Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

When I launched my first company in 2008 (CarZen, acquired by Liberty Mutual), one of my first hires was a CTO. I made him the CTO’s protégé, and had the CTO spend time teaching and evaluating him. I made him the CTO’s protégé, and had the CTO spend time teaching and evaluating him.

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CTO Goal How To Learning-by-Doing 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Today, however, the vast proliferation of software and hardware components in our business environment have made patch management a complex, time- and resource- consuming necessity, critical to the cybersecurity of a business’s network. That is patch management—a relatively straightforward process, 10 or 20 years ago.

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Bottom-up Software Policies CIO 99

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

We have a unique perch from which to observe how well organizations are “tuned” to create a productive and positive work environment for freelancers and other agile talent. One approach that 10X has recommended is creating a roving CTO or project managers. Broaden the role of your “chiefs.”

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CTO Agility Management Chief Technology Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

Engineers love continuous delivery environments because they can immediately see how their work adds value to the organization. And that satisfaction leads to a more attractive work environment in a competitive talent market. Maximize engineering productivity.

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Agility Development Organization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

This isn’t the fault of the technology or the CTO, who usually manages it. Because it involves software, many companies make it the CTO’s responsibility. As a consultant, I’ve seen dozens of CRM implementations in a wide range of organizations, and consistently find that they fail more than they succeed.

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CRM Execution CTO Metrics 8

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Chief-Technology-Officer CTO, and Human Resources Business Partners within the IT Team and Mike will serve as the Accountability-Team to check-in and coach the directors for completion of the 100 day action plans. CTO – Why are we here? o Have some laughs and create an environment of learning and enjoyment. 9:40-10:00.

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Team Building Team CTO Leadership 129

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2013

The emergence of this new work environment has significant implications for how IT should enable business growth and, more specifically, for the kinds of investments IT should be making to support employees. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

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Innovation CIO ROI CTO 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

We need it whether we are transforming, adding to, or combining a digitized environment. He’s worked at the US Commerce Department, First Bank System, and Norwest Banks; was CTO of a real estate software firm; and led Wells Fargo servicing technology through the default crisis. But there’s a model of leadership that will.

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Agility Banking Supply Chain CTO 65

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Success in today’s business environment requires having a “ growth mindset.” Businesses are increasingly finding that rapid adaptation is necessary for success in today’s competitive environment. So, they tend to be more willing to hear voices that might otherwise go unheard in a business environment.

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Rajesh Setty

AUGUST 15, 2008

Here’s what I found out from Pramati’s Co-founder & CTO Vijay Prasanna Pullur. Sun’s Zembly platform is the world’s first social programming environment specifically designed for creating and hosting social applications targeting the most popular platforms on the web, including Facebook, Meebo, OpenSocial, the iPhone and more.

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Licensing CTO Participative Newsletter 28

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

For example, if a CRO or CTO leaves a young company, it can cripple the organization. Alarmingly, it dips as low as 5; that rate is not sustainable, because employees will voluntarily leave because of the poor cultural environment. However, the sales function’s happiness is markedly lower.

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Morale Attrition Early Adopters Benchmarking 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Founder/CTO/CEO relationship with PM – Especially in earlier stage companies, it’s important to know how involved the Founder/CEO/CTO is in the product process. Startup : Beyond discovery, definition, and shipping, PMs may also be responsible for pricing, marketing, support, and potentially even sales of the product.

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Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2013

They have remained, instead, CTO''s. Create an environment where information is treated as a valued asset. CIO''s must re-invigorate the vision of 1987, when the inaugural issue of CIO magazine stated that, "information is a corporate asset to be managed by a top-ranking executive." CIO''s have never broadly achieved their destiny.

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CIO CFO Zero Based Budgeting Chief Technology Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

As the leader, one of your most important responsibilities is to “create an environment for talent to be expressed,” says Hill. ” This research had two advantages: One, it made the hiring process go more smoothly and, two, it has helped Emily manage Heather, her new CTO. ” Give employees room.

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Management How To CTO Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2013

In today''s complex and increasingly heterogeneous technology environment, it is also critical to integrate a Project Portfolio Management (PPM) strategy that aligns project lifecycles from concept through development and finally to support and continuous enhancement. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer.

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CIO Positioning PPM Information Technology 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2017

You’ll also want to make sure your company’s CTO takes a look at the infographic below. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. If you’re ready to release a mobile app after reading that information, you just need to build a relationship with professional developers. Designed by Global App Testing.

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Brand CTO Download Marketing Strategy 64

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2013

One method of doing this is to create "discovery" environments where users can freely explore data. These environments include "sandboxes" or "data labs" which are slices of a production environment''s resources that are allocated to users. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

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Organization CTO CIO Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Collective Genius shows how Bill Coughran, Google’s then senior vice president of engineering, created an environment where engineers could figure out on their own how to best address the company’s massive storage challenges in 2006.

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Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Collective Genius shows how Bill Coughran, Google’s then senior vice president of engineering, created an environment where engineers could figure out on their own how to best address the company’s massive storage challenges in 2006.

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Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

Tags like #newproduct or #processimprovement can provide entry points for monitoring the progress of ideas that arise from, or quickly develop, within enterprise social networking environments. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs). IT management'

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CTO Franchising CIO Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2015

Brands that are extending their digital storefronts into the physical world, like Birchbox, Warby-Parker, and Bonobos are well poised to explore how customization might materialize in a brick-and-mortar environment. But the functions overlap more and more.

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Brand Disintermediation Media Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

To respond to the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of the business environment today, IT leaders need to address risk differently by looking at it in totality and questioning their assumptions, challenging long-held assertions and recognizing both the analytical fallacies and less-than-perfect cognitive processes they use.

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Dunning Project CTO Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The CMO and CIO (and potentially the CTO) must bring complete transparency to the process. Addressing these issues cannot be about assigning blame — that will quickly create a toxic work environment – but should be about having clear accountability and working collectively to fix the problems. Bring complete transparency.

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CIO Budgeting Enterprise Architecture Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

Today, I make strategic and tactical technology decisions as the CTO of Atlantic Media. In a media environment, security is often trumped by functionality, convenience, or cost. Ten months ago, I was in charge of digital technology for the White House, where security was the top priority and it was inexcusable to let your guard down.

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