Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2011

Consider the chief technology officer of a company who is able to influence standards by being on an industry body – the revenue impact of such a thing can be immense. Why could he not use the assembly line method used by the burger company to maximize the number of operations every surgeon performs?

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Self-aware Engineering Chief Technology Officer Learning-by-Doing 50

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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Marketing Chief Technology Officer Case Study Critical Success Factor 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

They didn’t exert heavy control in the negotiation stage, and afterward, when strategic, operational, or cultural mismatches between big and small arose, they left it to the innovation teams to solve them — a fix-it-as-you-go mentality. The right operating approach helps keep the focus on strategic goals.

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Innovation Chief Technology Officer CEO Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

The most important requirements of the new CEO are familiar: they should understand the entire value chain of the market in which the startup operates, and must have the ability to take on a larger, more crucial role in structuring the company. Knowledge capture and transfer will assist in a smooth transition.

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CEO Tacit Knowledge Chief Technology Officer How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2013

Trade secrets, confidential business plans, and operational security depend on it. But when I put the question to top management, well, they''re busy — not their problem, that''s for sure — and they refer me to the chief information officer or the chief technology officer. But security?

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Company Chief Operating Officer Chief Technology Officer Chief Information Officer 8

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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Audience Chief Technology Officer Media Video 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

Many people are stunned to learn that I didn’t meet my chief technology officer in person until 2014 — three years after he started working for me. Hiring key employees you’ve never met face-to-face may seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be.

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Chief Operating Officer Chief Technology Officer Document Video 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

Tim Guertiens, chief technology officer of MX3D, explains that his company’s bridge began on both sides of the canal and is being printed toward the middle (to be completed in 2017). The project is demonstrating a new way to think about problem solving in the middle of complex projects.

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Process Automotive Chief Technology Officer Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2014

The redder the location, the more frequently it was trafficked: For chief technology officer Joe Lezon, the results were both helpful and surprising. ” Lezon, along with Alex and Ani’s head of merchandising and head of sales operations, used the data to inform product placement. .

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Retail Chief Technology Officer Technology Merchandising 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

New managers will be able to see through excessive boasting or kissing up pretty quickly, and most are wary of overt political operators. When Shutterstock hired a new chief technology officer, Kiran Patel, the director of engineering, was eager to start things off on the right foot. ” Dillon agrees.

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How To Chief Technology Officer Case Study Emotional Intelligence 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

Ten days after her husband died unexpectedly while on vacation in Mexico, Sheryl Sandberg returned to work as chief operating officer at Facebook. It’s counterintuitive, but I don’t think I ever would have become chief technology officer at a company like Xerox if I hadn’t lost my husband.

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Chief Technology Officer Travel Chief Operating Officer Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

By Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado. Across the retail landscape, a war is going on, and the battles are being fought on multiple fronts: business models, channels, brands, customers, technologies, and more.

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Retail Technology Content Chief Technology Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

The company, founded in 1996 by an engineer from Xerox’s legendary Palo Alto Research Center , Pradeep Sindhu (who remains its chief technology officer and vice chairman), was one of the highest flyers of the fin de siècle tech stock boom.

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Hedge Chief Technology Officer Maturity IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

political system, the business world has no rules requiring that every leader have a backup, or that every corporate chief executive has a chief operating officer. Romney would succeed or fail based on this single choice, making the number two the prime mover in the fate of the number one. Unlike the U.S.

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