IT Leadership
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5 ways to avoid IT purchasing regrets
Over half of organizations have experienced a high degree of regret over tech purchases made in the past two years. Here’s how to ensure your IT investments pay off.
How-To
What is outsourcing? Definitions, benefits, challenges, processes, advice
Outsourcing can bring big benefits, but risks and challenges abound when negotiating and managing outsourcing relationships. Here’s what you need to know to ensure your IT outsourcing initiatives succeed.
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What is enterprise architecture? A framework for transformation
Enterprise architecture is the process by which organizations standardize and organize IT infrastructure to align with business goals. These strategies support digital transformation, IT growth, and the modernization of IT.
Managing Innovation & Disruptive Technology
10 tips for running a world-class innovation contest
Addressing key steps to structure an annual innovation contest, based on culture and core values, that strengthens best practices.
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IT leaders take charge of customer experience
With customer experience (CX) a central tenet for successful digital transformation, IT leaders are evolving their organization’s CX capabilities to deliver impressive results.
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CDO resumes: 5 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 five tips to write the perfect CDO resume to get the job.
The CIO Whisperers
Sanjib Sahoo on the CIO as chief value officer
The CDO of Ingram Micro discusses the importance of taking accountability, having a bias for action, and communicating with compassion as the keys to being a successful IT leader today.
Movers and Shakers
CIO and CTO Art Hu on incubating a new business inside Lenovo
With Lenovo expanding its focus to software solutions, Art Hu kept his CIO role at the $70 billion business while also becoming CTO of its new $5 billion ‘startup.’
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What Whirlpool’s CIO does to make its digital business models run end to end
During a recent CIO Leadership Live session, Danielle Brown, SVP and CIO of household appliance giant Whirlpool, detailed how collaborative teams and data management are integral to both product leadership and the entire customer journey.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
Are product managers chief executives of their product? It depends.
Two ways PMs are like CEOs — and one way they aren’t.
News
SAP seeks to make builders of business technologists
SAP Build provides enterprises with a new low-code development resource built on the same infrastructure as its pro-code development tools.
News Analysis
Why CIOs should invest in digital through economic headwinds
According to analysts at Gartner, CIOs should use digital investment through the recession in order to deliver growth, and repeatable financial and environmental benefits.
CIO Survival Guide
7 ways CIOs get themselves fired
Keeping your job as CIO is tough, even when you do everything right. Here are seven ways unwary CIOs make their jobs even riskier.
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8 reasons why digital transformations fail
Lack of vision, leadership support, and long-term commitment are just a few of the ways that digital transformation journeys take wrong turns or fizzle out.
The CIO Whisperers
Veteran CIOs on leading IT today
Mike Goodwin, DiAnna Thimjon, and Woody Groton discuss how leadership practices and philosophies gained from their military experience have continued to serve them well in their civilian careers.
Movers and Shakers
New US CIO appointments, November 2022
Congratulations to these 'movers and shakers' recently hired or promoted into a new chief information officer role.
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Examining the digital transformation juggling act at Novanta
Sarah Betadam, CIO of photonics, vision, and precision motion technology supplier Novanta, spoke during a recent CIO Leadership Live session about how she engages with myriad teams, functions and channels to effectively initiate digital transformation.
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Product-based IT: A blueprint for success
Establishing product ownership, embracing agile, and nurturing the right tech and business talent are part of the success formula for transforming IT organizations and service delivery models.
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12 famous ERP disasters, dustups and disappointments
It's no wonder ERP has such a bad reputation: The history surrounding the complex and expensive enterprise software market is packed with tales of vendor mudslinging, outrageous hype and epic failures.
Opinion
10 future trends for working with business leaders
The IDC FutureScape team has turned its attention to CIOs’ relationship with business leaders to predict 10 winning digital business strategies for the years ahead.
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How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development
One year into life after Google, Trainline CTO Milena Nikolic is building a platform for growth through multi-disciplinary teams, professional development, microservices and infrastructure-as-code.
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What digital business acceleration means for Gulfstream Aerospace’s CIO
Sheryl Bunton, SVP and CIO of business jet aircraft manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace, spoke during a recent CIO Leadership Live session about digital business acceleration, intentional progression, and IT's agility layer.
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Menora Mivtachim goes digital to speed up pension transfers
The Israeli insurance company has transformed its customer experience for the least IT-literate segment of the population — the elderly. CIO Moshe Morgenstern shares lessons learned for those seeking to serve this growing market.
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7 hard truths of business-IT alignment
Think you’re just responsible for technology? You’re wrong. Here’s what IT leaders need to accept and act on to help get business-IT alignment right.
Opinion
What transformational leaders too often overlook
You can’t innovate without a strong foundation. That’s why it’s vital to think strategically about IT infrastructure — and to get your C-suite colleagues and board members too as well.
The CIO Whisperers
Leadership playbook: Michelle McKenna’s winning formula for CIOs
The former NFL CIO discusses how she game-plans for success. It all starts with strong self-awareness and a keen understanding of what it takes to put together a championship team.
