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Leading in a World of Resource Constraints and Extreme Weather

Harvard Business Review

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.”

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Is Your Organization Ready for Total Digitization?

Harvard Business Review

At Boeing, all enterprise technology (including digital) investments are managed by the CTO, which enables significant synergies. These enterprises have decentralized management and diversified businesses. Typically, though, some global risk management is necessary.

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C'mon, IT Leaders. Take a Chance!

Harvard Business Review

If IT leaders can take better calculated risks, organizations can be tremendously successful. Companies with broader risk management outlooks and practices outperform their peers, according to a survey from Ernst and Young. Apple , Amazon , and Google are not the only examples risk taking of game-changing innovations.