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Rackspace’s Brian Lillie on the importance of leadership principles

CIO

Brian Lillie is president of Private Cloud at Rackspace and had previous technology leadership roles at Equinix, Verisign, SGI, and the United States Air Force, so he’s worked hard to define his leadership style. With these values clearly defined, Lillie had a new question: “How do I apply these values to leadership?”

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Aligning security and business strategies

CIO

During the 2008–2009 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and subsequent recession, researchers noted that cybercrime rates increased dramatically. To keep ahead of cybercriminals, organizations must remain agile, pivoting to embrace new strategies and technologies whenever necessary in order to outrun attacks.

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CDOs’ biggest problem? Getting colleagues to understand their role

CIO

The CDO position first gained momentum around 2008, to ensure data quality and transparency to comply with regulations following the housing credit crisis of that era. There’s more and more focus on being data-driven,” says Mahajan, who leads the Amplitude data strategy efforts, in addition to her digital and technology roles. “It

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VUCA Leadership: Leading Through Turbulent Times

Experience to Lead

From the 2008 global financial crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing, devastating effects of war and conflict, real leadership is required to navigate these challenging times. What is VUCA Leadership? If businesses are to get through difficult experiences, strong leadership is essential.

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Bending Spoons acquires Evernote, marking the end of an era

TechCrunch

Evernote, the note-taking and task management app founded over 20 years ago, has been acquired by Milan-based app developer Bending Spoons. This proved to be a winning strategy — at least at first. Under his leadership, Evernote hit $100 million in recurring revenue, millions of paying customers and over 250 million users.

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Finch Capital acquires Wirecard Turkey

TechCrunch

He says that more details will be provided on the new entity’s strategy and branding once the deal has formally closed. was established in Turkey in July 2008 and started its operations the following year as the country’s first “direct carrier billing” service provider.

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10 Leadership Lessons From My Favorite Clint Eastwood Movie Quotes

N2Growth Blog

It’s OK to solicit the best ideas from your people and work with them to develop strategies and solutions that can make the difference for the organization. ” In the Line of Fire (1993) : Strategy-setting is the dominion of every great leader. Yes, sometimes a glare is the right strategy. Know what I mean?”