CIO

OCTOBER 26, 2023

To do all of that, he sought help from an executive coach. Often in IT, you can get stuck focusing on what matters to IT but doesn’t matter to the business. Once I saw those variances, I could reframe the way I talked and thought about business needs. Cantrell, though, didn’t just learn to talk about business.

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CIO

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In a recent episode of the Tech Whisperers podcast , Bellini opened up her leadership playbook to share what she’s learned about leading organizational transformation, successfully transitioning into different industries, and measuring your impact as a digital leader. What follows is that conversation, edited for length and clarity.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 5, 2024

What should I do? After all, they are your peer. What Does It Mean to Take Initiative? If you want someone to take initiative, a good place to start is to be clear about what success looks like. Appreciate Different Styles Understand that we all have different motivational energies. AskingForaFriend.”

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CIO

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

What is employee engagement? Unfortunately, only about 23% of the world’s employees are engaged at work. Those lucky few find meaning in their work, feel connected to their team and organization, and feel proud of what they do. Leaders have an enormous impact on how people feel about their work. trillion in 2022.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

There’s significant debate about the future of the CIO role , but one thing is clear: Digital leaders who want to be successful must look beyond the firewall and link up with an ecosystem of vendor partners, startups, and other organizations to ensure the enterprise thrives. I would say, right now, I’m a technologist last.

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CIO

AUGUST 21, 2023

Of course we’re going to talk about generative AI at CIO’s Future of Work Summit, a virtual event taking place September 20. With the promise of generative AI, we’re living through what many believe to be a seismic change in how we work – and who works with and for us. But that’s not all we’ll talk about.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

You’ve become (or will become) what is, essentially, a software company CIO. I’ve been writing about how life is different for software company CIOs for years — more specifically, on how they must make clearer distinctions between IT and product engineering than it is now for CIOs in other industries. So congratulations! But it’s not.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Someone asks you a direct question about confidential information. In all these scenarios, there are sound ethical reasons for the information to remain secure. If you tell the person what you know, you violate confidentiality. Be upfront about what you can and cannot talk about.

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CIO

JANUARY 29, 2024

Back in the day, IT culture was all about the perks. IT professionals are prioritizing intangibles such as greater work/life balance, opportunities for reskilling and upskilling, and higher-value, meaningful work more so than in the past, which changes what constitutes winning IT culture.

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CIO

MARCH 9, 2023

While it’s sometimes unavoidable, when it comes to achieving a shared understanding of just about anything, it’s a poor second-best. But then we’d have business analysts writing code instead of specs and so what would be the point? But then we’d have business analysts writing code instead of specs and so what would be the point?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 4, 2024

So what went wrong? 5 Phrases to Avoid if You Want Better Collaboration on Your Team Let’s talk about some of the most common phrases that sabotage collaboration, why they’re so annoying, and what to do instead. ” or “Let’s start with what we agree on.” work great here too.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

She also shared some of the lessons she’s learned about taking risks, navigating complexity, fostering an innovative culture, and creating significant impact across the business. What follows is that conversation, edited for length and clarity. We are focused on being agile, not ‘doing Agile.’ Can you expand on that?

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CIO

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

To avoid the inevitable, CIOs must get serious about data management. Data, of course, has been all the rage the past decade, having been declared the “new oil” of the digital economy. Dearth of data about data management For all the talk about data, it is ironic that everywhere you look we lack data about data.

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CIO

JANUARY 15, 2024

As workers at all levels put together their development plans for 2024, IT leaders, recruiters, researchers, and advisors share here what actions CIOs can take to advance their careers if they want to embrace a growth mindset. Claffey Jr., CIO of Central Connecticut State University. For example, Claffey Jr. For example, Claffey Jr.

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CIO

MARCH 19, 2024

Ask your average schmo what the biggest risks of artificial intelligence are, and their answers will likely include: (1) AI will make us humans obsolete; (2) Skynet will become real, making us humans extinct; and maybe (3) deepfake authoring tools will be used by bad people to do bad things. Here’s how to go about it.

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CIO

JANUARY 2, 2024

CIOs are readying for another demanding year, anticipating that artificial intelligence, economic uncertainty, business demands, and expectations for ever-increasing levels of speed will all be in play for 2024. Yet, CIOs remain both undaunted by that list and expectant about what they can achieve. Claffey Jr.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week, Natasha Mascarenhas, Mary Ann Azevedo and Rebecca Szkutak got on the mic to talk startups, pet peeves and focaccia. What else did you expect? and all that jazz.

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CIO

MARCH 13, 2024

But what’s most interesting, says group CIO Graham O’Sullivan, is it’s also a mutual, which means its over two million customers across the UK are also members, so they have a strong voice in how it operates as an organization. What we’re also trying to do is create, as a digital transformation, that self-serve experience for our customers.”

