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5 things your board needs to know about innovation and thought leadership

CIO

Here are five specific areas to focus on regarding innovation and thought leadership. Innovation is critical despite economic cycles or company performance Especially in difficult times, the board may look for additional ways to improve profit margins and generally tighten the belt.

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10 ways to kill your IT culture

CIO

Transformational CIOs recognize the importance of IT culture in delivering innovation, accelerating business impacts, and reducing operational and security risks. In the study by Dale Carnegie, 73% of leaders felt their culture was very good or better concerning others being accountable, compared to 48% of team members.

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How to create a culture of innovation

CIO

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. Prioritize time for experimentation. Mike Crowe, CIO, Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate-Palmolive.

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What is transformational leadership? A model for motivating innovation

CIO

What is transformational leadership? The transformational leadership approach encourages, inspires, and motivates employees to innovate and create the change necessary to shape the future success of the company. For the latest insights on leadership, sign up for our newsletters. ]. . | Transformational leadership model.

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Encouraging Innovation in an Established Product Culture

Speaker: Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies

Innovation is both a process and an outcome. The best way to begin innovating your products is by innovating your internal process. We'll explore the challenges, solutions, and hands-on techniques for becoming a successful "agent of change" within a well-established product culture.

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How leading CISOs build business-critical cyber cultures

CIO

At SecureIT New York last month, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel on how to empower a cyber-resilient culture, featuring three powerhouse CISOs: Laura Deaner, CISO at Northwestern Mutual; Nada Noaman, CISO at The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC); and Liz Rodgers, CISO at RAND. As Rodgers puts it, “What got you here won’t get you there.

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5 pillars of a cloud-conscious culture

CIO

It enables us to free our people so they can innovate and create lasting competitive advantage.” On top of that stack is a small but consequential layer of innovation that creates competitive advantage. Leadership The most important part of the cloud-conscious culture is leadership. I call it ‘learn by doing it.’

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