Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2013

As mentioned above, this measure works very well for comparing projects that deliver hard benefits, but undermine the ability to invest in critical capabilities that have a long-term payoff horizon or highly innovative capabilities where the payoff is uncertain. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

Innovation 8

Innovation CIO ROI CTO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

What they don’t do well enough is reinvent and innovate. Sure, there are exceptions who are both visionary CEOs and innovators — Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos, for example — but there are very few companies that can stomach that sort of leadership. This is not a CTO role or a role that reports to the CEO.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur CTO Business Model CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Defining and tracking success metrics. Con: Breakthrough innovation may not get greenlit; time-to-market may seem to lag (though I’d argue what’s released is far better aligned with customer needs and more likely to successfully scale). The art of resource allocation (it is not a science!). Performing market assessments.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Charlie Hill , Distinguished Engineer and CTO, IBM Design, told us, “To deliver fundamentally different and better user experiences, designers want to take a step back and observe users actually doing their jobs. And they are continuing to refine the process and remove bottlenecks, as they seek to improve new metrics for speed.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8