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.

CTO 8

CTO Goal How To Learning-by-Doing 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. ” Puri adds, “The local teams need to be empowered more to make their own decisions. In fact, costs go up initially. This will instill confidence and make them grow.”

Offshoring 8

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. Yet with each wave, the criticality of IT to basic operations and delivery of service to customers continues to escalate.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Because operational managers are closer to the action, they have better insights into specific business challenges and customer pain points that can be addressed by new technologies. Knowing how to use lean, self-managing team methodologies is a prerequisite.

Technology 11

Technology Talent Management Process Management 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

IT is already being asked both to industrialize traditional infrastructures and systems fast to save costs, and to innovate customer experiences and operations with new digital technologies. It requires new modes of operation. They reduce duplication of efforts and skills, thus reducing operational costs.

CIO 8

CIO CTO Operations Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

“Traditionally, boards have tended to stay out of operational functions, but technology is so pervasive that the best practice is to have direct board engagement in technology through active committees, just as they would with audit, compensation, and other key areas.”

CIO 9

CIO Committee Technology P&L 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

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. Consider the battle waged by IBM’s software development teams between competing methods for getting closer to customers. The Future of Operations. Insight Center.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Beyond shipping new features on a regular cadence and keeping the peace between engineering and the design team, the best PMs create products with strong user adoption that have exponential revenue growth and perhaps even disrupt an industry. Core Competencies. Self-management: Being a PM can be incredibly stressful.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 24, 2021

The team made these claims: Programs will contain fewer errors. The memory wall reflects a constant shift in the balance between the costs of computational and memory operations and adds to the complexity of achieving high performance. Karu Sankaralingam, PhD, is founder/CEO/CTO of Madison, WI-based SimpleMachines, Inc.

Software 100

Software CTO Travel Library 100

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Is innovation intended to improve and expand the existing business, or is it meant to redefine the company itself and the industry in which it operates? Are you expected to recruit a separate team from within and beyond the company? Are leaders willing to give up some of their human and financial resources to advance innovation?

Innovation 8

Innovation Planning Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Offer support and information, but not in a way that raises questions about whether you’re “a political operator.” “Figure out which allies on your team or outside it can pressure the boss to treat you better than she would otherwise,” he suggests. Ankit became CTO.

CTO 8

CTO Case Study Learning Curve Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

” The only person at RSA Ground who knew of Ken’s plan was the head of staffing, who’d agreed to assign him to various teams as a “temporary worker” over the next few days. Amazingly, in the afternoon Ken’s team did cut its time to 16 minutes. The other crew did 16. Let’s finish strong!”)

Case Study 8

Case Study Airlines COO CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

The original creation of Sephora.com was largely outsourced, and we didn’t have an internal digital development team when I joined. Having an in-house team is critical. The impact that had on the operations and culture was significant. Digital is often one of the many silos within a company. What haven’t you solved?

Brand 11

Brand CTO Marketing Retail 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In one large tech company, their product team focused significant upfront time writing small requirements (called “user stories”). It is no wonder that the CTO of this company said, “my engineers feel like short order cooks in the back of a diner.” Similarly, documentation often trumps working software.

Agility 8

Agility Engineering Software How To 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

political system, the business world has no rules requiring that every leader have a backup, or that every corporate chief executive has a chief operating officer. That's often the case with founder-led companies in which the founder wants a team in which no one can emerge as a rival. Unlike the U.S. Except for one thing.

COO 16

COO Wireless Ryan Chief Operating Officer 16