CIO

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Bridging the gap between IT leadership and business strategy For CIOs and technology leaders, aligning IT with business goals demands more than technical knowledge; it requires a thorough understanding of the company’s overarching business objectives, competitive landscape, culture, capabilities, and long-term vision.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The best way to ensure alignment is to make IT leadership an active part of organizational leadership.” 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.

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Agile42

MARCH 20, 2025

While researching the impact of artificial intelligence usage in the workplace on employee performance, I’m also investigating leadership interactions with AI and the situation in this context. Particularly change-oriented leadership is a vital tool for managing the impact of AI-driven transformations on employees.

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CIO

APRIL 16, 2025

Trusted advisor: While enterprise architects can often be seen as the catalysts for technology they must provide credible guidance to business leadership, offering insights into technology trends, risks and opportunities and avoid repeating mistakes of the past. Observer-optimiser: Continuous monitoring, review and refinement is essential.

Technical Review 186

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CIO

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

New Zealand online marketplace TradeMe, has unveiled an ambitious plan to double the number of women in technical leadership roles, to address the persistent gender imbalance in the tech industry, where women remain underrepresented, especially in senior positions. Eliminate the gender pay gap across the organisation.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Yet, finding candidates who not only meet current technical needs but also show promise for future growth and leadership is easier said than done. For instance, a skilled developer might not just debug code but also optimize it to improve system performance. This trait is essential for navigating career progression in tech.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The CDO role is instrumental in identifying and integrating new technologies and business models that enhance organizational performance. Leadership capabilities are paramount, as the CDO must inspire and guide teams through transformative changes. This includes fostering a culture that values innovation and agility.

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CIO

APRIL 23, 2025

ERP failures can cost millions, tarnish reputations, and even trigger leadership changes. Executive oversight for ERP programs is mandatory and a standard industry practice, particularly in enterprises where senior leadership is accountable for the programs success or failure.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Their leadership is crucial in ensuring the organization remains agile and responsive in an era of constant technological change. The Impact of Strategic Leadership on Business Expansion Leadership in marketing and digital domains has a direct correlation with business performance.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2024

DEX best practices, metrics, and tools are missing Nearly seven in ten (69%) leadership-level employees call DEX an essential or high priority in Ivanti’s 2024 Digital Experience Report: A CIO Call to Action , up from 61% a year ago. While less than half say they are monitoring device performance, or automating tasks.

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CIO

DECEMBER 31, 2024

As AI technologies evolve, organizations can utilize frameworks to measure short-term ROI from AI initiatives against key performance indicators (KPIs) linked to business objectives, says Soumendra Mohanty, chief strategy officer at data science and AI solutions provider Tredence. You get what you measure, she says.

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CIO

APRIL 15, 2025

While centralizing data can improve performance and security, it can also lead to inefficiencies, increased costs and limitations on cloud mobility. Those who manage it strategically, however, can turn data gravity into a competitive advantage, using it to enhance performance, security and agility across a distributed cloud infrastructure.

Strategy 164

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Gartner’s research shows that only 20% of CIOs are proactively addressing the behavioral risks AI poses to employee well-being, even though these risks can significantly impact performance. “In In today’s interconnected landscape, awareness of AI’s benefits is widespread, with tools like ChatGPT sparking significant interest,” Gupta stated.

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CIO

AUGUST 20, 2024

Our mental models of what constitutes a high-performance team have evolved considerably over the past five years. Pre-pandemic, high-performance teams were co-located, multidisciplinary, self-organizing, agile, and data-driven. What is a high-performance team today?

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CIO

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The award-winning tech exec also led the acquisition of Dell Services into NTT DATA, worked in Australia on the largest outsourcing deal of its time, and has held leadership roles with EDS, Travelport, and HP. Remember that leadership is an opportunity, and you are choosing to perform the role.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Interim executives have become indispensable in addressing immediate leadership needs, whether due to sudden departures, organizational restructuring, or transformational change management. A 2024 report from Wiley supports this shift, with 63% of those who received soft skills training reporting a positive impact on their job performance.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

At N2Growth, we recognize that the Chief Operating Officer is indispensable to the executive leadership team. Collaborating closely with the Chief Executive Officer, the operations leader executes the organization’s strategy, makes pivotal decisions, and drives performance across all departments.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Understanding the Digital Frontier’s Impact on Leadership Needs The rapid advancement of technology has created a landscape marked by constant change and disruption. Visionary Leadership: Exceptional executives have the foresight to anticipate industry shifts and envision how technology can transform business operations.

