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Whose Job Is It to Manage Freelancers?

Harvard Business Review

The other one of us cofounded 10x Management , a well-respected talent agency representing top-tier freelance programmers, designers, and other technology professionals. Others are new to managing or stronger technically than as a supervisor. One approach that 10X has recommended is creating a roving CTO or project managers.

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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. Imagine you are a product manager at Proctor and Gamble or Unilever and are charged with designing a new line of detergents or packaged food. It is not enough to be a good surgeon, a civil engineer or a litigation lawyer.

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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. IT on Steroids: The Benefits (and Risks) of Accelerating Technology.

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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. In business, PVCs are used for knowledge management and exchange across multiple organizations, industries, and geographies.

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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. Like other disruptive technologies before it, AI has the potential to be a huge force for good, solving some of the large societal problems facing humanity. Microprocessor (CPU) with human brain. AI for Good.

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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."