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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

Still, some CIOs are taking a hybrid approach, for example, by hiring a small number of highly skilled employees to lead the strategic initiatives and then partnering with providers to jump-start capabilities. Seek cultural affinity and ethical alignment. As technology evolves rapidly, ethical alignment also becomes essential.

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IT leaders face reality check on hybrid productivity

CIO

At insurance company National Life, CIO Nimesh Mehta says his IT team saw productivity increase 26% during the pandemic “because I think people didn’t have anything better to do than work,” Mehta says. “It comes down to finding a balance” of what can be done effectively remotely and what needs to be done in the office, he adds.

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Canada Life’s efforts to equally strengthen talent and tech

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It’s also vital for employers and organizations to implement mentorship programs, provide targeted training opportunities, foster inclusive workplace cultures, and seek out diverse candidates during the recruitment process. You can be an analyst, project manager — there are so many different things to do.

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Ceiling breakers: Women IT execs shake up the status quo

CIO

She’s now CEO of her own business, CIO Concierge LLC, a niche consultancy that provides executive-level coaching as well as IT branding and strategic planning services. She explains: “I was intrigued by the opportunity to help transform the insurance industry with technology and data in a very meaningful way.”

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3 Digital Experience Tips UK Healthcare Leaders Need to Know

Perficient

Proactive private healthcare providers, insurers, and medtech firms in the UK are thinking about how to ease care experiences for their constituents. At the core, though, is a responsibility to drive and support the digital experiences of patients, insured customers, and health consumers. That’s critical.

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The Role of Due Diligence in Business Transactions

Strategy Driven

Hard DD investigates data and facts, including legal structures, ownership, securities laws compliance, stockholder agreements, insurance information, and regulations. The other, soft DD, investigates the human element of an acquisition, such as culture and leadership.

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How Mapfre gets cloud to coexist with its tech model ambitions

CIO

With 90 years of history, Mapfre is one of the giants of the Spanish insurance sector. The personalization of services and products is going to be fundamental in the insurance sector,” she says, an aspect she’s spearheading, along with a commitment to data and AI. “The And in what state is the execution of this strategic plan?

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