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CIO

OCTOBER 15, 2024

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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CIO

JANUARY 8, 2025

Leadership commitment No digital transformation will be successful without leadership commitment and backing. On top of setting clear expectations, providing necessary resources, and celebrating successes, leadership must stay engaged with the team to inspire, invoke energy and provide a vision of success in relatable ways.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

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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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 26, 2024

To be a better performance coach avoid these common mistakes. Have you ever had (what you thought was) a great performance coaching conversation—your employee commits to behavior change—but fifteen minutes later they’re back to their old habits? So why does so much performance coaching not work? But even so, nothing changes.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Research on creating a culture of high-performance teams suggests there’s a disconnect between how leaders perceive their cultures compared to how individual contributors view them. 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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CIO

MAY 6, 2024

Langley sets up bull sessions each quarter with his entire organization for feedback he says has improved his leadership. “We I strongly believe in situational leadership. Don’t be afraid to swiftly move individuals that do not make the team perform better out of the team,” he says.

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CIO

OCTOBER 10, 2024

With strategic leadership, CIOs can ensure that technology investments fuel growth and contribute to a sustainable and socially responsible future, instilling a sense of inspiration and hope for the future. ESG reporting accountability: Blockchain can help organizations maintain accurate, auditable records of their ESG performance.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Having top-down leadership commitment is crucial to gaining buy-in and successfully executing IT restructuring at this scale, Adams says. The next pillar of the Techniculture foundation is Techniculture Live, an annual leadership summit. Traditional business metrics are proving the new IT reorg and brand is bearing fruit.

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CIO

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This requires re-wiring the DNA of the organization and creating a high-performance team that believes in the art of possible. Every week, Paul and I meet with the regional presidents of our top-performing countries to assess how the platform journey is progressing. What are your transformation leadership lessons learned?

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CIO

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Leadership played a crucial role in driving cultural change, with executives championing modernization initiatives and leading by example. For example, Microsoft restructured its organization to foster a more collaborative environment, which was crucial for its successful transition to a cloud-first strategy. Contact us today to learn more.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

During COVID-19, the organization immediately moved from desktop-based work to remote & mobile- based setup, a difficult shift entirely done under the leadership of CIO. There must be a consensus among board members and leadership to embrace experimentation understanding that trying and failing is essential for growth.

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CIO

DECEMBER 18, 2024

While we could attribute this to crappy leadership and archaic corporate institutions that have eroded trust exacerbated by the pandemic theres another culprit at play: A highly distracted workforce drowning in the algorithmic world of social media. They built a winning culture of trust and high performance.

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CIO

APRIL 23, 2025

Delta Lake: Fueling insurance AI Centralizing data and creating a Delta Lakehouse architecture significantly enhances AI model training and performance, yielding more accurate insights and predictive capabilities. data lake for exploration, data warehouse for BI, separate ML platforms).

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CIO

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

By emphasizing immediate cost-cutting, FinOps often encourages behaviors that compromise long-term goals such as performance, availability, scalability and sustainability. But technical skills alone are insufficient for meaningful transformation strong leadership and the ability to inspire are equally vital. Short-term focus.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

You can use these agents through a process called chaining, where you break down complex tasks into manageable tasks that agents can perform as part of an automated workflow. These agents are already tuned to solve or perform specific tasks. Would you know that the user agent performs sentiment/text analysis?

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CIO

JANUARY 14, 2025

IDCs CIO Sentiment Survey, July 2024 Cross-training or hiring line-of-business (LOB) staff to do IT: A notable 41% of organizations are cross-training or hiring internal LOB staff to perform IT functions. Leveraging current employees who already understand the companys operations and culture can build a more versatile and adaptable workforce.

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