N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

These leaders are essential for driving innovation and maintaining a competitive edge. Organizations must remain agile and forward-thinking to keep pace. Agile decision-making allows them to respond swiftly to challenges and pursue innovative solutions. A well-planned interview process greatly influences hiring success.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Upskilling programs and focusing on the employee experience are also crucial for businesses looking to hold onto talent and drive innovative transformations, and recruitment for tech talent is much more effective when IT leaders are actively involved in the process. You have to be innovative,” adds Balbo. million compared to about 3.6

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CIO

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Many are reframing how to manage infrastructure, especially as demand for AI and cloud-native innovation escalates,” Carter said. Additionally, the sheer amount of options available and today’s demand for more flexibility and hyper-customized user experiences require IT leaders to think more innovatively.

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CIO

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Focused on digitization and innovation and closely aligned with lines of business, some 40% of IT leaders surveyed in CIO.com’s State of the CIO Study 2024 characterize themselves as transformational, while a quarter (23%) consider themselves functional: still optimizing, modernizing, and securing existing technology infrastructure.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Clearing business strategy hurdles Choosing the right technologies to meet an organization’s unique AI goals is usually not straightforward. A cloud-first approach ensures better data security, compliance with regulations, and scalability for AI-driven innovation,” says Domingues.

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CIO

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For organizations seeking productivity and innovation gains, a best practice is to prioritize use cases based on value, feasibility, and breadth. Next, explore potential new workflows or processes that genAI can create to improve productivity, increase innovation, and/or provide competitive differentiation.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

These roles, while distinct, are increasingly interwoven, and their synergy can unlock unprecedented opportunities for growth and innovation. This role involves integrating cutting-edge technologies, optimizing digital platforms, and fostering innovation to enhance operational efficiency and customer value.

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CIO

JANUARY 22, 2025

For example, most people now use AI to take meeting notes. They should become more proactive about meeting with business leaders, and insist that members of their staff meet regularly with their counterparts in the business. How can I help business leaders overcome their challenges and meet their objectives?

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CIO

DECEMBER 9, 2024

What companies need to do in order to cope with future challenges is adapt quickly: slim down and become more agile, be more innovative, become more cost-effective, yet be secure in IT terms. If these dont have a modern foundation, then the whole transformation project will be doomed to failure.

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CIO

MARCH 7, 2025

For CIOs, the message was clear: Efficiency, future-ready technology, and innovative workforce strategies are essential. Accelerating digital transformation is essential to optimize business processes, and reducing technology debt will enhance agility and efficiency. See also: 10 IT budgeting mistakes to avoid.)

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CIO

MARCH 18, 2025

In todays digital economy, business objectives like becoming a trusted financial partner or protecting customer data while driving innovation require more than technical controls and documentation. They demand a reimagining of how we integrate security and compliance into every stage of software delivery.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

A shift has occurred and IT is now viewed as an equal partner in driving business growth with CIOs recognized as the de facto leaders of innovation. Here, they and others share seven ways to create and nurture a culture of innovation. Innovation is a double-edged sword: It is critical to growth — but that’s also what makes it risky. “It

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CIO

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

We’ve broken up a large entity that required people to wait in line and put delivery people working on applications, business process improvement, and fintech innovation back in the hands of the business.” “Techniculture is where technology, business, and culture collide,” says Nester, explaining his remodeling plan for IT.

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CIO

MAY 1, 2023

Technology innovation is happening at breakneck speed, creating new opportunities and threats for companies of all sizes and industries. In this new reality where a bank can go under in two weeks, and new innovations are fundamentally changing our ways of life (e.g., Strong knowledge of open source technologies.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) explained The Scaled Agile Framework encompasses a set of principles, processes, and best practices that helps larger organizations adopt agile methodologies , such as Lean, Kanban, and Scrum , to deliver high-quality products and services faster.

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Xebia

JANUARY 19, 2024

Going Beyond Agile Nobody can deny that the digital revolution has fundamentally changed the way we live in the world. Organizations have to take innovation and agility to the next level to survive in this new age. Organizations have to take innovation and agility to the next level to survive in this new age.

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Crunchbase News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Control and agility: Founders who bootstrap retain complete ownership and control over their companies. This autonomy fuels innovation and responsiveness, as founders can adapt quickly to market changes. Bootstrapped companies must meet genuine market needs to drive revenue, fostering a customer-first mindset.

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CIO

JULY 8, 2022

Of the many possible answers, some of our clients elect to carry the transformation further by separating their employees into two groups: those responsible for operations and those responsible for innovation. Operations will always take priority over innovation whenever there’s a fire. Trade-offs. Disadvantages.

