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3 Major Challenges Financial Institutions Face When Implementing Business Insight Technology

Strategy Driven

It’s usually the job of a bank’s chief financial officer (CFO), chief risk officer (CRO), or chief technology officer (CTO) to oversee tech implementation. Or, they may be skeptical about whether it’s worth the cost, or the risk to a high-stakes profession such as finance.

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The C-Suite Needs a Chief Entrepreneur

Harvard Business Review

This is not a CTO role or a role that reports to the CEO. You have the charm, charisma, enthusiasm, hard work, and marketing mind to encourage and drive your teams to think anything is possible. You guide and support your own team of entrepreneurs. You do not work for the CEO, or alongside the CTO, CIO, and CFO.

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Yes, Managing IT Is Your Job

Harvard Business Review

Now, instead, at ING they say, "Here''s your team. Instead of thinking about driving value from the perspective of IT, or HR, finance, sales, or operations, leadership teams will think about a problem they want to solve or a process they want to change, and then align the full breadth of services (IT, HR, operations) needed to accomplish it.

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How IBM, Intuit, and Rich Products Became More Customer-Centric

Harvard Business Review

Consider the battle waged by IBM’s software development teams between competing methods for getting closer to customers. Over time, teams adopted an even more aggressive approach to software development called “ continuous delivery , ” a highly automated method that enables them to make many small changes per day.

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To Be a Fly on the Wall at Facebook on IPO Day

Harvard Business Review

Because of the phenomenal technology, timing and team, the Akamai IPO became one of the most successful IPOs of that era. Our co-founder and CTO, Danny Lewin, had suddenly turned from a struggling graduate student to a staggeringly wealthy man. So what actually happens inside a company on IPO day?

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