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7 sins of digital transformation

CIO

“To meet digital transformation goals, companies must build structural ambidexterity, focus on short-term efficiency opportunities that fit the current structure and model, but also pursue medium- to long-term discontinuous expansion opportunities in business that potentially would require structural and cultural changes,” Senan advises.

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A Software Engineering Career Ladder

James Shore

Where the old spreadsheet focused on individual ownership and investigating new technologies, the new one emphasizes teamwork, peer leadership, and maintainable code. You can find descriptions of each skill in the documentation. However, they have enough experience to take a strong peer leadership role in their teams.

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CIOs confront generative AI’s workplace X factor

CIO

In the rush to establish technical strategies for making good on the promise of generative AI, many CIOs find themselves running headlong into what may be their most challenging task yet: preparing their organization’s end-users — from knowledge workers and assembly line laborers to doctors, accountants, and lawyers — to co-exist with generative AI.

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Women IT leaders take center stage

CIO

Kristen Lamoreaux, president and CEO, Lamoreaux Search Lamoreaux Search Visibility defined Balaban’s experience provides a particularly valuable lesson for women in IT about the importance of building a well-recognized professional brand to advance their careers and bring gender equity to corporate leadership. It’s not fair, but it exists.

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9 most in-demand IT jobs in manufacturing

CIO

In this role, you’ll need to manage and oversee the technical aspects of the organization’s biggest projects and initiatives. It’s a technical role that also requires a level of soft skills such as leadership, communication, and analytical skills. Systems engineer.

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Savvy CIOs step up to support business hypergrowth

CIO

Delivering for growth Today, McCullen is creating new technical foundations to ensure that adaptability, and further support ongoing business growth. To better support business growth, Baymiller advises IT leaders to build connections with the heads of their business units and become part of their teams.

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The CIO’s guide to smarter vendor negotiation: 10 tips

CIO

Recognize the significance of the contract The legal agreement between vendor and customer is not just a document standing in the way of getting work started; it sets the tone for the relationships and the expectations for vendor performance. Deals done by business users alone may be technically unsound. Here are their top 10 tips.