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Storytelling for CIOs: From niche to bestseller

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I used figures of speech and financial terms they understood, and I kept well away from technical jargon because that wasn’t my audience. The uses of storytelling Storytelling can be used to persuade senior executives to release budget, plot a change in strategy, or share good and bad news. Is this the promis’d end?

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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

CIO

After marked increase in cloud adoption through the pandemic, enterprises are facing new challenges, namely around the security, maintenance, and management of cloud infrastructure. These pros are experts in the cloud and stay on top of the latest innovations in cloud technology to better advise business leaders.

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Unleashing Creativity through Constraints

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The budget won’t allow this to be great. Even reaching out to someone who knows very little about the topic who can ask the simple questions of “why” or “why not” can allow you to see the obvious when you were stuck on the technical. Budget: Many teams kick the dirt knowing that the solution they want would never get budget approval.

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What is ERP? Enterprise resource planning systems explained

CIO

The CIO also advises the executive sponsor on challenges and helps the executive sponsor select a firm specializing in ERP implementations. The executive sponsor should also be advised by an organizational change management executive, as ERP implementations result in new business processes, roles, user interfaces, and job responsibilities.