CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Sameer Purao, who joined Celanese as CIO and CDO in 2021, is keeping the team and company focused by making change management a core competency of his team, and ensuring a focus on value, agility, and purpose. This required a major mindset change for our team, so we put people at the center of the strategy.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

They understand that their strategies, capabilities, resources, and management systems should be configured to support the enterprise’s overarching purpose and goals. Recognize IT and business are inseparable IT and business strategies are now fully intertwined, observes Jay Upchurch, EVP and CIO at analytics vendor SAS.

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CIO

DECEMBER 23, 2024

As CDIO, I partner closely with my peers across ServiceNow to unify our tech and business strategy and make everyday moments easier for employees and customers. Aligning on shared goals helps us deliver amazing experiences and outcomes, so we can be that driver of change. As a result, CIOs cant slow down at all.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Here, we explore the key factors impeding IT modernization and provide recommendations to overcome them (with real-world illustrations of strategies). These outdated systems are not only costly to maintain but also hinder the integration of new technologies, agility, and business value delivery.

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CIO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

For example, my change management motto is, “Humans prefer the familiar to the comfortable and the comfortable to the better.” At a time when technology innovation cycles are getting shorter, we will struggle to keep pace if we have to navigate around legacy systems that act as barriers to speed and agility.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

AUGUST 17, 2018

“When it comes to change management, “implementation” isn’t the end—it’s just the beginning.” What is change management? Change management may be defined as a structured process that ensures that required changes are thoroughly and smoothly carried out, and that the long-term benefits of the change are realized.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

That’s because their approach is often not agile enough to keep pace with today’s evolving business landscape. Making ITSM better than ever Overcoming these challenges is more than just making temporary fixes; it’s also changing the culture around how IT services are being managed.

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CIO

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Organizations should create a cross-functional team comprised of people who are already building, managing and governing existing AI initiatives in order to lay the foundation for genAI and select the appropriate AI solutions or models. Increase adoption through change management.

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CIO

JUNE 15, 2023

Change management Helping workers understand what AI can do for them will be tricky, though, as they want to feel that AI is augmenting their work, and not just replacing the enjoyable parts, BCG found. “The This is a massive number,” Bellefonds said. “We We really have to address this upskilling issue.”

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

To do so, CIOs must continuously improve their product management, program management, and delivery capabilities to wow customers and deliver competitive advantages, all while steering clear of surefire DX mistakes such as prioritizing too many initiatives and underinvesting in developing digital trailblazers.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Rethinking IT structure serves as yet another catalyst for advancing tech-driven business strategy. LaQuinta brings a strategic background and digital mindset to help accelerate enterprise-level business strategies. Highlighting the importance of value delivery is another core tenet of the redefined ZTD culture.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Although some continue to leap without looking into cloud deals, the value of developing a comprehensive cloud strategy has become evident. Without a clear cloud strategy and broad leadership support, even value-adding cloud investments may be at risk. And it’s never too late for CIOs to reassess their cloud strategies.

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CIO

AUGUST 4, 2022

Whenever an organization implements a new process, updates an existing process, deploys new technology, or fine-tunes services, its leaders must be mindful that even a simple change to a single process can start a domino effect, introducing issues in a range of other processes that must also be addressed. AIM Change Management Certification.

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CIO

DECEMBER 26, 2024

This increased complexity means more companies will be relying on IT consultants to help navigate the changes and develop short-term and long-term strategies. These include strategy consultants, systems consultants, and security consultants, among others, says Paul Farnsworth, CTO attechnology careers site Dice.

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CIO

APRIL 1, 2024

Here veteran IT leaders and advisers offer eight strategies to speed up IT modernization. Apply agile principles for quick wins Although legacy tech can be monolithic, there’s no reason that the approach to their modernization should be clunky all-or-nothing propositions.

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2024

We had plenty of reporting, but very little data insight, and no real semblance of a data strategy. But more than anything, the data platform is putting decision-making tools in the hands of our business so people can better manage their operations. We thought about change in two ways.

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CIO

JANUARY 24, 2023

Those principles, along with lessons learned during recent years, have helped Pfeiffer sharpen her tech strategy for supporting hybrid work in 2023. Though we have invested significantly in building a culture of agility within the organization, I think there is more to our journey. Still, he says there’s room for improvement.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

Working on long-term milestones while balancing everyday obstacles, embracing the learning curve while becoming a sought-after business leader, and changing long-held perceptions, Indias women CIOs are writing a new chapter in multifaceted leadership. Namrita prioritizes agility as a virtue.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2023

By focusing on technology, CIOs can deliver transitionary results, such as improving infrastructure agility by migrating to the cloud or improving user experiences by upgrading legacy systems to SaaS. There’s often ambition to address all or most problems, but that can leave the system user behind.

