Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

After an intense innovation workshop, the CTO of a globally-successful Chinese electronics supplier approached, unhappily. The CTO grimaced. As we talked, the CTO mentioned that one of these firms was a subsidiary of one of his company's biggest customers. Why do they refuse your offers to innovate?".

CTO 15

CTO Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

As Inessa Lurye, former head of product at Maxwell Health, points out “Continuous delivery is one of the more contemporary engineering practices that attracts high quality engineers.” And that satisfaction leads to a more attractive work environment in a competitive talent market.

Agility 8

Agility Development Organization Software 8

Skip Prichard

APRIL 29, 2024

Leaders are always in demand as people need them and their unique qualities to complement and develop their own. People need a CEO, not a CTO (Chief Trouble Officer). In turn, people will be focused on a vision and exercise a strong will to make it a reality if they see these qualities in their leader.

Leadership 85

Leadership Learning-by-Doing Engineering Team 85

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2018

However, many of the qualities that would seem to make immigrants more likely to succeed in building their own businesses are reasons you should consider hiring them to help build yours. They can help add international experience as a desired quality in job descriptions, screening tools, and so on. A growth mindset.

Globalization 8

Globalization Long-term Diversity CTO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

P&G''s Connect and Develop ) to increase velocity and quality of their new product introductions, the IT infrastructure support for this business process change is critical. These projects reduce time, cost, and variability while improving quality and transparency. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer.

Enterprise Architecture 8

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

Because we stand for premium products and high quality, we will undermine our global brands if we compete in low-cost markets. Paliwal not only thwarted the coup, he supported Lawande's leadership and even made him the new CTO. Worse, we risk cannibalizing our premium offerings. What is your company's score? The lesson is clear.

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Chief Technology Officer CTO Constraint Engineering 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2013

As I approach my own new role as CIO at Harvard Business School, I''m focused on promoting a culture that provides the highest levels of service quality while enabling true agility and innovation. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. I fundamentally believe that these need not be mutually exclusive goals.

CIO 8

CIO Positioning PPM Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Pros: A streamlined prioritization process that values technical debt and plumbing projects; better design processes leading to a more positive user experience; higher performing teams with improved product velocity, quality, and, typically, happier customers.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

. “I learned how to gauge the quality of the work product even if I can’t do the work myself,” she says. ” This research had two advantages: One, it made the hiring process go more smoothly and, two, it has helped Emily manage Heather, her new CTO.

Management 8

Management How To CTO Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

According to the company's CTO, Phil Shelley, the time needed to generate a comprehensive set of promotions dropped from eight weeks to one, and is still dropping. And these promotions are of higher quality, because they're more timely, more granular, and more personalized.

Management 8

Management Airlines Supply Chain CTO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Spend quality time with every member of the executive committee. Look for ways to stretch the boundaries of current innovation efforts, but remember you are not the CEO or CTO. But you should have a perspective – even on Day 1 – regarding how your role as the innovation leader can help the organization achieve its overall strategy.

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Innovation Planning Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Their product development teams followed a traditional software development method – called “ Waterfall ” – in which they spent months defining customer requirements and functional specifications, coding the software, and testing it for quality and reliability. The rise of cloud computing changed all this.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

” Yoshiyuki Taniguchi, the CTO, spoke up: “I like your thinking, Mayuka-san, but why not use technology to achieve the same result? Make a onetime investment in a system that uses wearable tracking devices to monitor employee performance, including individual and team turn times and the quality of the work performed.

Case Study 8

Case Study Airlines COO CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2015

It’s critical to make sure that the CIO, CTO, CMO, CDO, and other functional leaders do not work at cross-purposes as the company focuses on deeper, more direct relationships with its customers. It is likely that these new frontiers will surface new concerns about consumer privacy, brand integrity, and the importance of quality content.

Brand 8

Brand Disintermediation Media Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2016

This in turn generated a sense of calm that helped him better manage the intense demands of his role as a high-powered CTO. The upshot was an explicit commitment to sharing the burdens of care and a plan for doing so that brought them together in a way that produced in him a deeper, more meaningful connection to his parents and his brothers.

Career 8

Career CTO Class Influence 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

It is no wonder that the CTO of this company said, “my engineers feel like short order cooks in the back of a diner.” Interestingly, adaptive software development encourages timeboxes as a way to ensure an experiment is given the investment that is justified and to signal the acceptable quality level of given feature.

Agility 8

Agility Engineering Software How To 8