Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Below is the Day-1 ‘Kick-off’ program to 4 months of work I will be doing with an IT Leadership Team. IT Leadership Director Team Building & Leadership Agenda – Kick-Off. IT Leadership Program Agenda. CTO – Why are we here? This is a proposed agenda and may / will change on the program day. 8:30-9:00.

Team Building 129

Team Building Team CTO Leadership 129

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

They applied her discoveries to an Autodesk research project called Primordial, and at McManus’s urging, it was Lisa who presented the project to 400 top executives and clients. He had her sit next to the CEO, and enabled her to wander around and ask questions to everyone, including the CEO and the CTO.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain NGO CTO Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

And because organizational change tends to be driven by those who most acutely feel the pain, it’s often line managers who are the strongest champions for “talent tech”: innovations in how firms hire people, staff projects, evaluate performance, and develop talent. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

Technology 11

Technology Talent Management Process Management 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2013

Some of the key challenges: Companies don''t identify the very best ideas for investment because most capital allocation processes start with business partners'' existing ideas about projects to fund. Push that a bit further and what most CIOs say is that those ideas are in the form of project requests from business partners.

Innovation 8

Innovation CIO ROI CTO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

We excel in product leadership and advanced technology — values inconsistent with the ultra-low-cost products poor countries require. Immediate and radical change within small teams spearheading projects from the bottom up. Paliwal not only thwarted the coup, he supported Lawande's leadership and even made him the new CTO.

Chief Technology Officer 13

Chief Technology Officer CTO Constraint Engineering 13

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

That requires a new way of thinking about people and leadership. Humans have been able to organize large numbers of people into a common mission and execute amazing things, from conquering armies to astonishing constructions project like the pyramids. But there’s a model of leadership that will.

Agility 65

Agility Banking Supply Chain CTO 65

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

"It''s never foolish to begin preparing for a transition no matter how many years away it is or where you are in your career," says Muriel Maignan Wilkins, coauthor of Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence. Show her that you''re willing to pick up the baton on important projects."

CTO 10

CTO Case Study Career Project 10

Rajesh Setty

AUGUST 15, 2008

Here you’ll find more than 1500 articles and mini-sagas on entrepreneurship, leadership, creativity and simply how to distinguish yourself. Here’s what I found out from Pramati’s Co-founder & CTO Vijay Prasanna Pullur. We started this project about 8 weeks ago. HELLO THERE AND WELCOME. You are a new visitor to this blog.

Licensing 28

Licensing CTO Participative Newsletter 28

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

This should go without saying, but it’s vitally important to develop relationships with the CEO, business unit leaders, and other key executives to understand the company’s strategy, so that the innovation approach and projects you pursue align with overall corporate goals. Innovation Leadership transitions'

Innovation 8

Innovation Planning Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

More than a legal requirement or simple list of fancy names adorning letterhead, a strong board of directors can be a source of great ideas, great revenue, and great leadership. Many not-for-profit board members work on various special projects or white papers with disparate members of the staff.

White Paper 10

White Paper CTO Diversity Constraint 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

” Self-awareness: PMs must be self-aware so as to remain objective and avoid projecting their own preferences onto users of their products. Eriksson, Banfield and Walkingshaw ’s book Product Leadership has a section that has a lot more detail on this topic). and of course the compensation and benefits.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2013

Managing this rapid change and fostering innovation while "keeping the trains running on time" is the primary leadership role required of any CIO, new or old. Our Project Management Office is therefore enthusiastically pursuing new PPM capabilities that will enhance the transparency of our decision making processes.

CIO 8

CIO Positioning PPM Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

It requires strong leadership from all senior IT executives, as well as new business acumen. Company and unit leaders need to ensure that IT is in a leading position on all key digital projects. Different standards of project and portfolio management are also required with more flexibility in demand management and budgeting methods.

CIO 8

CIO CTO Operations Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

“When you’re a technical expert, you know your value to the organization,” says Wanda Wallace, President and CEO of Leadership Forum and author of Reaching the Top. ’” Project confidence, but not too much. But when no explanation is provided, it leads to a feeling of ‘do you not trust me?’”

Management 8

Management How To CTO Mentor 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. After three years of work, the project was abandoned after missing several milestones. They were flat.”

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Hill began to dig into the scholarship around leadership and innovation, she soon realized there was a lot of research on both. What most distinguishes innovation leadership, the book argues, is recognition that innovation is a “team sport,” not the act of a sole inventor. As Harvard Business School Professor Linda A.

Education 8

Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Hill began to dig into the scholarship around leadership and innovation, she soon realized there was a lot of research on both. What most distinguishes innovation leadership, the book argues, is recognition that innovation is a “team sport,” not the act of a sole inventor. As Harvard Business School Professor Linda A.

Education 8

Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

Execution risk: A wrong execution model or poor execution can make a project run too long and cost too much, leading to a total loss of focus and a reduction in value creation. It also comes from not adequately considering the organization''s energy, skill, and policies to accomplish the project.

Dunning 8

Dunning Project CTO Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

An effective decision governance framework makes clear how the CIO and CMO, and other members of the leadership team, must work together and support each other. The CMO and CIO (and potentially the CTO) must bring complete transparency to the process. Be clear on decision governance. Bring complete transparency.

CIO 8

CIO Budgeting Enterprise Architecture Marketing 8