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19 organizations advancing women in tech

CIO

Such issues have played a large role in the rise of organizations focused on empowering and supporting women in tech roles. Today’s networking and advocacy landscape finds a growing array of programs and organizations for girls, women, and anyone who identifies as a woman — and plenty are also open to male allies. Black Girls Code.

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15 ways to grow as an IT leader in 2024

CIO

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. CIOs, of course, have been focusing on their communication skills for years. Claffey Jr.,

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13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

CIO

This underlines the need for organizations to embrace change and adopt a more agile and forward-thinking approach to digital transformation skills in order to overcome challenges and achieve digital transformation,” says Monika Sinha, research vice president in Gartner’s CIO Research group. And that is the rub.

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What is a business analyst? A key role for business-IT efficiency

CIO

The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), a nonprofit professional association, considers the business analyst “an agent of change,” writing that business analysis “is a disciplined approach for introducing and managing change to organizations, whether they are for-profit businesses, governments, or non-profits.”

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7 common IT training mistakes to avoid

CIO

Is your organization giving its teams the training they need to keep pace with the latest industry developments? Don’t fear attrition — fear stagnation, Ávila advises. “If If you have the right team some members will leave, but if you have the wrong team they might all stay and slowly damage your organization beyond repair.”

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7 ways to spot hidden IT talent within your ranks

CIO

Every IT organization has hidden experts. It’s a critical characteristic because the technology we were taught in school or in a course is likely going to be retired and replaced in the very foreseeable future,” she observes. Haus advises IT leaders to encourage team members to learn, absorb, and collaborate. “We

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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

Some of the advice is timeless, for instance the section about “General interference with Organizations and Production”: Insist on doing everything through “channels” Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions. Encourage technical decisions based on wildly optimistic expectations of scale.