N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

It’s a strategy that brings clarity to your growth plans and confidence to your workforce, positioning the business for success, no matter what the future holds. By preparing for potential leadership transitions, succession planning helps avoid disruptions and keeps the organization on course toward its strategic goals.

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CIO

JULY 25, 2024

The certification covers business frameworks, IT frameworks, software, database management, information systems, corporate IT strategy, corporate governance, risk, finance, and management of technology personnel. This includes developing and maintaining cyber security programs, business analysis, strategic planning, and management tools.

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CIO

MARCH 14, 2024

“An MBA exposes IT leaders to critical business competencies by widening their perspective, developing leadership skills, and establishing management skills,” says Pranu Bhargava, executive vice president of technology at AllCampus, a company that partners with universities to offer online degree and certificate programs.

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The Agile Manager

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A few months ago I was asked to review a product strategy a team had put together. I had to give them the unfortunate feedback that what they had created was a document with a lot of words, but those words did not articulate a strategy. There is a formula for articulating strategy. The actions must be, well, actionable.

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CIO

AUGUST 8, 2024

Today she is doing just that at Collins Aerospace, where she is leading digital transformation across Collins’ strategic business units and functional support organizations. As vice president of digital technology and CIO, Bates’ responsibilities include strategic planning and execution of all facets of IT and cybersecurity as well.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Most companies have transitioned to become more software-centric, and with this transformation, application programming interfaces (APIs) have proliferated. Karl Mattson, field CISO at Noname Security, an API security solution, says APIs are the foundation of nearly every CIO’s strategic plans to deliver business value.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Human resource management: Plan and identify human resource needs. Communications management: Plan stakeholder communications. Risk management: Perform qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, plan risk mitigation strategies. Procurement management: Identify and plan required procurements. Budget for surprises.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Identifying the Core Qualities of Distinguished Dean Candidates When assessing candidates for an engineering dean role, top-tier institutions seek professionals who blend academic rigor with strategic vision and entrepreneurial spirit.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

The concept of resilience is evident across all levels of an organization, from its leadership to frontline employees, from strategic planning to risk management practices, ultimately enhancing the collective ability to navigate change and uncertainty. It’s also beneficial to integrate risk management with strategic planning.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Uganda is one of the countries creating ripples in high-profile tech programs like the Y Combinator accelerator and Google’s $50 million Africa Investment Fund, launched in October last year targeting early and growth-stage startups.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As the title suggests, the CPO is primarily responsible for overseeing the people aspects of the organization and aligning them with the overall strategic objectives. This executive role focuses on developing and implementing human resources strategies to manage the workforce and create a positive organizational culture.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

This “Asking for a Friend” question came in through our Let’s Grow Leaders Learning Lab during one of our recent leadership programs. ” My team and I are having a strategic planning meeting, and I would love for you to join us for the last hour for us to share where we landed and see what insights you may have.”

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CIO

OCTOBER 16, 2024

We recently launched a reimagined version of FLX, our loyalty program, which allows customers to use points for cash for new products. We started with the Lace Up plan and assessed the role technology had to play to deliver our strategy. What transformation is currently underway at Foot Locker?

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CIO

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Business alignment is often heralded as a key tenet of successful IT strategies. Popular ways of ensuring IT efforts align with business goals range from co-developing strategic plans with executives on the business side of the company to actively collaborating with business users on projects aimed to derive more value from their efforts.

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

YOU MAY ENJOY : Evolving Healthcare: Generative AI Strategy for Payers and Providers The Transformative Potential of AI As I mentioned, AI in healthcare represents a transformative force, offering significant potential to improve diagnostics, treatment personalization, and operational efficiency.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 30, 2017

It is an overarching program aimed at renewing the basic business fundamentals that every organization should have perfected to compete at a world class level. There 7 central programs that comprise the Back-To-Basics Prescription. The 7 programs include: 1.

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CIO

JANUARY 2, 2023

Where the new system’s processes are as or more effective, the implementation team will create training programs to help everyone adapt. The second mistake will be expecting Agile to scale up — that the same techniques that worked for small-scale projects will successfully manage large-scale strategic programs.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Global Practice Chair, Strategy N2Growth. ADVANTAGE STRATEGY. Strategy that works has got to be based on something that proves successful in unpredictable, fast moving, and changing times. Here are the five principles that guide Advantage Strategy: #1. By Mark Hefner. Five Paradigm-Shifting Principles.

