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5 compelling reasons why CIOs should pursue board seats now
Interested in serving on a board? Don’t wait for retirement.
6 challenges of agile at scale for ERP
Overcoming these challenges are key to using agile for an ERP implementation. It's well worth the effort.
4 tips for keeping SAP transformation projects on track during the COVID-19 crisis
You can’t put mission-critical modernization projects on hold. Here’s how to work through the disruption.
5 lessons when creating a ‘customer zero’ program
Technology organizations must invest in a “customer zero” program to drive internal innovation, improve quality, and demonstrate they believe in their own products and services.
AI-first or nothing
5 steps to AI transformation and survival
Leadership lessons from Accenture’s CIO
Penelope Prett on how storytelling, team empowerment, and personal brand allow IT to deliver maximum value at one of the world’s largest professional services firm.
The future of retail isn’t what it used to be
Innovation mindsets must reimagine customer experiences and retail operations for a new world order
5 costly mistakes in infrastructure outsourcing
Consider yourself warned. These mistakes can derail your efforts, erode your business case, and start you off on the wrong foot with your chosen provider. Here's how to avoid them.
What CEOs want in a CIO: A strategic business partner
Research shows that CEOs are looking to CIOs to drive transformation and business strategy. Are you ready to step up?
Returning to the workplace: IT’s role
IT and security teams must prepare for three different workforce scenarios to keep productivity levels high
Building enterprise agility
Why and how to foster this key capability in your organization
Spinning up digital innovation at Warner Music Group
Ralph Munsen, CIO of Warner Music Group, discusses technology and business transformation at the global music company.
Inside Adobe's employee-focused COVID-19 response roadmap
A comprehensive business continuity blueprint and advance planning paved the way for Adobe's rapid work-from-home transition, but the focus on employee experience was the key to success.
4 software development KPIs that matter today
In today’s Agile-driven world, traditional KPIs are not the best measures of software development productivity. Here are redefined metrics for assessing team performance, output, and morale.
Creating net-new tech talent during the worst talent shortage we’ve seen
As U.S. companies see a surge in tech investments, they must look at new ways to develop domestic tech talent to support heavy demand
Livongo and Teladoc merger: a catalyst for accelerating healthcare’s digital transformation
Are we in the midst of a broad-based restructuring of the digital healthcare sector?
As smart cities evolve, so does the role of technologists in government
A rise of connected data and devices means more opportunity to leverage technology to improve our communities
Finding the ideal board readiness program (and why you need one)
When it comes to landing a board role, who you know matters just as much as what you know. Board readiness programs should help you with both.
Reimagining your organization as an intelligent enterprise
Companies that did the work to become flexible, adaptable, and anticipatory have been well-positioned to respond to the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis. It's not too late for your organization to make that shift. Here's how to start.
Digitizing industrial products at Cummins
Sherry Aaholm, CIO of the $23 billion engine manufacturer, shares her strategy for creating foundational change at scale
Defining the post-COVID-19 digital transformation of healthcare
In the wake of COVID-19, the initial scramble to support a predominantly remote care model is now giving way to a more measured evaluation of care delivery models using telehealth technologies
How (and why) great CIOs lead through teaching
Accidental learning delivers accidental results. Here's how six CIOs avoid that trap by leading through teaching.
6 steps to successful SaaS renewal negotiations
It's no secret that preparation is key to successful contract negotiations, but SaaS renewals come with their own set of challenges. What are you doing to prepare for negotiation success?
Don't squander that crisis-induced transformation
Veteran CIO Phil Fasano has some straight talk for CEOs and corporate boards about why they should invest in the technologies that support new ways of working.
Building board diversity
As corporate boards show some progress in welcoming women and people of color in the latest wave of new members, diversity trends pave the way for more tech leaders in the boardroom.
Freddie Mac banks on modern delivery
Frank Nazzaro, CIO of Freddie Mac, explains how the modern delivery software development model, which goes beyond Agile, increases development velocity and quality.
10 ways to get value from your system integrator's quality review
Though the SI's proposals focus on the benefits the client is intended to receive from these quality reviews, the SIs are actually realizing a large portion of the benefits. Here’s how to ensure you benefit as well.
Lessons in IT resiliency for the COVID-19 era
Rapid response to disruptions caused by the pandemic will lead to better continuity plans going forward, participants in an #IDGTECHtalk Twitter chat said.
