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How to Create More Efficient Workflows Within Your Organization

CEO Insider

Avoiding the snowball effect that comes with logjams means creating more efficient workflows that keep the organization moving in the right direction. These three strategies can help keep your operations on time and budget. In any corporate workplace, efficiency is the key […].

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The Future of Our Partnership With Machines

Skip Prichard

Jobs most at risk: machine operators and assemblers, clerical workers, elementary occupations, crafts and related trades. You could argue that all jobs are at risk: Machines can already analyze data, pick stocks, make decisions that touch on operational efficiency and logistics, sift through resumes and make hiring decisions, etc.

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Leadership: A Global Perspective

N2Growth Blog

When you sit down with people who have a passion for human talent ( whether it is developing it, advising, or placing the right person into the job ), you gain a perspective into what matters when it comes to making business more efficient and relevant in today’s context. Dan and I wanted to perform one last act of servant leading.

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A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

I''m often struck by how many articles exclusively focus on new or emerging technology and their productivity or efficiency effects. Note that the high-profile C-suite executives at firms like Borders, Jessops, and Bank of New England had large IT budgets, but no longer have a company to make more efficient today.).

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Moore’s Law in Software Abstraction

Strategy Driven

The memory wall reflects a constant shift in the balance between the costs of computational and memory operations and adds to the complexity of achieving high performance. Karu Sankaralingam, PhD, is founder/CEO/CTO of Madison, WI-based SimpleMachines, Inc. About the Author.

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Why CIOs Make Great Board Directors

Harvard Business Review

“Traditionally, boards have tended to stay out of operational functions, but technology is so pervasive that the best practice is to have direct board engagement in technology through active committees, just as they would with audit, compensation, and other key areas.”

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The First 90 Days in a New CIO Position

Harvard Business Review

In your initial days and weeks as the new CIO, it will be imperative to determine whether your organization has a sound strategy for increasing efficiency, service quality, and transparency for your community. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

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