Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Every employee, from your best engineers, to your brightest MBA, to your janitor provides value to others. In November, 2015, Ray Zinn published his first book with McGraw Hill: Tough Things First, Lessons On Management, Leadership and Entrepreneurialism from Silicon Valley’s Longest Serving CEO.

Leadership 164

Leadership Chief Executive Officer CIO Entrepreneur 164

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

CEOs and CFOs managing technology may not recognize tech debt building up in their SMBs—because it is not revealed in monthly variance reports or other accounting controls. That is patch management—a relatively straightforward process, 10 or 20 years ago. How would your CFO or CIO handle this? and security penetration.

Bottom-up 93

Bottom-up Software Policies CIO 93

Leading Blog

MARCH 18, 2011

As a leader], you—not the IT department, nor the VP of IT, nor the chief information officer (CIO)—must understand, drive and be accountable for how technology is structured in order to reach the strategic goals of the operation….Technology

Chief Information Officer 281

Chief Information Officer CIO ROI Technology 281

ReImagine Work

JANUARY 13, 2017

I asked for a manager. The manager began to explain what I was paying for. A version of this post originally ran on the CIO online site on December 15, 2016. Again, the desk clerk seemed to think the conversation was complete and moved away. I regrouped and approached again. We went through the entire conversation again.

Hotels 100

Hotels CIO Workshop Project 100

ReImagine Work

JULY 7, 2016

Find a way to manage your FOMO. Manage work while not working. A version of this post originally ran on the CIO Online site on June 22, 2016 here. See my column, Navigating the Workplace , at CIO online here. Are they constantly checking, in meetings for instance? You can actually engage without distraction.

Tactics 100

Tactics Productivity Products CIO 100

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 7, 2022

For many years, the prevailing narrative was that cities were the engines of our economies, with the agglomeration effect bringing together talent and consumers to make cities extremely compelling environments for work, rest, and play. Engines of creation. Cities have long been viewed as the engines of the economy.

GDP 126

GDP Technology Policies Engineering 126

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

From my perspective I’d advise clients to give a bit on valuation, or live with more rigid financial engineering to acquire influence (gain access to markets, knowledge, intelligence, connections or superior business savvy). I probed further to ask if they considered holding similar events for the CFOs, CIOs, CSOs, CTOs, CMOs, etc.

Influence 321

Influence Due Diligence CIO Business Model 321

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 28, 2021

These consultations are usually conducted on a one-to-one basis, but each fall Operation Tech Warrior is run, with the event bringing together engineers, scientists, leaders, and soldiers to a more intensive learning experience. ” Getting the right people involved.

Innovation 84

Innovation Technology Operations Christensen 84

Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

B2C companies invest millions to understand the various personas, segments, demographics, and geographical nuances to help them determine how to position and manage their brands to appeal to the faceless masses. Yes, I’m a Coke advocate. In the retail category (e.g.,

B2C 95

B2C B2B Marketing CIO 95

Skip Prichard

JUNE 24, 2021

Without modernizing practices related to these five themes and 27 sub-themes that I identify in my book, technology and digital divisions of companies are likely to become the boat anchors, holding the ship that is their enterprise back rather than being the engine and rudder, steering toward safety and opportunity and away from danger.

Company 100

Company How To Core Competence Venture Capitalist 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Tomorrow''s businesses will have a very different make-up, and the CIO must lead the charge in the face of these changes. The role of management can be broadly thought of as the processes that tie these components together to produce value. The Rise of the CIO. But CIOs also need to not get caught up in the technology trap.

CIO 8

CIO Competitive Advantage Agility Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2013

Enterprise IT as we have known it is rapidly becoming obsolete, and the traditional role of the CIO is increasingly irrelevant. Therefore, the CIO''s role must shift from protecting and defending the status quo to embracing and extending new innovative capabilities. Doing all of this from an iPad was impossible just a few months ago.

CIO 8

CIO Innovation Technology Wireless 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 27, 2015

It may seem an obscure data management distinction, but this shift toward collecting unstructured data – which is a large part of what Big Data is all about – is sending shock waves across traditional organizations. In short, there is a lot more to doing business in the Big Data world than simply collecting and analyzing more data.

CIO 50

CIO Technology CRM Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

You’re driving down the road and the “check engine” light appears on your dashboard. But if you decide to keep driving, you risk something far worse happening to your engine – and your livelihood. DTNA’s engines continuously record performance data and send it to their Detroit Diesel Customer Support Center (CSC).

Engineering 9

Engineering CIO Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

You’re driving down the road and the “check engine” light appears on your dashboard. But if you decide to keep driving, you risk something far worse happening to your engine – and your livelihood. DTNA’s engines continuously record performance data and send it to their Detroit Diesel Customer Support Center (CSC).

Engineering 9

Engineering CIO Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Our research, conducted in partnership with Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global, finds that corporate leadership has lost confidence in the CIO as a strategic partner and views IT as a commodity rather than a difference-maker.

CIO 8

CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’m also not a fan of going to a blog to read third party news, press or the re-blogging of someone else’s information published for no other reason then to boost their search engine rankings. You Know How To Say It : Mark Twain I’m not, but for the most part I can put across a cogent thought.

Blog 345

Blog Content Media Brand 345

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Much as war is too important to be left to the generals, the business of network effects is too valuable to be entrusted to the CMOs and CIOs. Network effects are the not-so-secret sauce profitably flavoring Amazon’s recommendation engines and Apple’s App Store. That requires top management commitment and oversight.

