Erik Bernhardsson

DECEMBER 12, 2023

You can of course make a series of obviously bad decisions, but you'd get fired quickly. Technology When joining, require a 6-18 months rewrite of core systems. Make sure production environment differs from developer environments in as many ways as possible. Develop incredibly detailed “strategic” plans.

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CIO

MAY 2, 2023

CIOs can’t be involved in every strategic discussion or dive into every initiative’s details, but there are several high-level signs that indicate a digital transformation may be destined to underperform, especially as CIOs add initiatives. But are product managers developing market- and customer-driven roadmaps and prioritized backlogs?

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CIO

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For women who aspire to leadership roles in IT, the climb to the top can be particularly arduous — and lonely. Lorissa Horton, SVP and CPO for Webex, Cisco Cisco Horton gained exposure to early technology through her mother’s career, and she recalls giant cell phones and modem-connected laptops as some of her earliest memories of tech.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Rising Influence of Artificial Intelligence in Leadership Development The trends around executive coaching are evolving rapidly in 2024, thanks to the ever-increasing influence of Artificial Intelligence. It’s like having a high-tech mentor who knows your strengths and weaknesses inside and out.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Responsible for global operations and technology services across company and customer websites, staff technology, and THG’s direct-to-consumer Ingenuity service and hosting business, Drake has looked to support the rapid growth of the Manchester-based firm through IPO, a global pandemic, supply chain instability, and the onset of recession.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The ‘broken rung’ has long restricted women from achieving managerial positions in IT, and the latest joint LeanIn.org and McKinsey Women in the Workplace report finds underrepresentation in leadership roles is still a problem, and more so for women of color. Very often when there’s a woman in leadership, she is the only female,” she says.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 26, 2024

My team LOVES doing things the WAY THEY’VE ALWAYS DONE THEM. And I’m trying to get them to embrace some new technology. ” How to Use a Force Field Analysis Technique to Lead Through Change When helping a team adapt to change, another tried and true technique is a Force Field Analysis (Kurt Lewin).

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The Importance of Supply Chain Leadership Starts with the Chief Procurement Officer Supply chain leadership plays a pivotal role in driving organizational success and resilience in today’s dynamic business environment. One key reason why robust supply chain leadership is crucial is its impact on cost efficiency and profitability.

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CIO

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Those are just two of the many “firsts” McKenna has accomplished over the course of her career, which has also included executive leadership roles at Disney and Universal Orlando Resort. So I didn’t get to go to Harvard, but something better came along — this amazing career shift that took me into technology. 2: ‘Know Your Team.’

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CIO

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In today’s fast-paced business world, companies are striving to harness the power of digital technologies to reinvent their operations, enhance customer experiences, drive innovation, and thereby create value for stakeholders. Poor execution Even the best plans can fail if execution is poor.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

After all, in today’s rapid-paced business world, a creative, productive IT team is vital for staying ahead of the competition, increasing revenue, and becoming a market leader. To establish a high-performing IT culture, IT leaders must be able to push their teams to the limit without crippling morale.

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CIO

JUNE 20, 2023

You want advice from a team that can get invested enough to challenge your ideas or suggest alternative paths.” Remember, too, that poor decisions based on bad advice will inevitably lead to lost time. Following poor advice can lead to detrimental outcomes, including wasted time, lost resources, and missed opportunities.

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CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2023

IT service delivery enables an organization to give end users access to essential IT services by designing, developing, and deploying key technology resources, including applications and data. Develop a structured service catalog and adapt Achieving service delivery excellence is not a one-size-fits-all process.

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Experience to Lead

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you’re employed in a technology-first corporation, oversee operations in a retail chain or run a healthcare organization, every sector demands effective leadership. Even in situations where a person has been in leadership roles for years, the need to constantly be learning and upskilling never disappears.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

They understand the unique pressures and demands of leadership positions and can provide tailored guidance to help executives develop the skills and competencies needed to succeed. Board advisor coaching provides executives with a safe and supportive environment to reflect on their strengths, weaknesses, and blind spots.

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Experience to Lead

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Let’s explore why leadership development is important, as well as the benefits and challenges of effective leadership development. Immersing yourself in leadership opportunities won’t just make you a better leader, it will also encourage others to do the same.

