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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

CIO

But Southwest’s technology was also cited by experts and the company’s leadership as contributing to the calamity. “IT In 2017, Fast Company wrote that Southwest Airlines’ digital transformation “takes off” with an $800 million technology overhaul, but only $300 million was dedicated to new technology for operations. 30, “We’re behind.

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Transforming IT culture for business success

CIO

In lieu of integrating and customizing off-the-shelf enterprise applications such as Salesforce or SAP, Power Home Remodeling has constructed its own proprietary NITRO platform used to run and optimize all aspects of the business and customer experience. Back in the day, IT culture was all about the perks.

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Defining Your Leadership Role

Lead on Purpose

Leadership and motivation are practically synonymous in certain sectors. A leader must always be on point with their influence onto others and also be willing to adapt accordingly if things are veering off in another direction. Speaking in a business sense, leadership can be defined in a number of ways.

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Chief Product Officer: Background, Skills Required, and Whether You Need One

Altexsoft

Why and when do companies need another C-level executive — a chief product manager or CPO? How does this position facilitate business growth and how is it different from a CTO or VP of Product? Who is a Chief Product Officer? Small companies typically don’t have a CPO, being comfortable with product managers.

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Capturing ideas

Lead on Purpose

Ideas, no matter how brilliant, have a very short shelf life. Every book and every company started from the spark of an idea. Ideas come on their own time and in their own way. Those who understand this principle find a sure path to success. The key to benefiting from ideas is to capture them.

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10 Reasons Why Costa Rica is the Ideal Place to Outsource Software Development

Gorilla Logic

The leadership team at Gorilla Logic had extensive experience outsourcing software development projects to countries like India and the Ukraine. Outsourcing to the other side of the world can work for some projects. After evaluating several countries, we were confident that Costa Rica was the best choice. Read our Case Studies.

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Introducing the GenAI models you haven’t heard of yet

CIO

In fact, according to Lucidworks’ global generative AI benchmark study released August 10, 96% of executives and managers involved in AI decision processes are actively prioritizing generative AI investments, and 93% of companies plan to increase their AI spend in the coming year. All we need to do is specialize them for our needs.”