Management 8

Management Supply Chain CIO Core Competence 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

The recent disclosure of a multi-billion dollar trading loss at JPMorgan Chase reminds us again of the challenge and complexity of risk management, the subject of our June 2012 HBR article, "Managing Risks: A New Framework." Each requires customized risk management processes. The compliance-oriented risk manager of a failed U.K.

Risk Management 9

Risk Management CIO Management Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2013

These three change accelerators are what lie behind today''s avalanche of business transformation, and they are directly affecting the roles of CIO and CTO. And, just as the CIO''s role needs to change, so too does the CTO''s—from Chief Technology Officer to Chief Transformation Officer. IT management'

CTO 8

CTO CIO Chief Technology Officer Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

. “It’s easier to understand the consequences of a change if you’re making lots of little steps,” observes Bryan Stevenson, CIO of on-demand software company Catalant. Maximize engineering productivity. And that satisfaction leads to a more attractive work environment in a competitive talent market.

Agility 8

Agility Development Organization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2013

As the drive toward increased digitization continues, enterprises have to get a handle on this total digitization — and corporate CIOs have to step up to the challenge. Three Approaches to Managing Total Digitization. How are enterprises managing the spread and scope of total digitization? Coordination.

CIO 8

CIO Organization Committee CTO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation. A few years ago, community managers did not exist. Universities are rapidly growing their engineering courses.

Technology 14

Technology CIO Venture Capitalist ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

While organizational culture issues took center-stage, the agency’s antiquated systems for personnel management, appointment booking, and medical histories probably made things worse. But as former Air Force CIO Bill Lord told me, updating IT doesn’t match an agency’s central mission in terms of priorities.

CIO 8

CIO Health Care Metrics Software 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

They resist getting their hands dirty alongside the CIO, even though many of them will readily get down into the mud of a balance sheet with the CFO or strategize the details of global brand issues with the CMO. Nor do they understand the CIO''s role or, typically, the technologies that the company deploys. IT management'

CEO 8

CEO CIO Technology CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

I remember telling my friends that by 2001 we would all have a HAL to help us manage our lives. Even the internet search engine I use is not very smart — it's just a fancy look-up mechanism. At the same time, CIOs should be planning for the introduction of Watson-based technologies.

CIO 14

CIO System Project Call Center 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

The chief information security officer (CISO) or chief information officer (CIO) reports the technical vulnerabilities that his or her team has successfully remediated. The more CEOs speak with system engineers and technical teams, the more comfortable they will be asking questions about the organization’s security.

Metrics 8

Metrics CIO Chief Financial Officer Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

That means retailers must learn to compete head-on with Amazon in two fundamental capabilities: agile innovation and expense management. Amazon’s greatest competitive advantage is not its e-commerce network; it is its innovation engine. A Quick Introduction to Agile Management. of sales) on “technology and content.”

Retail 8

Retail Planning Agility Innovation 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Yet now, with Innovation Engineering – a data-driven, reliable system for creating fresh ideas and successfully turning them into reality – companies can transform innovation from a random act to a reliable science. Innovation Engineering methods and tools are designed to engage both left and right brain thinkers.

Innovation 57

Innovation Engineering CIO System 57

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

In fact, if you peek behind the server farms of online firms themselves, you will find traditional face-to-face sales organizations as the engine of revenue acquisition and firm value. The role of data is not to make a manager sound "analytical." And that''s a managerial and organizational issue, not simply a data or sales issue.

Disintermediation 8

Disintermediation CRM CIO Retail 8

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.

Software 8

Software CIO Early Adopters Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

Money is left on the table because managers are unwilling or unable to cross-sell their products and services, cross-pollinate resources to create new products, or share best practices to improve efficiency. According to former CIO John Leggate : "People always had a good reason for meetings. You're sharing best practices.

CIO 15

CIO Consensus Bottom-up Organizational Behavior 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2017

They Update Their Talent Management Strategies. In addition, several manufacturers have recently created a new frontline role, IT manufacturing engineer, with dotted-line reporting to both OT and IT. Once a company understands that it is a node in an interconnected network, its business strategy must change externally and internally.

Succession 8

Succession ROI Technology Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

The Chief Entrepreneur will be responsible for managing a portfolio of entrepreneurs who experiment with new business models and value propositions. You produce growth engines with calculated bets, not “wild-ass gambles.” This means managing entrepreneurs who can navigate trends and market behaviors. You persevere.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur CTO Business Model CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2015

To shift to a remote model successfully, however, management practices have to adapt to remote work, even if only a few workers are remote. based CIOs, 30% said communication was their greatest remote management challenge, followed by productivity (22%) and technology (22%). In a 2014 Robert Half Technology survey of U.S.-based

Tools 8

Tools CIO Knowledge Management Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

Managers in the latter category don’t give tough feedback, shy away from going to bat for their teams, and give in too easily to demands. Working for a manager who is conflict-averse can have deleterious effects on your performance and your career. All the managers I’ve talked to say they’d welcome that level of initiative,” he says.

Case Study 12

Case Study Resources Long-term CIO 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

With Frederick''s Taylor invention of scientific management in the 1880s, and its subsequent assimilation into what we now consider modern management, organizations have used logic and rationality to the eliminate waste, to seek efficiency, and to transfer human knowledge to tools and processes. IT management'

CTO 8

CTO CIO Franchising Short-term 8