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Driving 15 years of IT transformation in 5

CIO

To address the growing pains, Lovelady reinforced the importance of strategic planning for IT. Through this strategy, Lovelady and his team have struck the often difficult to balance attributes of business unit flexibility with enterprise scale. “At The company, after all, had been successful historically.

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Essential skills and traits of chief AI officers

CIO

But the ranks of the CAIO are expected to increase at enterprise organizations as well in the coming years. She also notes that CAIOs must have experience driving transformation, including leading culture change, and upskilling team members. Once hired, CAIOs are typically viewed as critical members of the C-suite.

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Welcome to Strategic Planning 2.0

N2Growth Blog

As a strategy consultant, I have had the opportunity to review a lot of strategic plans over the years. It’s been truly amazing to discover just how many major organizations develop strategic plans that contain little more than a whole lot of budget estimates and revenue projections. Strategic Planning 2.0

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Why CIOs back API governance to avoid tech sprawl

CIO

But APIs do more than support next-generation technologies — they already serve a foundational purpose within most enterprises. Karl Mattson, field CISO at Noname Security, an API security solution, says APIs are the foundation of nearly every CIO’s strategic plans to deliver business value.

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The last thing most CIOs need is an AI plan

CIO

Take, for example, how IT’s strategic planning process paved the way for smoothly deploying personal computers throughout the enterprise. AI can lead to either of two radically different business cultures — one dehumanizing, the other empowering. 5: “Create plans on a per-department basis.” Oh, that’s right.

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State of the CIO, 2024: Change makers in the business spotlight

CIO

Case in point: Mehta, who now has the responsibility of developing National Life’s three-year enterprise strategy. The push for innovation requires a steady hand, and CIOs are stepping in to provide guidance, including orienting the greater enterprise to the potential — and the pitfalls — of new technologies like AI.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

Enterprise CIOs have always been at a disadvantage competing with tech firms for skilled IT pros, but accelerated transformation efforts and an AI gold rush have significantly intensified the talent war, prompting CIOs to increasingly turn to outside firms for help. Seek cultural affinity and ethical alignment.