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CDO resumes: 5 tips for landing a chief data officer role

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A role historically focused on data governance and compliance, the scope of responsibilities for CDOs has since grown, pushing them to become strategic business leaders , according to data from IDC. According to the survey, 80% of the top KPIs that CDOs report focusing on are business oriented. Focus on transformation.

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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

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According to The State of the CIO Survey,24% of CIOs view “reinventing infrastructure/applications to meet new requirements” as a challenge holding IT back. And they’re thinking about how to ‘hollow the core.’ Tech debt and legacy tech Technical debt and legacy tech are both big speedbumps. 1 challenge listed.

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Essential skills and traits of chief AI officers

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Top CAIO candidates should also have a high-level view of AI technologies and capabilities, which is critical in knowing how to tie AI investments to drive transformation and achieve business goals. “As The same can be said for AI talent in general, Daly stresses.

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What business executives don’t understand about IT

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Despite this, many non-IT executives still don’t understand how to work effectively with IT, nor do they believe doing so is part of their job. The title of my presentation has been “Digital Transformation Strategy,” subtitled “How to effectively exploit the IT resource to gain sustained competitive advantage.”

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13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

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Digital transformation is indeed a cornerstone of business strategy today, as 89% of enterprises see digital business as core to their growth, according to Gartner’s Board of Directors 2023 Survey. Strategizing for new opportunities Many of the most important capabilities for driving continued digital innovation are decidedly nontechnical.

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5 ways CIOs will disappoint their CEOs in 2023

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Surveys can be useful, but when it comes to setting IT’s priorities they’re more rearview mirror than windshield. Walk the CEO — and then the whole ELT — through the list and choose no more than three for deeper investigations into how to integrate them into your company’s products and services.

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IT leaders face reality check on hybrid productivity

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In response, Ross started training supervisors on how to create those relationships with digital “checkpoints” to keep productivity humming. Productivity increased markedly during the shift to remote work, but it is now lagging behind what many leaders want it to be, bringing about a reckoning on how to remain productive in hybrid times.