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CIO

AUGUST 2, 2022

A few years back, I wrote an article for CIO on how to handle the blow-up meeting and create breakthroughs. Now almost three years later, I share one of my blow-up meeting moments in my new book, Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership. At that moment, I went for it.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Meetings should have a clear purpose, but instead, they’ve become a way to measure status and reinforce what is colloquially referred to as CYA culture. There’s a kernel of truth in every joke, so whenever someone quips, “This meeting could have been an email!” Reform your startup’s meeting culture.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

As the next generation of AI training and fine-tuning workloads takes shape, limits to existing infrastructure will risk slowing innovation. For well over a decade, innovative customers have been extracting AI-powered insights from data managed on NetApp solutions. Through relentless innovation.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

On the other hand, there were also misalignments on priorities – notably, on cost flexibility and risk versus innovation – which can strain the CFO/CIO relationship and hinder growth and innovation. Why did the CFO/CIO relationship grow stronger?

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CIO

APRIL 23, 2024

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certifications are becoming valuable in larger organizations looking for efficient project delivery, reduced time-to-market, and ways to provide better stakeholder value. Then you’ll need to meet the prerequisites for the certification(s) you choose. What is SAFe certification?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

This evolution is not just valuable; it’s vital; the expanding global marketplace and the relentless march of technological innovation have made the old models of leadership development ineffectual and obsolete. This new dynamic has moved the need for leadership agility and emotional intelligence to an all-time high.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

To meet the challenge, technology teams are rolling out an AI component in a new patent search tool to help examiners find the most relevant sources they need as they scrutinize applications. Agile, and/or “DevSecOps” practices rely on swift moves, transparency, and a product mindset. Exploring human channels in the information stream.

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CIO

MAY 4, 2023

Cloud technology is a springboard for digital transformation, delivering the business agility and simplicity that are so important to today’s business. In fact, in a recent IDC study , 60% of CIOs stated they are already planning to modify their operating model to manage value, agility, and risk by 2026. But that’s not all.

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CIO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

To address these challenges, Atento turned to Avaya, leveraging the flexibility and innovation of Avaya’s solutions to scale its environment seamlessly as the business grew. Avaya’s solutions also empowered Atento to infuse new levels of agility and efficiency into their operations.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In the year 2004, two academicsMiachael Lombardo and Robert Eichingercoined the term learning agility and described it as one of the key metrics to measure leadership potential. Simply put, learning agility is a blend of curiosity, self-awareness, and a growth mindset. A lack of learning agility. What is learning agility?

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CIO

MARCH 13, 2025

Weve been innovating with AI, ML, and LLMs for years, he says. And a Red Hat survey of IT managers in several European countries and the UAE found that 71% reported a shortage of AI skills, making it the most significant skill gap today, ahead of cybersecurity, cloud, and Agile. But not every company can say the same.

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CIO

MARCH 7, 2023

Examples are initiatives to improve both customer and employee experiences or others that deliver a combination of innovation and security enhancements. Today, many CIOs must determine which agile tools to use and where to create practice standards. Apply agile when developing low-code and no-code experiences.

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CIO

AUGUST 2, 2023

Benefits of composable architecture Embracing a composable architecture empowers your business to compose building blocks with unparalleled flexibility, opening doors to new opportunities for innovation. Your system can evolve organically, moving toward a more agile form, rather than undergoing a disruptive “big bang” transformation.

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CIO

JULY 20, 2023

Quick loan approvals, online applications, personalized lending options, and massive data breaches create pressure for banks to focus on customer experience and security to compete with more technically mature and agile competition. Source: “Innovation Digital Listening Research.” Security and privacy.

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CIO

JULY 5, 2024

Adopting an agile mindset For large enterprises to work successfully with startups in piloting new technologies, Gupta says they need to rethink company processes. In contrast, Gupta says that CIOs and their teams must be highly agile and collaborative with startups. He gave the example of procurement.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Application readiness A scalable, agile, and automated approach to application testing is much needed to de-risk change and accelerate application readiness for Windows 11 and Microsoft Intune. Infrastructure complexity Windows 11 is designed for modern work.

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CIO

JUNE 8, 2023

Kamal Nath, CEO, illustrates how Sify managed to operationalize pandemic era Innovation and how CIOs can follow suit in their journey. “We Bringing agility and speed to meet the user objectives is a must. CIO roles have grown from being an operational-led role to more of an innovation-led role, as said by Kamal Nath.

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Yet many IT departments are struggling to reshape themselves to better meet the mandates of today. This reinvention goes beyond the adoption of cloud, agile development principles, and cutting-edge technologies. Consider the findings of a report from professional services firm Accenture.

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CIO

JULY 28, 2023

How can we free up funds in one area to invest or innovate in another area of the business? In addition to bottom-line benefits, employees are often inspired and motivated by innovation – seeking job opportunities that encourage experimentation and embrace new ideas. What kind of market penetration are we targeting among users?

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