CIO
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These 9 initiatives have been found to elicit the most significant measurable impact for professionals in this role.
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People & