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CIO risk-taking 101: Playing it safe isn’t safe

CIO

And in spite of the spate of books that extol risk-taking as the only smart path, it’s worth remembering that their authors don’t face what might be the biggest risk CIOs have to deal with every day: executive teams adept at preaching risk-taking without actually supporting it. You’ll get credit for taking risks when they launch.

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The future of ERP: With composable ERP, interoperability and integration are not optional

CIO

Operations schedules must be synchronized The various products/services in the composed ERP solution must operate on a schedule that works with the related components. Another example is different back-up cycles across solution components that may cause synchronization problems if a restore becomes necessary to resolve an incident.

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5 ways CIOs will disappoint their CEOs in 2023

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Which is why we at CIO Survival Guide headquarters have an alternative to suggest: List the promises you’ve made to the CEO for 2023, along with a compendium of what the various business punditries the CEO reads have told them to expect from you. What you’ll get is a list of ways you can expect to disappoint your CEO this coming year.

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Supercommunicators: The Art of a “Learning Conversation”

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The book delves into what makes conversations work and how we can all become better communicators in our professional and personal lives. Supercommunication is about synchronization and alignment with the other person at the level of intent, content and emotions. Questions like “What is it that you dream of doing and why?”

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A forensic look to modernize tech at South Africa’s SIU

CIO

But as she points out, they aren’t entirely cloud-based, instead embracing a hybrid strategy because data sovereignty laws and governance structures dictate what kind of information they can and can’t store in the cloud. CIO, Cloud Management, Data Management, Digital Transformation, IT Leadership, Microsoft

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Choice Hotels’ all-in cloud journey to sustainable business value

CIO

Kirkland, a founding member of SustainabilityIT.org, an organization to drive global sustainability through technology leadership, says Choice was the first hospitality company to make a strategic commitment to developing a cloud-native and sustainable platform on AWS. I am in the business of hospitality.

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Top 8 challenges IT leaders will face in 2024

CIO

We have to make sure everyone understands what they are doing, why they are doing it, and — most importantly — how success will be measured.” It will be important to listen and gather feedback on what is and isn’t working — and remain flexible.” How can we start something knowing we might have to change or stop it tomorrow?

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