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TechCrunch+ roundup: Zendesk rejects $17B offer, sidewalk robots, recruiting survey

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Our startup’s first hire was a fractional Head of Remote. With that in mind, SaaS startup Wingback made a fractional head of remote its first hire, “and it was the best decision we made,” said Yann Leretaille, co-founder and CTO. Our startup’s first hire was a fractional Head of Remote.

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The rise of the chief transformation officer

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In his chief transformation officer (CTO) capacity, the current mission is to spearhead an enterprise transformation effort that takes aim at operational efficiency. By 2023, 93% of responding organizations said they have adopted or planned to adopt digital-first business strategies, continuing the transformation wave.

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8 tips for cultivating a winning IT culture

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We have aligned our technology strategy to be a business strategy,” she says. “We For a qualitative view, employee surveys that measure engagement or information from front-line managers can be used. He recommends following a coaching and feedback model. Projects that really excite our teams.”

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Employee engagement: 10 best practices for improving your culture

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Show recognition According to a recent Gallup/Workhuman survey , employee recognition that is fulfilling, authentic, equitable, personalized, and embedded into the company culture is so critical to employee engagement that it can be tracked to the bottom line. That starts with an employee engagement survey.” These are their tips.

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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

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When asked which challenges most often force IT to redirect time and focus away from strategy and innovation tasks, CIOs most commonly cited staff and skills shortages, changing business conditions, and addressing security threats. Downing developed strategies to deal with this challenge so that it does not impede progress.

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How CIOs can be pillars of stability in an uncertain world

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What really drives uncertainty One of the smartest guys on this planet, Ed Gough, formerly chief scientist and CTO at NATO Undersea Research Center (NURC) and former technical director at the US Navy’s Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, explained to me that ignorance is at the root of uncertainty. I am certain of that.

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6 signs an IT manager is struggling — and how to help

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Pressured to do more with less, faster, in flatter organizational structures, IT middle managers serve as a company catchall, with too much time spent on lower-value tasks such as administrative work and planning rather than high-value work such as actually managing and executing plans, according to a recent survey from McKinsey.