CIO Development Management Resistance 
Harvard Business Review
JULY 22, 2013
However, when we ask CIOs how their "enabling" is going, they consistently respond that sometimes it goes well; sometimes not so much. At a recent CIO roundtable, one CIO said that the demand for IT in his company is infinite. And other CIOs nodded in agreement. These are finite resources. Think speed not functionality.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 8, 2014
Most decisions in organizations are made by escalating them up the management hierarchy — and it’s usually the highest paid person in the room’s opinion (“HIPPO”) that prevails. Consider these three examples from the frontiers of management: Funding decisions at most organizations are made by senior management or maybe an independent panel.
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Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
A more general poll across product categories is even starker: 80% of managers said they believed their companies had strongly differentiated products, but fewer than 10% of those firms’ customers agreed. Those practices were developed at other companies pursuing different strategies. Disconnected Go-to-Market efforts.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 23, 2017
Start by developing a strategy across the entire enterprise that includes a clear understanding of what you hope to accomplish and how success will be measured. Cultural resistance can also become a bigger obstacle than anticipated. What’s the best way to build effective D&A capabilities? Insight Center. Putting Data to Work.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 26, 2017
The four-story glass building designed by Norman Foster seamlessly integrates a long and diverse list of technical achievements — from the enormous solar panel array on the roof to hidden cable management mechanisms at the workstations — all according to Jobs’s uncompromising design standards. Photo courtesy of Apple.
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