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CIO

MAY 9, 2024

As such, they should have a proven track record of leading successful innovation programs and a clear understanding of how AI can transform the organization with ethics and governance in mind. For companies with a central strategy function, the CAIO will be a key partner in driving success.” Artificial Intelligence, IT Leadership

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Change Starts Here

JUNE 6, 2013

Yet, without a change management approach, HR tends to work within a transactional role, attacking problems reactively with policies, training, incentive programs, and memos. Strategic Planning. An organization’s strategy will not succeed if it stays in a binder on a shelf. Sustainability.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 15, 2024

Today, CTOs are not only responsible for technology oversight but also play a crucial part in strategic leadership, guiding the organization through complex technological changes and aligning tech initiatives with broader business goals. They help propel organizations toward achieving their digital transformation objectives.

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CIO

JUNE 5, 2023

Digital transformation is indeed a cornerstone of business strategy today, as 89% of enterprises see digital business as core to their growth, according to Gartner’s Board of Directors 2023 Survey. I can’t stress enough focus on data — and how it will be used — as most digital transformation programs will be a tapestry of systems.”

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James Shore

JANUARY 10, 2025

We use Extreme Programming as our model of how to develop software. You see, Extreme Programming is too. How many times have you seen Scrum used as an excuse for micromanagement, or a senior leader tell you that you have to be Agile and give them a detailed plan for what your team is going to do over the next year?

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

“Yes, my team can do that for you,” might mean, “I’m going to have to postpone our team’s strategic planning offsite. In our leadership programs, we always recommend facing difficult conversations with confidence and humility. ” How to Say No at Work. Say yes to what’s most important.

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CIO

MARCH 8, 2023

To pay for horseback riding lessons while growing up, Koinig worked in a program for children and young adults with special needs who used assistive technologies. Like other business leaders, Koinig also discovered the appeal of working on strategy. “I And I wanted an opportunity to work on strategy.”

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

Extensive networks, data streams, and state-of-the-art digital technologies are increasingly becoming the foundation of modern operational strategies. These rapid changes require organizational leaders to view a digital strategy as a crucial element of their overall business plan.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 15, 2024

Without a solid plan in place, knowledge continuity is lost, strategic goals can drift off course, key talent may slip away, and employee morale can take a hit. That’s why systematic succession planning needs to be at the heart of every organization’s strategy.

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Cloudera

MARCH 8, 2023

Kim is the director of human resources (HR) programs at Cloudera. She manages everything that happens on a programmatic basis in HR that has a strategy and a plan. “I I work closely with the chief human resources officer on strategic planning as well as HR leadership,” she said.

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CIO

JULY 8, 2022

This article was co-authored by Duke Dyksterhouse , an Associate at Metis Strategy. Consider the idea of rotational programs to provide the option or requirement to work in different domains to develop a “full-stack” skill set. In many organizations, the same group, team, or even individual handles both responsibilities, which is fine.

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CIO

JANUARY 11, 2024

2023 was a year made notable by a range of unexpected, unpredictable, and fast-moving challenges that, despite seemingly having little to do with technology, had profound impacts on IT strategies. These external factors can have a dramatic impact on business operations and strategic planning. Waiting is a losing strategy.”

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2024

In addition to AI and machine learning, data science, cybersecurity, and other hard-to-find skills , IT leaders are also looking for outside help to accelerate the adoption of DevOps or product-/program-based operating models. IT Skills, IT Strategy, Outsourcing AIOps platforms are one relatively new driver of such partnerships.

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CIO

APRIL 18, 2023

A fractional CIO is a technology leader hired on a temporary or part-time basis, explains Peter Kirkwood, corporate strategy leader at management consulting and strategy advisory firm Zinnov. A fractional CIO develops and leads the execution of a company’s IT strategy,” he states. What does a fractional CIO do?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 21, 2016

Implementation Plateaus – The strategic plan growing out of the Vision Story will prioritize and group key initiatives into multiple implementation phases based on each initiative’s strategic significance and any interdependencies that may exist among the efforts.

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CIO

APRIL 10, 2023

To do my part in helping convince business leaders they must play a role in IT, I stepped directly into the business executive pipeline, volunteering to guest lecture in the MBA program at a local large university. When I present to future MBAs, I focus on four central issues that business executives most often get wrong about IT.

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CIO

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The transition to post-quantum cryptography may seem daunting, but with the right resources, strategic planning, and trusted partnerships, enterprises can ensure the protection of sensitive data against future quantum cyberattacks, says Heather West, Ph.D., It will facilitate enormously alternative investment strategies.

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CIO

JULY 9, 2024

This is important for planning upskilling strategies, educating workers on how to leverage AI in their daily work, and guiding the organization through the transformation. Examples include analytical thinking, problem solving, creativity, research, data visualization, strategic planning, predictive analysis, and rapid prototyping.

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CIO

JANUARY 23, 2023

Hill’s cross-over experience in both technical and nontechnical roles, coupled with CIO stints in apparel and insurance companies , gave him a breadth of leadership prowess in supply chain and strategic planning.

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