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

After all, IT brings together a diverse range of personalities, from statisticians, mathematicians, and developers who are rooted in the rigors of computer science, to liberal arts majors who might just as soon be writing a novel if it could pay the bills. Success for an IT leader requires mastering a wide range of skills.

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CIO

APRIL 16, 2024

I could never meet all of those diverse expectations.” Here’s a rundown of what IT leaders must be prepared to deliver to succeed in the increasingly prominent role of CIO today. Integral knowledge of the business CIOs must go beyond the bits and bytes to establish a thorough understanding of the business and what makes it successful.

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CIO

JUNE 27, 2023

Whenever one talks about high-performance or leadership there is a tendency to break out a list. And that’s not surprising given that people have been writing about leadership and performance for a long time. Is there such a list for high-performance CIOs? If so, how long might it be? Greek philosopher Plutarch (born c.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

What follows is that conversation, edited for length and clarity. Dan Roberts: Can you talk about the power of having, living by, committing to writing, and clearly articulating a set of leadership principles? How have these become the North Star for the organization? It is both a rally cry and a set of guiding principles.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Your customers don’t care about your data centers,” says Drew Firment, chief cloud strategist at online education company Pluralsight. They care about value. Leaders need to walk the walk and talk the talk.” It enables us to free our people so they can innovate and create lasting competitive advantage.”

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Not all of those efforts have been successful, though. What markets do you serve? What does the employment market look like in your industry? What does the future employee look like for your brand? How about your leadership? Diversity, equity, and inclusion have become important social issues.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 14, 2023

Why All-Hands Meetings are so Important (Particularly Now) Now that “You’re muted'” is the catchphrase of the decade, having a great all-hands meeting or remarkable company offsite is a great way to foster human-centered collaboration. Let’s talk about some practical ways to do that well.

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CIO

JANUARY 25, 2024

After the show, we spent some more time talking about Chilton’s experience as a P&L leader and how that has contributed to his success as a CTO. What follows is that conversation, edited for length and clarity. Dan Roberts: How did you become a P&L leader? What have some of those experiences been like?

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CIO

OCTOBER 16, 2023

When asked what they would do if they had to return to the office full-time, a recent study from PromoLeaf found that more than half (52%) of remote workers would quit. And going into the office at least a few days a week makes people ( 86% of them ) feel more secure about their jobs than those that work fully remote.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

With leaders from every department bandying about possibilities and concerns, CIOs are uniquely positioned to provide real talk and leadership on the company’s AI agenda. They said they did not know what questions to ask,” the survey concluded. In AI hype cycles, 2022 seems an eon away. Where can its existing AI efforts improve?

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CIO

MARCH 1, 2024

But as you speak with an expanding cadre of lawyers, accountants, and bankers, you start to appreciate what such an event means for your department. All of this, you realize, must change. You start to see the cracks in its foundation. You see the systems that must be repaired (or built) if the firm is to comply with SOX.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

On the other hand, the fearful outlook paints a dystopian picture where robots take over society and AI replaces all our jobs. With FutureIT Los Angeles coming up on March 12, we spoke with Baron – a keynote speaker at the event – about how AI, robotics, and communication technologies are redefining how people interact and businesses operate.

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CIO

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Most people learn to manage by watching what their managers do. Managers should be talking to their senior subordinates about their team, asking them about their development plan, as well as their opinions about the team’s strengths and weaknesses. Many professions are faced with this same issue.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The committee chair thought about it and smiled. Powerful Phrases to Ask Yourself If You Feel Invisible What should you do when you feel like you’re wearing an invisibility cloak at work? What do people not see that I wish they would? For what do I want to be known?” I sat there frustrated as the meeting concluded.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Afterwards, we spent some time talking about their career journeys and the technology that excites them about the future of manufacturing and business. Afterwards, we spent some time talking about their career journeys and the technology that excites them about the future of manufacturing and business.

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CIO

MAY 25, 2023

What follows is that conversation, edited for length and clarity. Dan Roberts: Why is it important for CISOs to be intentional about ‘telling the story’? If two cyber organizations are delivering the same value to their companies, but one is good at telling the story and the other is not, what difference does it make?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

This week Darrell and Becca are joined by Brex co-founder and co-CEO Henrique Dubugras to chat about his corporate credit card and expense management startup. Henrique talked about what made him and his co-founder ( Pedro Franceschi ) decide to launch the company and why the friends, who met online as teenagers, decided to be co-CEOs.

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CIO

MARCH 6, 2024

What is the business transformation currently underway at Informatica? The business transformation we’ve led for the last several years has many parts; all our products have been re-built as cloud products and we continue our heritage of being neutral about data, supporting cloud, on premise, and hybrid workloads.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

“As a young manager, having not done well at leading, my team approached me and addressed what they saw needed to change. We had a respectful and open conversation about our needs and agreed on what each party needed to change. After all, it takes energy to initiate it, and you can’t predict exactly how it will go.

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