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Executive presence: The key to unlocking your leadership potential
Executive presence is that unique combination of qualities that sets leaders apart. It’s also a skill that anyone can develop. Here’s how to do it.
Inclusion, Inc.
What good leaders do: 3 key practices you can adopt today
Providing good leadership means giving the people on your team the safety and space they need to thrive. Here are three things you can start doing now that will make a big difference in the year ahead.
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6 IT roles prime for reskilling
Digital initiatives are not just transforming business — they are also significantly shaking up the requirements of IT roles that support them.
I’ve Been Thinking – So Should You
Workplace 2020: 4 defining factors of the future of work
The coming year will move us one step closer to the workplace of 2025 and beyond. The signs are there. The shift is happening.
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Uniper CIO seizes on company split to move to cloud
When power company E.ON spun off its gas business as a new company, Uniper’s CIO started modernizing.
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5 data analytics investments worth the hype
Analytics technologies are all too often hyped as transformational magic. But these five emerging analytics investments look promising and productive enough to fuel future bottom-line benefits.
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8 tips for reducing technical debt (without killing operations)
Cutting corners is all well and good until a development project hurtles into a reliability and financial black hole. Here’s how to avoid the perils of technical debt.
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Target's new tech operating model hits the mark
CIO Mike McNamara’s bold bet on product management, agile, DevOps and reskilling has helped turn around the big box chain.
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Domo vs. Tableau: Self-service analytics tools compared
Self-service business intelligence has become the go-to tool for business decisions. Here’s how Domo and Tableau stack up on features and pricing.
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5 lessons from Goldman Sachs' digital journey
Boe Hartman, who helped spearhead the creation of Goldman Sachs' consumer business, reflects on his most important lessons learned from the initiative.
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7 questions CIOs should ask before taking a new job
Will your new job be a dream come true or a career cul-de-sac? Asking the right questions before you sign is the best way to ensure an IT leadership role is right.
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Recession-proof IT: How to survive and thrive through any economy
Leading authorities advise CIOs to have plans in place in advance of a possible downturn — and the best approaches and strategies are highly beneficial in good economic times as well.
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What Gen Z workers look for in an IT employer
Gen Z is just beginning to enter the workforce en masse. Here’s what tomorrow’s IT pros and leaders are looking for in an employer today.
The Digital CIO
The big task for CIOs in 2020: Bringing security and IT operations together
Bridging the gap between these siloed teams pays off in improved visibility and better security.
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Keys to a successful flexible IT staffing strategy
With specialized skills in short supply, CIOs are increasingly turning to contingent workers to supplement in-house talent. Here’s how to ensure your workforce mix is on target and productive.
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Inside Cisco's IT monitoring makeover
When Cisco’s IT team set out to replace a homegrown monitoring system, changing minds was as much of a challenge as changing code.
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Anticipatory IT: Your strategy for staving off digital disruption
Anticipating future opportunities based on hard and soft trends is crucial for CIOs seeking to avoid disruption. Does your organization have what it takes to commit to an ‘anticipatory IT’ strategy?
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IT apprenticeships: Best practices for onboarding overlooked talent
IT leaders share their experiences and tips for launching apprenticeship programs that successfully bridge the IT skills gap.
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9 dark secrets of DevOps
Organizations are increasingly turning to DevOps in support of digital transformations. Here is a clear-eyed view of what you are getting into when you do.
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6 tips for an effective IT internship program
A well-run internship program can provide a talent pipeline, help build your brand, and even jumpstart business innovation. Here’s how to ensure your interns are engaged, productive, and singing praise.
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CDO resumes: 4 tips for landing a chief data officer role
Chief data officers are on the rise as businesses embrace data-driven strategies. But you’ll want to follow these four tips to write the perfect CDO resume to get the job.
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7 ways IT can help cut friction from the customer experience
Top-notch CX is a digital business imperative. Here’s how to ensure your organization’s customer and client experience is hassle-free.
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Reskilling helps Stanley future-proof its factories
Committed to forging 10 million ‘makers’ by 2030, Stanley Black & Decker is training up factory workers to work with robotics, AI, IoT and AR. Here’s how the power tools manufacturer is doing it.
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Top career tips for aspiring CIOs
CIOs share hard-earned lessons and time-honored advice to those seeking top technology leadership roles.
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10 reasons IT leaders fail at innovation
Tech leaders have been given an innovation mandate, but many still struggle to build a robust innovation capability. What’s holding them back?
