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Six steps to creating a successful IT strategy: A guide for CIOs

CIO

In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, the role of the CIO has transcended simply managing IT infrastructure to becoming a pivotal player in enabling business strategy. This article delves into the six steps of delivering a successful IT strategy.

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10 outstanding articles from the Agile Alliance blog in 2023

Agile Alliance

Explore the top blog posts of 2023, showcasing key insights and strategies in Agile approaches to getting work done efficiently and effectively. The post 10 outstanding articles from the Agile Alliance blog in 2023 first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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All Business Strategies Fall into 4 Categories

Harvard Business Review

The problem with strategy frameworks is that although they can help you determine whether an opportunity is attractive or whether a given strategy is likely to work, they generally don’t help you in the task of identifying the opportunity or crafting the strategy in the first place.

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3 Ways to Clearly Communicate Your Company’s Strategy

Harvard Business Review

For all the communication around strategy, we know that leaders at many companies don’t provide the necessary context for employees to understand what the words and sentences in a strategy statement actually mean. What can leaders do to help employees understand enough context to understand a strategy?

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Article: Adaptive Responses to Resiliently Handle Hard Problems in Software Operations

InfoQ Culture Methods

This article discusses strategies for approaching your role as a senior member of your organization. As engineers move into more senior positions such as Staff Engineer, Architect, or Sr Tech Lead roles, their knowledge and experience is often applied across the system. By Laura Maguire

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Your Generative AI strategy could use a startup’s touch

CIO

You require a strategy for efficient, productive, and responsible corporate use. The companies that harness GenAI are the companies that we believe are going to disrupt their industries,” said Mindy Cancila, vice president of corporate strategy at Dell Technologies, on a recent CXO Spice webcast. These tips will help you get started.

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Keep Strategy Simple

Harvard Business Review

Few companies have a clear idea of where strategy making ends and execution begins. As a result they develop strategic plans where they’re not required and fail to develop strategic plans where they are.

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