Leading Blog

MARCH 8, 2019

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. 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.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

IT systems are evolving from static processing engines to agents of change. 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. What differentiates the Live Enterprise from other operating models?

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 20, 2021

But you must also remember that any new technology you onboard will bring change to your bank’s operations—some of which isn’t welcome just yet. It’s usually the job of a bank’s chief financial officer (CFO), chief risk officer (CRO), or chief technology officer (CTO) to oversee tech implementation.

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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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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 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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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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