Diversity in tech: 3 stories of perseverance and success
IT organizations need to create cultures of inclusion and break through the unconscious bias found in traditional hiring and management practices.
Managing work from the front
Being a frontline manager requires a careful negotiation between the business and the engineers. If we focus our efforts on needs, we’ll always be doing the right things.
4 ways to run a leaner dev team
Covid-19 has brought many challenges for today's IT leaders, including continuing to drive new value without adding talent or increasing budget. Here's a new look at running lean.
How to make the tech industry more inclusive
Industry professionals shared their thoughts about what it will take to make the tech sector more inclusive during a recent #IDGTECHtalk Twitter chat
Virtual environments: The universal equalizer for the workforce
Connecting people across geographies allows for different perspectives that generate new ideas and innovation. Could a virtual workplace be the answer to better business performance?
5 fundamental steps for turning your data into an asset
Nick Daffan, CIO of Verisk Analytics, on how engaging data scientists, finding quick wins, and providing flexible technology are key to your data strategy.
3 steps to developing a risk response advisory system
Much like DEFCON is used in the U.S. Armed Forces to react to changing threat levels, your enterprise needs its own PANDCON to deal with changing pandemic conditions. Here's how to get started.
The path forward requires empathy and transparency in leadership
We find ourselves in unprecedented times with a global pandemic and a heightened state of civic and social unrest that has exposed systematic inequalities along racial and socioeconomic lines. The impact on businesses has been profound and I believe we have yet to see the half of it. This is posing a real test of leadership for the C-suite, IT, HR and across all lines of business. Who will take on the challenge of empathetic and transparent leadership?
Defining a data privacy strategy in the digital era
Personalized customer experiences, automated business operations, and data science-driven insights all depend on the quality and volume of your data. However, while the last decade has been a rush to drill for data, it is becoming ever more important for brand trust and regulatory compliance for a data privacy strategy to be more than a policy on ethics. It needs to be an operational capability that organizations sustain in order to protect their customers, protect the company, and differentiate the brand value proposition.Interviewing for a board seat: 3 key differences vs. CIO jobs
Cultural fit, collaborative spirit and commitment matter just as much to board directors as your tech expertise.
How platform thinking drives innovation at Visteon
Raman Mehta, CIO, discusses the shift from traditional manufacturing to software engineering at one of the world’s largest cockpit electronics companies.
COVID-19 accelerates enterprise use of automation in digital transformation
As the pandemic increased digital demands, technology leaders were forced to move up roadmaps for RPA and hyperautomation
COVID times call for COVID measures
With AI models rendered useless by the pandemic, data jocks are scurrying to make sense of a changed world. CIOs, meanwhile, need to walk a tightrope between facilitating all the new fact-finding and maintaining security and governance to keep data – as well as the company and its customers – safe. That’s easier said than done in normal times.
Culture counts: Why building strong teams requires a little TLC
The 'magic' behind successful teams involves encouraging diversity of thought and defining clear rules of engagement
Seeking opportunity in crisis, boards uphold digital growth agendas
Determined to find opportunity in the COVID aftermath, boards are leaning in with more management support in addition to their usual strategic oversight. Navigating the post-pandemic world will amplify IT leadership in agility and innovation.
The two tools you must harness right now to rise to today’s challenges
The pandemic-driven shift to virtual business merely accelerated existing, disruptive trends. Adapting to what's next comes down to two seemingly disparate components.rn
Navigating the new reality of working together, remotely
How our understanding of work and employee experience is changing
Creating a data-driven business at McKinsey & Co.
Mike Wright, Global CIO, is turning knowledge into value at the global management consulting firm.
Ready for (almost) anything
The global pandemic put new, unforeseen layers of stress on CIOs. Most are emerging better equipped for future challenges.
Executive Development: When CEOs help their CIOs prepare for board roles
It may seem counterintuitive for CEOs to encourage (and even coach) their CIOs and senior business leaders to serve on outside boards, but doing so can deliver real business benefits.
IT must think like a business and go beyond traditional business partnerships
By shifting its mindset from supporting core technologies to one that is more closely in tune with business objectives and customer needs, Oshkosh Corporation’s IT has a sharper focus and understanding on leveraging solutions that ultimately make a difference in people’s lives.