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Mentormate

MAY 1, 2023

Agile transformation is a fundamental part of any successful digital transformation life cycle. What is Agile transformation? In simplest terms, Agile transformation is adopting agile principles that extend beyond product software development methodologies and foster a flexible, iterative mindset throughout an organization.

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CIO

AUGUST 20, 2024

Pre-pandemic, high-performance teams were co-located, multidisciplinary, self-organizing, agile, and data-driven. High performance back then generally focused on delivery — a contrast to previous generations of IT where business and IT alignment was an issue, and teams struggled to deliver with waterfall project management practices.

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CIO

APRIL 12, 2023

A clear vision for executing a real-time AI strategy is a critical step to align executives and line-of-business leaders on how real-time AI will increase business value for the organization. How is data, process, and model drift managed for reliability? Real-time AI is a science project until benefits to the business are realized.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 11, 2011

When Jim Highsmith graciously invited me to give the opening keynote at the inaugural Agile Executive Forum in Salt Lake City this week, I had to really sit down and think about what I’ve been working on the last few years, namely social business , as compared the conference theme, agility and business.

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CIO

DECEMBER 17, 2024

While other priorities including incorporating a focus on AI into the IT strategy, improving the approach to software sourcing and deployment, and building better IT skills and competencies ranked higher in the survey, IT governance is much more foundational. While each model has its strengths, it also comes with significant limitations.

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CIO

JULY 31, 2023

They note, too, that CIOs — being top technologists within their organizations — will be running point on those concerns as companies establish their gen AI strategies. Here’s a rundown of the top 20 issues shaping gen AI strategies today. Douglas Merrill, a partner at management consulting firm McKinsey & Co.,

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CIO

JUNE 5, 2023

Digital transformation is indeed a cornerstone of business strategy today, as 89% of enterprises see digital business as core to their growth, according to Gartner’s Board of Directors 2023 Survey. Effective change management enables businesses to overcome resistance, streamline processes, and minimize negative impacts during the transition.”

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Exadel

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Why Agile Testing? The world is changing fast and being adaptive is not an option, it’s a must. Agile methodologies have proved their efficiency as a flexible approach in software development by delivering solutions faster and with the ability to respond to change. Traditional vs. Agile Testing.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Because of this, IT leaders must take a proactive approach to change management , communicating the benefits of digital transformation and providing support and training to employees. It requires a different mindset, as well as an agile, ready-to-experiment workforce that is change-savvy.

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James Shore

OCTOBER 15, 2020

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. How to Be Agile. What does it mean to “be Agile?”. As we’ve seen in the previous chapters, Agile is a philosophy: a way of thinking about software development. Practicing Agile. Second Edition cover.

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CIO

JULY 25, 2024

For instance, if you oversee security teams, you may want to consider the security-focused certifications, whereas if you manage an agile team, then project management and agile-focused certifications may be a better fit.

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CIO

JUNE 11, 2024

After all, many C-suite leaders and employees have an outdated impression of what IT departments do today, which may undermine the CIO’s digital transformation , change management, and other strategic objectives. “We Nothing will ever change without lighting a little bit of a match under someone’s feet.”

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CIO

JULY 29, 2024

Primed by a rotational program that cycled through varied assignments to build a technology-plus-business foundation, Brown was able to develop a robust process orientation in addition to skills in communications, large-scale change management, even a Master Black Belt Six Sigma certification.

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CIO

AUGUST 22, 2023

It is driven by changes in customer expectations, opportunities to evolve employee experiences, and building differentiating capabilities with data, analytics, and artificial intelligence — all of which have no clear end point, nor are exclusively technology-focused.

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CIO

JULY 23, 2024

Call it survival instincts: Risks that can disrupt an organization from staying true to its mission and accomplishing its goals must constantly be surfaced, assessed, and either mitigated or managed. Are agile teams overly stressed with too many priorities? This holistic strategy ensures resilience and long-term success.”

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Our experts are closely monitoring eight healthcare trends that are shaping industry leaders’ strategies in 2025. Recommended Approach : AI should not be viewed as a standalone strategy but rather as a powerful enabler of broader business objectives. And this year is especially interesting, as 2024’s U.S. billion by 2030.

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CIO

APRIL 22, 2024

“A truly business-driven IT team shouldn’t just be aligned with business strategy, it should have a seat at the leadership table, have a hand in directing business strategy, and be brought in on any major transformational initiatives from the get-go.” But now we’re integral to the strategy as it’s being created.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

AdaptiveION co-founders Steve Davis and Ken Spangler are two former technology executives who know what it takes to build and lead a highly adaptive organization capable of thriving through change or disruption. As a managing director at Accenture, Davis led some of the largest agile transformations at global scale.

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