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Rethinking digital transformation for the agentic AI era

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AI is uniquely positioned to help us reshape how we design products, streamline operations, and enhance experiences, says Satyajith Mundakkal, CTO of Hexaware. Identifying transformational use cases depends on your ability to get a full view of teams, projects, and the overall organization, says Jon Kennedy, CTO at Quickbase.

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

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This alignment ensures that technology investments and projects directly contribute to achieving business goals, such as market expansion, product innovation, customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and financial performance. Guiding principles Recognizing the core principles that drive business decisions is crucial for taking action.

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Executive coaching from seasoned CIOs makes the difference

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I know hundreds of successful CIOs, and they all have mentors. In fact, many have a personal board of mentors from varied perspectives. Many of these leaders also leverage executive coaches to maximize strengths, address blind spots, and anticipate potential landmines and unintended consequences.

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Liberis CTO Georgina Owens on the power of mentoring and apprenticeships

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This means ensuring that all of our technology services are running to plan, supporting our business and customers, and running efficiently and to the required level of performance. CIO: How has your career evolved to becoming an IT director/CIO/CTO? I am also an avid networker and supporter/mentor of start-ups.

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How IT leaders use agentic AI for business workflows

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By reducing research time from 35 minutes to under three, coaches can now build better relationships and improve their one-on-one guidance. One agent supports daily operations while another helps our disaster recovery team quickly align products with crisis-response organizations, says CTO Stephane Moulec.

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11 ways to ensure IT-business alignment

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The best way to ensure close alignment is to start at a high level, such as objectives and key results , and then drill down to a practical level, such as IT performance and response requirements, Chowning advises. Regular feedback and performance reviews involving both IT and business leadership are also critical for ongoing alignment.”

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A blueprint for successfully executing business-aligned IT strategies

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Structured frameworks such as the Stakeholder Value Model provide a method for evaluating how IT projects impact different stakeholders, while tools like the Business Model Canvas help map out how technology investments enhance value propositions, streamline operations, and improve financial performance. federal agencies.

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