Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

For a number of years, IBM organized the Center for CIO Leadership as a “global community to advance the profession.” ” At the time of its founding in 2007 most leadership programs were focused on helping CIOs be better IT managers. In contrast, IBM’s program helped CIOs be better business leaders.

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CIO Chief Financial Officer White Paper Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

Our article classifies risks based on their degree of controllability and their connection to the strategy. We identify and describe three categories of risk: preventable risks, strategy risks, and external (non-preventable) risks. Each requires customized risk management processes. But none of these was a high-profile risk officer.

Risk Management 9

Risk Management CIO Management Banking 9

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. Accountability.

CEO 8

CEO CIO Technology CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

From my experience, I believe that there are four highly interdependent categories of contributions the CIO and IT function should make. Every discussion on the role of IT and CIOs should start with the question: "What are the potential uses of this technology that will guarantee we stay in business?" Generating Top-Line Growth.

Enterprise Architecture 8

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In most organizations, the CIO remains accountable for cybersecurity, but information and technology (I&T) top performers are more likely to report that their boards are ultimately accountable for cybersecurity. All CIOs need to educate their boards and the C-suite on how to think about and take more responsibility for cybersecurity risk.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content CIO Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Have you ever met a sales executive or a CIO who said: "Sales is too important to be left to Sales" or "IT is too important to be left to IT"? Thats different in IT, accounting, or finance. Have you ever met a sales executive or a CIO who said: "Sales is too important to be left to Sales" or "IT is too important to be left to IT"?

CIO 15

CIO Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. CEOs remain reluctant to invite CIOs to the executive table, insisting that IT is a cost center, not the innovation incubator it could be.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

For example, the finance department approves what to buy, facilities maintains equipment, HR tells employees how to conserve energy, and marketing manages the company’s corporate sustainability reporting. You’d think that increasingly sophisticated technology would help reduce this waste.

Company 8

Company Management CIO Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

Every organization has a slightly different framework of expected experience, but I like to look at this through the lens of strategy and operations. One CFO I know managed finance for a spin-off firm when it went public and then returned to the parent company in a corporate position. Most companies have a distinct culture.

CFO 8

CFO How To CIO Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

Businesses need to organize around long-term strategies for growth and partnership in a sustainable way. The current innovation model in the finance sector is designed to generate the highest possible short-term returns. Closing this gap requires much more than short-term fixes, like adopting new technologies. Insight Center.

Industry 13

Industry Short-term Planning Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

boss, Ina Drew , the former head of their unit in of the bank's, the Chief Investment Office (CIO); and CEO Jamie Dimon, to whom the CIO reported who oversaw the CIO. These individuals could include (but not be limited to) the London trader, Bruno Iksil ("The London Whale"); his London boss, Achilles Macris; their U.S.

CIO 8

CIO Committee Risk Management Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Who would argue against a future in which disruptive services continue to impact everything from healthcare to retail to personal finances? A recent survey by the Ponemon Institute, sponsored by Raytheon, found that 80% of boards do not even receive briefings on their company’s cyber security strategy.

Technology 8

Technology Zero Based Budgeting Banking CIO 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

But companies pursuing innovation as their core business strategy realize 50 to 100 percent higher profit margins than those who pursue low cost, high quality and fast delivery strategies, or simply doing whatever the customer says. magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Dateline NBC, CNBC, CIO Magazine and the CBC.

Innovation 57

Innovation Engineering CIO System 57

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

Instead of thinking about driving value from the perspective of IT, or HR, finance, sales, or operations, leadership teams will think about a problem they want to solve or a process they want to change, and then align the full breadth of services (IT, HR, operations) needed to accomplish it. Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Big financial services companies are challenged when it comes to connecting with younger consumers, particularly about personal finance. Starwood CIO Martha Poulter told me that Starwood’s strategy is to try to amaze their guests so they will share their experiences through their social channels.

Company 8

Company Hotels Travel Class 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2018

In 2017, CIO magazine reported that around one-third of all customer relationship management (CRM) projects fail. CRMs today also serve a lot of masters, from executives in the C-suite, technology, marketing, finance, and, oh yeah, sales. PM Images/Getty Images. That was actually an average of a dozen analyst reports.

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CRM Project Succession CIO 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2013

Headquarters of Chief Investment Office (CIO). Generally speaking, firm management did not ensure proper controls and oversight at CIO as its trades became more complex and risky. Why were red flags ignored by senior managers in CIO and in the firm?

Report 8

Report CIO Crisis Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

I talk to a lot of business audiences about how they can use social media to build their reputation, and there's always someone who wonders if that strategy is really viable in their market, their field, their budget. But the Romanian strategy isn't limited to those targeting a small language group. How could this work for me?"

Media 14

Media Strategy Supply Chain Audience 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Bob in Finance simply didn’t bring his own mainframe to work. Or how can an enterprise implement a mobile strategy leading with iPads, but continue to support software vendors that don’t play well with Apple? CIOs who don’t empower their workforce become disempowered. company. .”

CIO 8

CIO Information Technology Enterprise Architecture Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

For instance, Triodos Sustainable Trade Fund provides finance to farmers whose cultivation practices are more sustainable in places like the Palestine Territories, Thailand, and the Dominican Republic, avoiding traditional chemically-intensive fertilizer in delicate ecosystems.

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

At Frontier Strategy Group, we observed that in 2017, executives and boards paid the most attention to risks that dominated global headlines: Brexit, the Trump administration’s trade policy, cybersecurity, and, more recently, North Korea. This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9