N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

To attract and retain top-tier talent in a competitive market, organizations must adopt innovative strategies that help identify the right candidates and create a cultural environment where they can thrive. Leveraging Technology for Smarter Hiring Embracing technology is imperative for optimizing talent acquisition strategies.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Over the course of our work together modernizing data architectures and integrating AI into a wide range of insurance workflows over the last several months, we’ve identified the four key elements of creating a data-first culture to support AI innovation. Leadership must prioritize data-driven strategies across all business functions.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In recent years, the United Arab Emirates has emerged as a global hub for technology and innovation. With adversaries constantly innovating and refining their tactics, organizations must remain vigilant and agile in their approach to cybersecurity. How do we CISOs adapt our strategies today?

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CIO

JANUARY 14, 2025

Current strategies to address the IT skills gap Rather than relying solely on hiring external experts, many IT organizations are investing in their existing workforce and exploring innovative tools to empower their non-technical staff. Using this strategy, LOB staff can quickly create solutions tailored to the companys specific needs.

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CIO

JANUARY 13, 2025

AI, once viewed as a novel innovation, is now mainstream, impacting just about facet of the enterprise. Over the next 12 months, IT leaders can look forward to even more innovations, as well as some serious challenges. They achieved these results through a culture that embraces change and a strong digital foundation, he says.

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CIO

JANUARY 6, 2025

Innovate Shane McDaniel, CIO for the City of Seguin, Texas, says his city has grown by about 35% since the 2020 census. McDaniel says this work also creates a strong launchpad for more IT innovation in the upcoming year. Were embracing innovation, he explains. Heres what they resolve to do in the upcoming 12 months.

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CIO

MARCH 13, 2025

To thrive in todays business environment, companies must align their technological and cultural foundations with their ultimate goals. The answer informs how you integrate innovation into your operations and balance competing priorities to drive long-term success. A great example of this is the semiconductor industry.

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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). For instance, Capital One successfully transitioned from mainframe systems to a cloud-first strategy by gradually migrating critical applications to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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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 18, 2024

Techniculture is where technology, business, and culture collide,” says Nester, explaining his remodeling plan for IT. 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.”

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

These leaders are essential for driving innovation and maintaining a competitive edge. Agile decision-making allows them to respond swiftly to challenges and pursue innovative solutions. Catalysts for Change: These executives excel at building high-performing teams and fostering a culture where innovation thrives.

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CIO

MARCH 4, 2025

CEOs, CIOs and CFOs are finding that deep tech is actively driving business innovation and profitability. As a business executive who has led ventures in areas such as space technology or data security and helped bridge research and industry, Ive seen first-hand how rapidly deep tech is moving from the lab into the heart of business strategy.

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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

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 3, 2024

That certification measures your company’s social and environmental impact, both of which we’re super proud of, but it’s also deeply rooted in our culture. I’m formulating a new technology strategy that is deeply connected to the business strategy. When it comes to driving a tech strategy, those two things are front and center.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Their roles are characterized by short-term tenures, typically ranging from six months to a year, during which they are expected to quickly assimilate into the company culture, diagnose issues, and implement necessary changes. These factors can limit access to talent, elongate recruitment timelines, and inflate costs.

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CIO

JANUARY 15, 2025

Its a matter of combining cultural and organizational factors with a purely technological one. This transversal nature is something CIOs and CCOs share, and, as such, both positions can help facilitate an organizational culture open to change and innovation. Theres been a lot of evolution, she says.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Instead, it has evolved into an indispensable leadership position encompassing digital innovation, organizational change, and business model reinvention. Today, the digital chiefs portfolio extends to orchestrating data-driven strategies, leveraging cloud computing to scale innovation, and architecting robust cybersecurity protocols.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

IT leaders, as a result, are now established as part of the corporate core, helping to define strategy with a strong voice and a more direct connection established with group management and boards. One, because the CIO has evolved and wants to be in the strategy. The change comes from two sides,” says Fernández.

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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

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Are you looking to build a winning IT culture? Foster adaptability and flexibility Adaptable work environments and agile methodologies form the bedrock of a thriving IT culture, says Charman Hayes, executive vice president of people and capability for the technology group at Mastercard. “We Projects that really excite our teams.”

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CIO

MARCH 13, 2025

But the difference lies in its accompaniment to innovation. Digital transformation means creating a two-way dialogue between IT and business, and with people, the end users of technologies, says Pablo Fernando Ambrosy Carrera, chief digital and innovation officer at law firm Portolano Cavallo.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The shifting leadership landscape In a fast-paced, tech-driven world, business strategy and technology are more intertwined than ever. On a good day, this disconnect can lead to missed opportunities, slower decision-making and limited innovation. The CTO and CIO handle IT management and technological innovation.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

By focusing on these elements, you can promote a culture of collaboration and innovation. Enhanced Innovation: The diverse skills and perspectives lead to creative problem-solving. Such diversity ensures the team can handle various challenges and opportunities with innovative solutions.

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

We take a use-case focus to innovation, so we’re not implementing a digital twin here or some IoT there. Our legacy culture was focused on continuous improvements to processes and reducing costs. This required a major mindset change for our team, so we put people at the center of the strategy.

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CIO

AUGUST 20, 2024

Early on, I observed that business strategy was rarely driving digital transformation, resulting in very little transformation occurring. At its core, AI represents the opportunity to augment people and their work, and to not only elevate productivity, but also innovate in capabilities and performance.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Collaborating closely with the Chief Executive Officer, the operations leader executes the organization’s strategy, makes pivotal decisions, and drives performance across all departments. This executive’s effectiveness hinges on fostering synergy among all C-suite leaders , creating a culture of shared purpose.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Like an onion’s skin, recruiters uncover multiple layers in their recruitment process: sourcing, screening, and evaluation to find the best talent with the modern tech recruiting strategies that gel into your organization. 10 tech recruiting strategies to find the right technology talent. You create a job description ?

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CIO

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

For us, its about driving growth, innovation and engagement through data and technology while keeping our eyes firmly on the business outcomes. Its impossible to drive meaningful innovation if you dont understand how the business works and what its core purpose is. Being in IT has never been just about technology.

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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. Moving to Shift-Left security is a significant cultural change. 2025 Banking Regulatory Outlook, Deloitte The stakes are clear.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Years into digital transformation, and decades into the IT function itself, many CIOs still fall short when it comes to innovation. Tech debt, budget constraints, and overloaded staff schedules are among the top reasons IT leaders cite for scuttled innovation attempts. Otherwise, they won’t support and fund even promising work.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The Chief Innovation Officer is the spark that drives a company’s creative momentum. This role extends beyond generating new ideas; it involves transforming these concepts into strategies to revolutionize the organization and spur its growth. It allows CIOs to spot new opportunities and tackle complex challenges head-on.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This surge is driven by the rapid expansion of cloud computing and artificial intelligence, both of which are reshaping industries and enabling unprecedented scalability and innovation. This siloed approach leads to suboptimal decision-making and fractured strategies. Cultural shift. Overemphasis on tools, budgets and controls.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

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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