Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Originally, business consisted of neighbors exchanging the products of their labors, dedicated craftsmen travelling from town to town, and localized general stores. Only a small percentage came up with anything that was truly innovative. What does it mean to view innovation as the only competitive advantage? The Rise of the CIO.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

The findings are sobering: almost half of CEOs view their CIOs as out of step with the business and about the same percentage think IT should be a commodity service, purchased as needed. I want to spend more of my time on continuous improvement and innovation. My view is that the CIO facing three dilemmas.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

CIOs who do great things in leading IT soon gain extra responsibilities. By helping business leaders to improve their businesses, the CIO becomes an obvious candidate to fill any open role that involves technology, process, or strong governance. Some CIOs become CIO-Plus-COO or CIO-Plus-Head of Shared Services.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

There is a marked dissonance between CIOs and the C-suite — a fact that we uncovered in new research conducted with HBR, The Economist, CEB, and TNS Global. We have identified the problem , which is that CEOs believe that the CIO does not understand or help with the CEO''s issues and the needs of the business.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

However, a survey just conducted by Accenture Interactive (see The CMO-CIO Disconnect ) points to a downright unhealthy relationship in many C-Suites which can do nothing but damage to firms. To begin to mend the CMO-CIO relationship, it''s important to understand the source of each side''s frustrations.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

New research, conducted with HBR, The Economist , CEB, and TNS Global, reveals that CEOs believe CIOs are not in sync with the new issues CEOs are facing. CEOs also tell us that CIOs do not understand where the business needs to go and how IT should support strategic goals. Barriers to entry have been destroyed.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 27, 2015

Big Data involves not just the structured data (customer name and details, products purchased, how much was spent and when, etc.) Dale Neef is a technology advisor, and author of Digital Exhaust: What Everyone Should Know About Big Data, Digitization and Digitally Driven Innovation (FT Press). About the Author.

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Leadership as a Product Purhcased by Followers. Innovation. Productivity. There Are No Heroes In Business. Refuse to Compromise. Narcissism Kills Morale. Passion vs. Emotion in Leadership. Servant Leaders And Our Nation’s Independence. Servant Leadership Stripped Down. Subscribe for Free. Hello, Im Ben, founder of MSL.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Innovation is always infectious. But our recent research has taught us a lot about how management innovations can travel — in this case, from Silicon Valley tech sector companies known for their experimentation and agility in information technology (IT) management to the much older Bay Area companies who are their neighbors.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Here’s the scene: A problem has come up with one of your supply chain vendors, threatening to delay timely shipment of your product. At the same time, a potential opportunity appears that, with some exploration and investment, could lead to a new generation of products down the road. Sustaining Innovation.

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CEO Insider

JUNE 18, 2023

But are corporate leaders doing enough to quash micro-aggressive, biased-driven behaviors that fuel toxicity, reduce productivity, and […] The post Career-Stifling Unconscious Bias Demands a Do-Together Strategy appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine. Copyright The CEOWORLD magazine Limited 2021.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2013

As we''ve noted in our previous blog , senior business partners might not be that knowledgeable about what actually drives productivity on the front lines. Most CIOs will tell you that they have no shortage of ideas to invest in — the hard part is whittling down to the right ones. rapid new product roll-out).

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Stuart Oliver: Entrepreneur, Interim CIO, Technology COO, Strategist, » Blog Archive » To blog or not to blog [.] Mike Myatt from N2Growth has this interesting blog entitled “To blog or not to blog“ [.] link] Swiecki’s Blog » Tech-blog Carnival Edition 2 [.] I Think Not.

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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. That''s a huge shift.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

Back in 2007, only 40% of CIOs were involved in strategic planning; now they’re regarded as some of the most integral members of the C-Suite. These are worthy goals, of course, but it also means there’s less priority being placed on innovating and implementing the latest technologies into their products.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

But massive disruptions in business models, technology, and the work force have been throwing up massive new challenges for CIOs and other technology leaders. If they work for a product company, it may be looking to services revenue for growth. Many CIOs are of course already well aware of all this. Organizational DNA.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

Over the last two years, we have been engaged in primary research with The Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly known as the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global in an attempt to paint a picture of how the role of the CIO and the IT department is changing. CIOs today must adapt or risk being marginalized.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2013

But when we at CEB ask CIOs who in IT is responsible for understanding and responding to these needs, we get an uncomfortable silence. For years, CIOs have sought a "seat at the table" by building strong links with senior business leaders. Adapting Product Marketing for IT. Today''s CIO Needs to Be the Chief Innovation Officer.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The classic method of segregating innovation to a single department, or to a process led by specialists, just isn’t fast enough any longer. What’s needed is a culture in which innovation is the mission of everyone, everywhere, every day. Most innovation methods don’t actually result in innovative solutions.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

When it comes to innovation in industries with strategically narrow windows of opportunities, speed is everything. This quickening pace — what academics and journalists have called innovation on steroids — is beginning to reach IT departments. Innovations were virtually prevented by stifling complexity.