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CIO

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Chief technology officers are key players in the enterprise C-suite, oftentimes working in collaboration with CIOs at the forefront of new and innovative technologies. They are among the most important hires organizations are making today due to the business value that successful technology deployments can bring.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Understanding and Leveraging Executive Strengths In the realm of organizational growth, executive assessments stand as a cornerstone for identifying and nurturing leadership talent. This process is instrumental in pinpointing leadership strengths, critical for making strategic decisions in executive placements and development programs.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2024

Identifying Growth-Stage Leadership to Drive Innovation in Life Sciences Effective executive search partners play a pivotal role in identifying, attracting, and assessing the leadership best aligned to drive growth and innovation, all the more important in highly dynamic industries like life sciences.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

Today, a company focused specifically on developing AI for drones for maritime deployments is announcing a round of funding after seeing strong demand for its devices and services. It will be using the funding to hire more people, and to continue building out its technology.

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CIO

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Long-term success is generally the result of leaders who make a committed effort to connect directly with their teams, rather than simply issuing memos, edicts, and other top-down commands. Caldas says that innovation today includes the adoption of promising new technologies, such as generative AI and open frameworks.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Rate of change “The most important metric for IT success is rate of change,” says Nicolas Avila, CTO for North America at IT and software development company Globant. Every leader and every team should use rate of change to determine how quickly they can turn around a particular change, Avila recommends.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The same is not true, sadly, for many agile project management and development initiatives. A CIO needs to ensure there’s leadership commitment, and not just from themselves but from leaders across the C-suite and the company as a whole,” Herald says. Leaders must be committed to the enablement of agile teams.”.

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CIO

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Amir Kazmi is a savvy business leader whose leadership playbook has been shaped by the fact that he’s spent one third of his career in P&L roles. On a recent episode of the Tech Whisperers podcast , Kazmi unpacked his unique leadership journey, his approach to leading digital innovation, and how he brings out the best in his team.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As other recent technology waves have taught us, developments will simply come too fast for such an approach and will be driven by the speed of private industry. It is a very powerful technology, and while it is not inherently good or bad, given its sheer power, guardrails must be put into place. AI must be regulated.

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CIO

MAY 18, 2023

Why not pick up a book that will inspire you to be a more effective leader, help you spot challenges and pitfalls in your IT strategies and processes, or prepare for the future of information technology? and the owner of UX Magazine. “This is the technology book every business and technology leader needs to read,” says Comes.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Harnessing Executive Leadership Team Coaching for Competitive Edge In a business world where the only constant is change, nurturing robust leadership has transcended from being merely advantageous to utterly essential.

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CIO

JANUARY 29, 2024

With IT increasingly driving new initiatives in concert with key business partners, there’s opportunity for technology leaders to nurture an organizational identity that keeps everyone razor-focused on digitally transforming the business in pursuit of strategic goals.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

From the 2008 global financial crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing, devastating effects of war and conflict, real leadership is required to navigate these challenging times. What is VUCA Leadership? If businesses are to get through difficult experiences, strong leadership is essential.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

According to ISACA, 60% of organizations are struggling to retain individuals, and 62% say their teams are operating at a talent deficit. But we also have to make sure these people work well with teams and have strong ethics. Cybersecurity exposes people to the potential to do good or bad.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Business leaders expect IT to develop new products, improve customer experiences, automate workflows, and deliver new artificial intelligence capabilities. Many IT teams use agile methodologies to iteratively deliver feature-rich releases, improve capabilities, address technical debt, and experiment with emerging technologies.

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CIO

MARCH 6, 2024

Technology specialist Salesforce reports that more than two-thirds of service professionals believe gen AI will help them serve their customers better, while Forrester expects it to give CX teams a huge boost through 2024. The technology speeds up the whole process,” he says. “An She says AI is still very much a buzzword.

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CIO

JANUARY 4, 2023

But Southwest’s technology was also cited by experts and the company’s leadership as contributing to the calamity. “IT Murray , president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, and “Southwest has always been a laggard when it comes to technology,” according to Helane Becker , an aviation analyst with Cowen.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

To manage these challenges, executives are called on to adopt a long-term perspective on organizational strategy while staying in tune with the present-day needs of clients, customers and team members. This type of work is nuanced and requires leadership skills that are often overlooked in business school.

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Modern CTO

MAY 2, 2024

We run research and entrepreneurship facilities at all three of these universities, where we help develop breakthrough science and build new companies. We were venture investors in a broad array of industries including the life sciences, global consumer, information technology, mobile computing, financial technology, and industrials.

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CIO

AUGUST 23, 2023

Optimization problems, for which a whole chorus of variables must be fine-tuned and modulated, routinely plague financial firms, especially when it comes to highly engineered financial products such as those developed through quantitative analysis. Their work earned them a 2023 US CIO 100 Award for IT innovation and leadership.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Companies may have had highly detailed migration or execution plans, but many failed to develop a point of view on the role of cloud in the enterprise. Although some continue to leap without looking into cloud deals, the value of developing a comprehensive cloud strategy has become evident. There are other risks, too.

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