N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

What a sad commentary on the state of equity markets, since it’s the best way for an investor to manage the risk surrounding their investment. I probed further to ask if they considered holding similar events for the CFOs, CIOs, CSOs, CTOs, CMOs, etc. Hint: it’s not about the money. . of their portfolio companies.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The late Clayton Christensen famously highlighted that consumers are not buying our product as much as they are hiring it to complete a particular job. Testbeds are a crucial tool to allow innovative products and technologies to be tested in a live environment. ” Getting the right people involved.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 12, 2012

This interactive white paper from CIO Magazine and EMC lays out the benefits of big data and predictive analytics, provides tips on how to get started, and shares the remarkable results that businesses have achieved by marrying these two powerhouses. And a quick survey provides benchmarking between CIO peers. Are You Listening?

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2019

The enterprise architecture should manage changes in the architecture, but input by other employees should be appreciated. This approach is developed by Aloys Kregting, who was entitled as CIO of the year twice. Mode 1 is related to non-distinctive IT: products and services are not directly influenced by it.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 7, 2022

For instance, Singapore is regularly at the top of the Smart City Index , and a common feature of those at the top of these rankings is that they were also able to effectively manage the pandemic via smart technologies. A smarter normal. This space premium has been accompanied by housing regulations that are as strict as they have ever been.

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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. Tomorrow''s businesses will have a very different make-up, and the CIO must lead the charge in the face of these changes. The Rise of the CIO.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The connection and coordination necessary to get things done happens because of productive personal relationships based upon trust and reciprocity. Understanding and facilitating these relationships, which flow through a web of professional networks and across functional boundaries, allows employees to create productive change.

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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

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. Talent management is critically important. So the good news is it represents more opportunity for others — people who want to be CIOs someday.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2014

For the past four years, Accenture has conducted an annual survey of chief marketing officers (CMOs) and chief information officers (CIOs) to understand the state of their collaboration. And 83 percent of CIOs say that they need to align and interact with Marketing. Collaboration IT management Marketing'

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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. As game-changing technologies transform every business process, they also give us the ability to create new products and services that were impossible just a few years ago. The New Role.

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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

JULY 23, 2013

But it should be the CIO''s job. It''s time for CIOs to move beyond their roles as chief technology officers, and embrace the name with all of its implications: Chief Information Officer. Because no one is managing the store. Ironically, autonomy in corporate computing does not necessarily lead to greater productivity.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 24, 2021

The long-time CIO of Google, Ben Fried, indicated that the way in which that company has maintained its entrepreneurial spirit despite growing into a behemoth has been its ability to attract and retain people who are comfortable with and even drive change, even if it means cannibalizing what has worked in the past.

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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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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

For some positions (CFO, CIO), all their hard work to make it to the table is now useless when they need to use skills other than IQ: Communication – Communicate clearly and concisely. How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. What got them to this position (IQ) is now failing them. Smile or Die! Happy Birthday IBM!

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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. The nature of the workforce and management is shifting.

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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.) New technologies : The consistency and predictability of structured data is what gave rise to today’s centralized IT departments – running SQL/Relational Database Management Systems, and ERP and CRM software.

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Why Technology Managers Make Great Leaders. How to Handle a Seagull Manager. Do You Have a “Seagull Manager”? Task Prioritization and Time Management – John Maxwell Style. Leadership as a Product Purhcased by Followers. Management. Productivity. Project Management. Conference.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2013

In that sense, you might think Ben Fried , Google''s CIO, has one of the toughest jobs in existence. On the other hand, few CIOs can boast a company culture as supportive of technology. Tell me about your role at Google, and what your purview as CIO includes. And that''s the thing that CIOs face right now.

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Steve Farber

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Consider this: a recent survey conducted by NFI Research showed more than two-thirds of senior executives and managers said they believed their organizations would be more productive if “personal discussion” was used to disseminate information. We choose to talk via text rather than chat via…well…chatting.

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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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Curious Cat

MAY 20, 2015

Toyota’s belief in a strong management system contrasts with the self worship many USA executives practice. In do so they adopt similar reckless management practices in order to justify taking so much. million in 2014, even as the average production and nonsupervisory worker earned only $36,000 in annual salary in 2014.

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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. 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.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

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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 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

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. See accompanying chart.)

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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. But managing network effects as technology byproducts is a bit like treating cars as extensions of internal combustion engines; technically accurate, yes, but missing the larger purposes and points.

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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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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

It told how American Airlines and others had introduced systems to help their customers choose their products and services. ERP systems, RFID , knowledge management, business intelligence) have washed over organizations. So, where is managing IT for competitive advantage going next?

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Between surging demand, labor shortages, outdated air traffic management, and travel reservation I.T. Synchronize siloed processes : Imagine if ATC activities were standard but siloed off from other aviation processes, such as airport gate management. I F YOU’VE HAD to be on a plane in the last year or so, especially within the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

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. Innovation is always infectious.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

I was impressed by the way he was treated there — like a human being, not a product in a factory — and by the staff's approach to delivering bad news. I was so taken with it that I've adapted it for my exec ed classes to help CIOs learn how to speak difficult truths more easily and effectively. What actions were taken?

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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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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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