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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. I''m often struck by how many articles exclusively focus on new or emerging technology and their productivity or efficiency effects. Generating Top-Line Growth. Improving Operational Efficiency.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2013

Digital experiences come in many guises: mobile apps, web sites, how-to videos on YouTube, LCD screens on products (think of exercise machines that track calories burned). But there''s a catch for CIOs and other tech-minded executives: to keep creating opportunities, companies must keep changing the experience or fall behind.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

CIOs and CEOs of large enterprises are faced with an overwhelming demand to transform their IT enterprise services and with a bewildering, often conflicting landscape of advice. Today, CIOs and CEOs of large companies are faced with an overwhelming demand for digital transformation and a bewildering, often conflicting landscape of advice.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

trillion per year; and (3) store-based retailers could profitably transition to a digital world by growing e-commerce sales cautiously enough to avoid diluting earnings and cannibalizing higher-margin store sales, while retreating to the most profitable stores and product categories that would be hardest for Amazon to attack.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

Called Agile, the process put customers at the center of product development, encouraged rapid prototyping, and dramatically increased corporate speed and agility. While Agile began as a product development innovation, it sparked a corporate strategy and process revolution. Maximize engineering productivity.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Clearly these leaders believe that digitalization offers exciting new, technology-enabled ways for organizations to engage with stakeholders, deliver a superior experience across the life cycle of their business, manage costs, and improve productivity. The digital era also demands that consumers and organizations be secure.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Lines of business are now getting their own official technology budgets for non-standard software products. CEOs remain reluctant to invite CIOs to the executive table, insisting that IT is a cost center, not the innovation incubator it could be. Shadow IT has been freshly-labeled "departmental IT.".

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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. The New York Times and other traditional publishers are launching digital products tailored to the mobile web.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

For many businesses, this is equivalent to overspending on energy by that amount to achieve current production levels. As a technology advisor, the CUO would understand the benefits of different energy innovations and be able to make smart purchasing decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

According to CIO Dieter Haban , whose team identified the idea and led product development, “the innovation combines telematics, mobility, central mission control, big data analytics, and a seamless process from the truck to the driver, fleet manager, and ultimately to an authorized service outlet.”.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

According to CIO Dieter Haban , whose team identified the idea and led product development, “the innovation combines telematics, mobility, central mission control, big data analytics, and a seamless process from the truck to the driver, fleet manager, and ultimately to an authorized service outlet.”.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Clearly, business managers and CIOs are lagging. The second dimension is the power to discover, manage, and use information for individual and group problem solving, innovation, and decision making. Perhaps this is the time, at last, that the “I” in CIO gets the attention and focus it deserves.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2012

I believe, though, that it is at the enterprise level that mobile could truly become a game changer for Africa , enabling the building of massive fortunes, and perhaps even the much anticipated recycling of innovation from Africa to the West. The notion of the CIO is still in its infancy. That is where the results are already visible.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

For an upcoming MIT symposium on the topic, we’re focusing on four main themes: customer expectations, product enhancements, collaborative innovations, and organizational forms. Dr. Dieter Haban, CIO of Daimler Trucks North America, offers Daimler Trucks’s Detroit Virtual Technician as a good example. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2018

In 2011, GE embarked upon an ambitious attempt to digitally transform its product and service offerings. These companies spent millions to develop digital products, infrastructures, and brand accompaniments, and got tremendous media and investor attention, only to encounter significant performance challenges, and often shareholder dissent.

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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. How might Kickstarter-like innovation initiatives facilitate new conversations and collaborations between clients and employees?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2013

As importantly, an effective cybersecurity framework has to overcome barriers to continued economic growth — creating an environment that protects and nurtures innovation. A growing number of corporate boards are demanding regular updates from CISOs or CIOs on their states of readiness. Certainly, the environment is complex.

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