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How Cybersecurity Teams Can Convince the C-Suite of Their Value

Harvard Business Review

Before joining Facebook as a security engineer in 2015, I worked in industries from consulting to manufacturing to retail. I observed that leaders often treat security as a liability cost — until the company experiences a security breach, after which increased support is a given. This isn’t the case.

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There Are 4 Futures for CMOs (Some Better Than Others)

Harvard Business Review

These efforts have enabled operational efficiencies, cost reductions, and greater agility, preparing companies for the next phase of digital transformation: driving growth. This is a break from the traditional paths of finance, sales, and operations to the top spot. Over: CMOs take over new responsibilities.

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Develop Your Company’s Cross-Functional Capabilities

Harvard Business Review

You’ll often find customer relationship management within marketing, budgeting within finance, supply-chain management within operations, outsourcing within procurement, training within HR, and new product development within R&D. Some of the first business functionaries were railroad telegraph operators who managed schedules.

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Charlie Ackerman on Winning A World in Flux

HR Digest

We’ve had the opportunity to interview Charlie Ackerman who provided some illuminating insights on how Bosch is equipped to drive change in its workforce, and what lessons have been reinforced over the past year to help the innovation engine become future ready. . How are you going to shake things up next?

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How Cloud Computing Is Changing Management

Harvard Business Review

The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. The cloud is also a common repository for the collection and analysis of new data, and the place where an increasing number of artificial intelligence operations, like image and speech recognition, are conducted.