.

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Ocado Is Transforming Online Grocery Shopping with AI, But A Skills Challenge Lies Ahead - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM OCADO 

Harvard Business Review

By Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado. Data science and AI lie at the most overheated end of the software engineering spectrum, and there is a massive shortage of graduates and postgraduates emerging with the necessary skills. Microprocessor (CPU) with human brain.

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To Innovate, Play with Pieces Off the Game Board

Harvard Business Review

Khoja recalls his chief technology officer, Eric Chapman, announcing a week into the search that they were going to have to choose their engineers in a different way. Four million subscribers later, Khoja was running the largest company in Afghanistan and still marveling: " Those were our engineers."