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11 Ideas for Economic Recovery

Strategy Driven

One retail CTO summed it up well at a recent SAS event when he said, “We don’t want to just struggle through and be hanging by our fingertips when the economy recovers. Subscribe now to get your subscription to this award-winning quarterly magazine. sas com Magazine can also be accessed online at www.sas.com/sascom.

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How Morale Changes as a Startup Grows

Harvard Business Review

For example, if a CRO or CTO leaves a young company, it can cripple the organization. Some of their tactics included addressing employee feedback head-on, creating a program of formal career paths, increasing levels of recognition, and over-communicating expectations and goals.

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CIOs: Scenario Planning Can Save Your Job

Harvard Business Review

Opportunities might include reducing portfolio complexity, driving down costs, and shifting talent from tactical to strategic work. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. These threats and opportunities require a clear way to test how they will play out against various social, technological, and economic assumptions.

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What an OTT Future Means for Brands

Harvard Business Review

For example, Zappos and Gilt create highly compelling interactions shaped by data and aggressive remarketing tactics once they’ve found a shopper. The companies that best understand how they interact with customers are mostly pure-play digital commerce companies. But the functions overlap more and more.

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Why I Phished My Own Company

Harvard Business Review

Today, I make strategic and tactical technology decisions as the CTO of Atlantic Media. Placing someone in a cyber attack drill is the safest and most effective tactic to build the company''s collective security intelligence. In a media environment, security is often trumped by functionality, convenience, or cost.

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Why Agile Goes Awry — and How to Fix It

Harvard Business Review

It is no wonder that the CTO of this company said, “my engineers feel like short order cooks in the back of a diner.” The key is balancing both tactical and adaptive performance. This process is exactly what Agile was meant to eliminate.