Skip Prichard

MARCH 13, 2020

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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Blanchard Education CTO Technology 102

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Leaders of small and medium size businesses (SMBs) often think their size lets them operate under the radar, as less attractive targets to bad guys. We have become aware of vulnerabilities involving certain NETGEAR products and have issued a security advisory. An excerpt is below. How would your CFO or CIO handle this?

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Bottom-up Software Policies CIO 96

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Aron Vellekoop Len/Getty Images. Core Competencies.

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Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Now, every company of any scale and in any sector wants to be closer to its customers, to understand them more deeply, and to tailor their products and services to serve them more precisely. Yet wanting to be closer with customers, and knowing what actual, operational pathways to take in order to achieve this are two very different things.

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Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” The Future of Operations. Insight Center.

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Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Starting a global engineering operation “essentially doubles the expense for 6-12 months,” says former Informatica CTO, James Markarian. They believe in strong, empowered global leadership, at both HQ and at remote sites. In fact, costs go up initially.

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Offshoring CTO Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

In order to see the future more clearly, it''s almost always helpful to look back — and this certainly goes for IT and its ever-increasing impact on operations, and ultimately on competitive advantage. It told how American Airlines and others had introduced systems to help their customers choose their products and services.

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Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8