Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 29, 2024

2:03-4:03: Dan commends the podcast’s success and emphasizes optimism in leadership. Embracing Change: The Power of Trust and Optimism in Leadership 4:03-5:36: Reflecting on his journey, Dan shares his unexpected path to leadership. 7:19-9:30: David and Dan discuss the often-overlooked aspects of leadership.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

The focus shouldn’t be on identifying today’s consensus on AI implementation strategies, but rather on making strategic organizational investments in understanding where AI can deliver maximum value for your business while maintaining security and good guardrails and remaining innovative,” he says.

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CIO

APRIL 16, 2024

Some researchers and tech leaders are using the strategy. Yet Lutes and other experts say the skills-first hiring strategy does differ from traditional organizational labor practices. The strategy moves away, to varying degrees, from using job titles. Others IT execs express reservations.

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CIO

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Primary among these is the need to ensure the data that will power their AI strategies is fit for purpose. Strong data strategies de-risk AI adoption, removing barriers to performance. Despite the ambitions many leaders harbour, they face a series of challenges that must be overcome to realise the true value of AI investments.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

A critical part of this process is crafting an innovative, forward-thinking search strategy. Understanding the Importance of Mission-Driven Leadership Mission-driven leadership is the driving force behind a nonprofit’s ability to create meaningful and sustainable impact.

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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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OCTOBER 10, 2024

We’ll also explore some killer strategies for sourcing and engaging with potential candidates, so you’ll always have a strong pool to choose from. Sourcing Superstars: Strategies for finding the best and brightest. In this blog, we’ll break down what a talent pipeline is and why it matters. What’s in the Well?:

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Evaluating founding and leadership teams of portfolio companies and acquisition targets has become crucial for investment and operating partners. As businesses grow and adapt to shifting market demands, the strength of the leadership team often dictates a company’s ability to scale and succeed.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The newly launched guide, “5 Practical Steps to Reduce Cyber Threats,” offers actionable strategies for cybersecurity leaders to enhance their team’s preparedness and response capabilities. While state-of-the-art tools are vital, the true backbone of our defense strategy lies within our trained professionals—the human firewall.”

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CIO

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As Saudi Arabia accelerates its digital transformation, cybersecurity has become a cornerstone of its national strategy. Saudi Arabias comprehensive cybersecurity strategy focuses on strengthening its infrastructure, enhancing its resilience against cyber threats, and positioning itself as a global leader in cybersecurity innovation.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Ethical leadership is the practice of demonstrating integrity, fairness, and respect in decision-making and organizational behavior. In tech organizations, ethical leadership often intersects with critical issues such as data privacy, AI ethics, and corporate social responsibility. The benefits of ethical leadership 1.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

When executives got tired of long project timelines, unclear requirements, and missed deadlines, Agile seemed like the ultimate solution since it promised faster delivery, more flexibility, and closer alignment to business needs so the strategy could be realized quicker and with a higher ROI. Agile can’t fix this. No methodology can.

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CIO

JULY 23, 2024

To reach desired outcomes, the airline had to work on many fronts, such as the initial sponsorship of the decentralizing program, the definition of the strategy, the involvement of key areas, a tactical selection of technology, and creation of hybrid teams between business and IT.

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CIO

JULY 19, 2024

In a report on enterprise resilience and IT skilling strategies , IDC predicts that by 2026, 90% of organizations worldwide will “feel the pain of the IT skills crisis,” ultimately costing businesses upwards of $5.5T Classroom training was ranked the least effective strategy, with only 11% saying they found this format beneficial.

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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

JUNE 6, 2024

When your leadership has gotten accustomed to the highly outsourced workforce composition,” explains Perkins, “there are challenges in shifting the cost profile.” Therefore, he says, it’s imperative to have a strong business case and predefined criteria for shifting your resources.

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

While new technologies have shifted priorities, the need to manage stakeholders has not, says Krishna Prasad, CIO of technology services business UST. And with AI used in almost every part of the business, stakeholders have become much more tech savvy, reducing their dependency on IT departments.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2024

She has held various P&L and technology leadership roles at companies such as British Petroleum, ExxonMobil, Guess, and Carters. Most recently she was the chief digital and technology officer at Ralph Lauren, where she was responsible for the global e-commerce strategy and revenue as well as driving digital transformation.

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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

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The shifting leadership landscape In a fast-paced, tech-driven world, business strategy and technology are more intertwined than ever. As digital weighs in as the center of gravity, one thing is clear: traditional leadership structures may no longer be enough to maintain a competitive edge.

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CIO

JULY 10, 2024

Dovico just hit the 90-day mark in her CIO role at Beyond Bank, so she’s still in the listening phase while new a new executive team and business strategies are launched and formalized across the broader organization. “So even with leveraging emerging tech, you need to think about your business model congruence.”

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CIO

AUGUST 28, 2024

For the technical architecture, we use a cloud-only strategy. For the back office, we’re consolidating several dozen ERP systems into a single instance supported by a global process template for the entire enterprise, starting with finance processes. This is a multi-year initiative.

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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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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The CDO’s mandate extends beyond mere technology implementation; it encompasses the development of comprehensive digital strategies and the cultivation of a culture that embraces continuous innovation. Leadership capabilities are paramount, as the CDO must inspire and guide teams through transformative changes.

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CIO

JULY 29, 2024

Joy Brown’s rise through the upper echelons of digital and IT roles models what is now requisite preparation for technology leadership. Now modern IT leaders are expected to have breadth and depth of experience across the broad spectrum of technology domains along with an innate sensibility to craft and lead business strategy. “Up

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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. You can’t have a vision or strategy without the people organization to get there. It has to go hand in hand.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Rethinking IT structure serves as yet another catalyst for advancing tech-driven business strategy. LaQuinta brings a strategic background and digital mindset to help accelerate enterprise-level business strategies. The next pillar of the Techniculture foundation is Techniculture Live, an annual leadership summit.

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CIO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This is true whether it’s an outdated system that’s no longer vendor-supported or infrastructure that doesn’t align with a cloud-first strategy, says Carrie Rasmussen, CIO at human resources software and services firm Dayforce. A first step, Rasmussen says, is ensuring that existing tools are delivering maximum value.

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CIO

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The demand for ESG initiatives has become an integral part of a company’s strategy for long-term success, offering a promising future for those who embrace them. Their leadership ensures that technology drives innovation and reinforces the company’s commitment to ethical governance, environmental responsibility and social equity.

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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. This data highlights the growing recognition of soft skills as a cornerstone of effective leadership.

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CIO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The urgent call for green IT leadership SustainableIT.org’s IT standards for ESG sustainability report shows that IT’s share of carbon has grown 2.5x Capgemini’s Sustainable IT report reveals that only 18% of 1,000 large organizations have a comprehensive IT sustainability strategy with clear goals and timelines. since 2007.

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CIO

APRIL 8, 2024

These new roles allow the CIO to transition into a more strategic role, contributing to overall business strategy and digital transformation efforts,’’ Sharma says. IFS leadership determined that it could be “part of the company’s growth strategy rather than a nice-to-have,’’ she says.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

My team supports our colleagues across the organization by enabling their strategies, and my ask of them is that they not wait for the action to come to them but be active participants to drive our agenda and solve problems. We started with the Lace Up plan and assessed the role technology had to play to deliver our strategy.

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