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7 ways to ruin your IT leadership reputation
A solid professional reputation is your top career asset. Don’t carelessly toss it away.
Interview
Booz Allen Hamilton CIO Brad Stone discusses key leadership methods to fuel success
Brad Stone, CIO at global consultancy firm Booz Allen Hamilton, with strengths in defense, health, energy and international development, spoke at a recent Leading in Disruptive Times summit about key leadership methods to fuel success.
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Resume makeover: Transforming a career post-mortem into a C-suite future
To land a leadership role, your resume shouldn’t read like a history of your career. Instead it should paint a vivid picture of how your experience and skills shape the future of your career.
CIO Survival Guide
The successful CIO’s trick to mastering politics
IT leaders must realize that relationships outlive transactions. Failing to embrace this fact of organizational dynamics can kill your career.
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The rise of the revenue-generating CIO
IT leaders are increasingly looked to as C-suite entrepreneurs capable of contributing solutions aimed at top-line growth. Here’s how revenue-centric CIOs are getting it done.
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Inside track: Chris Bedi on his evolving CIO role at ServiceNow
Growing from the maintenance of internal infrastructure to a more holistic digital role, it’s been a transformational period for Chris Bedi after stints as CIO for two electronics manufacturers.
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Chipotle’s recipe for digital transformation: Cloud plus AI
CTO Curt Garner fortified the fast-casual chain’s digital aspirations with an all-in push for the cloud, providing a foundation for innovations aimed at improving customer experience and restaurant operations.
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What is ESG? Environmental, social, and governance commitment explained
Building a strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) score can determine the overall success of the business and attract socially responsible investors.
Movers and Shakers
What is the CIO’s role today? Redefining transformational IT leadership
With software and data at the heart of our businesses, once again it is time to address the evolution of this ever-changing role. Here is one humble executive recruiter’s take.
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CIOs get strategic in the cloud: 4 success stories
No longer viewed as a tactical, cost-saving technology, the public cloud has become the key differentiator for IT leaders seeking to transform their organizations, develop new revenue streams, and prep for future innovations.
case study
Wonderla Holidays goes digital to enhance business and customer fun
The owner-operator of Wonderla amusement parks expects 5% increment in both annual footfalls and sales per head through an innovative, environmental-friendly digital initiative.
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The CIO as chief integration (and influence) officer
With their bird’s-eye view of all business functions, CIOs are natural integration leaders. But they’re also well-positioned to become chief influencers of business strategy.
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5 tips for maximizing ROI of IT projects
Ramping up this parameter is crucial as it not only showcases a successful IT initiative but also helps earn the support of stakeholders for future projects.
The CIO Whisperers
Aflac’s Rich Gilbert on the 7 Cs of top IT leaders
The chief transformation officer and head of individual benefits discusses the qualities and priorities that enable the best leaders to drive significant business value — even through crisis.
How-To
Myrna Soto details key strategies for CIOs to impact the board of directors
Myrna Soto, founder and CEO of Apogee Executive Advisors consultancy, illustrates how best to communicate with the board of directors, effectively present when the board asks you to do so, and prepare to become a board member.
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12 things every CIO must get done in year one
The honeymoon phase for new CIOs is short. From listening tours to establishing an ally on the board, here’s how to set the stage for long-term success.
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Why CIOs continue to invest in outsourcing despite the warning signs
Talent shortages, a possible recession and the continued pace of digital transformation mean CIOs have to be vigilant in their approach to IT outsourcing.
Interview
Ex-NFL CIO Michelle McKenna on leadership today
The Hall of Fame CIO discusses the leadership lessons she learned around accountability and authenticity over the past 10 seasons leading IT for the National Football League.
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What is transformational leadership? A model for motivating innovation
The transformational leadership style inspires workers to embrace change by fostering a company culture of accountability, ownership, and workplace autonomy.
Developing IT Leaders
7 ways to foster IT innovation
Building a culture of innovation doesn't happen by chance. It requires planning, commitment, and leadership effort. Here are seven tips on how to enhance your group's innovative spirit and its ability to gain an IT advantage.
CIO Survival Guide
Bad metrics are worse than no metrics
When it comes to setting goals and assessing your progress toward achieving them, be smart about how you use metrics and what you pay attention to. Not SMART.
Movers and Shakers
CIO Guy Hadari on the management skills that set IT leaders apart
After rising through technology, most first-time CIOs are not prepared for management responsibilities. Having made the journey from technologist to enterprise CIO, Biogen’s Hadari knows how to spot management skills on his senior team.
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Implementation partners get strategic — so should CIOs’ use of them
Seeking to become more transformational, implementation partners are evolving. Here’s how IT leaders can leverage this shift without introducing more risk.
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7 signs it’s time for a new CIO job
All good things must come to an end. For some CIOs, the decision to terminate an employment relationship should occur sooner rather than later.-
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