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Lessons in Leadership to Last a Lifetime

Leading Blog

A FTER 18 YEARS on the MIT faculty, I thought I knew a thing or two about leadership. But in 1999, at the height of the Internet boom, I took a two-year leave of absence to serve as director of system architecture at Akamai Technologies, an MIT start-up located here in Cambridge.

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How to Stop Selling Your Ideas and Start Enrolling People in Them

Next Level Blog

These days, Donagh is the chief technology officer for the restaurant company, Bloomin’ Brands. You may have noticed that these steps lead to more of a collaborative approach to leadership than a heroic approach. It requires more patience but yields more sustainable and meaningful results.

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The ‘Old Economy’ Needs a Rocket Man

In the CEO Afterlife

Most problems in business begin with leadership. Old school CEOs either don’t know how to innovate, fear innovation or simply fail to comprehend the true definition of the word. Right away, he replaced the chief operating officer, chief marketing officer, chief technology officer and chief talent officer.

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How to deal with cyber-attacks: publicly or privately?

Strategy Driven

Further, if the rearguard strategy backfires, or is exposed by the press, this can amplify the damage to a company’s brand and leadership, not to mention potential legal consequences if a court can prove negligence. Andrew Douthwaite has over 17 years of technology experience joining VirtualArmour in 2007 as a senior engineer.

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CMI Highlights – 26 July 2023

Chartered Management Institute

CMI’s chief technology officer Tavier Taylor presented the Champions category. How to prevent conflict in your distributed teams 5 strategies to make your difficult conversations easier Kind regards, Ian Like this article? These awards celebrate inspirational people who have made a significant impact.

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CMI Highlight – 26 July 2023

Chartered Management Institute

CMI’s chief technology officer Tavier Taylor presented the Champions category. How to prevent conflict in your distributed teams 5 strategies to make your difficult conversations easier Kind regards, Ian Like this article? These awards celebrate inspirational people who have made a significant impact.

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The Live Enterprise Model

Eric Jacobson

Authors Jeff Kavanaugh’s and Rafee Tarafdar’s new book, The Live Enterprise , is all about how to create a continuously evolving and learning organization. In their book, the authors use eight themes to offer guidance on how to change perspective and view the enterprise as a living organization, enabled by technology.