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7 factors women look for in an IT employer — and how to address them
Trying to improve diversity in your hiring pipeline? Here’s what will make your organization attractive to women and other minorities.
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IT-business alignment in the digital age
The most effective IT models are tightly aligned with desired business outcomes. Getting there may require a new IT operating model.
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The 22 best project management tools for business
Having the right set of tools to tackle analytics, requirements, change, and project progress will help project managers perform at their best.
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IT’s new ROI: Return on innovation
CIOs struggle to temper business expectations of 100 percent innovation success with the realities. Here’s how to foster a healthy innovation outlook.
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IT burnout: 7 ways to spot and help overwhelmed staff
When workloads go over the top, employee performance can sink. Identifying and supporting beleaguered staffers can help you boost productivity and stem turnover.Feature
The chief data officer: The CIO’s newest ally
As organizations shift to data-driven strategies, the CDO role is rising. But to succeed as an entity, the CIO and CDO must work in concert — with clear delineations in responsibilities.
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Tips and tools for effective customer journey mapping
Customer journey maps are a popular tool to improve customer experience. Here’s how to get the most from them alongside techniques such as customer journey analytics.
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5 ways IT still fails its business users
Mastering customer experience is the drumbeat of digital transformation today. But too often enterprises pursue that while neglecting employee experience to their peril.
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Data preparation tools: Your analytics strategy’s secret weapon
Data preparation is frequently cited as the leading roadblock to leveraging data within an organization. Getting the right tool for your organization can help you breakthrough.
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7 signs you’re being exploited at work — and what to do about it
All too often the reward for good work is more work. Here’s how to know when enough is enough and what you can do to better your situation.
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LinkedIn Talent Solutions: 10 tips for hiring your perfect match
Looking for the perfect candidate? LinkedIn Talent Solutions offers powerful tools and services for leveraging real-time data and machine learning to find your match.
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What women want in the IT workplace: 6 key factors for hiring and retention
Women are exiting IT in droves, as companies struggle to hire and engage these valuable employees. The first step to change? Listening to what women want.
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Co-innovating with startups: 5 steps for success
Startups can help your organization kick-start innovation. Here’s how CIOs can hone their approach to courting fledgling vendors of emerging technologies while reducing risk.
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6 tips for surviving digital disruption in 2020
Once considered a competitive differentiator, digital transformation is now table stakes, according to Gartner, which offers tips for surviving disruption scenarios businesses may face in 2020.
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7 tips for improving IT-marketing collaboration
A strong relationship between IT and marketing correlates with improved business growth. Here’s how to bury past frictions and build a better business-focused, cross-functional team.
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IT pros go back to school to advance their careers
To keep pace with change, IT pros are enrolling in courses and programs aimed at expanding their horizons. Here are five areas that are paying off.
The CIO Whisperers
Creating the IT culture you need
Re-engineering your culture requires developing new core skills. Learn how three CIOs are tackling IT transformation from a human perspective.
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The turnaround: Inheriting digital transformation
With digital transformations either stalled or splintered, newly hired CIOs must pick up where their predecessors left off and remake IT with a singular focus on supporting the business vision.
Opinion
IT-as-a-business is dead. Long live BusOps
Thanks to digital transformation, technology is embedded in every business process and practice your company relies on. It’s time to take a tip from DevOps, and rethink the business-IT divide.
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IT Resume Makeover: Restructuring for the C-suite
In this resume makeover, Andrew Ysasi helps a candidate update his already-strong resume with better formatting and a more visually appealing design.
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The rise of the chief experience officer
As companies bear down on customer experience as a key differentiator, they are carving out a new CxO role. Are CIOs a natural fit for the new post? The answer is, it depends.
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At Amtrak, business-IT co-creation engineers CX success
Close collaboration between IT and marketing is helping Amtrak provide a more seamless omnichannel experience for passengers.
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What is decision science? Transforming decision-making with data
Decision science is one of the most interesting areas of data science for businesses but it needs to be part of the data science ecosystem your organization builds.
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10 IT-business collaboration mistakes to avoid
Ignoring conflict, missing out on post-mortems, failing to prioritize trust — here’s what is holding you back when co-creating and collaborating with business colleagues.
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Multi-cloud strategy: Pros, cons and tips
Flexibility and feature functionality are among CIOs’ reasons for embracing a multi-cloud strategy. Experts explain the pros and cons of multi-cloud strategy and offer tips to get there.
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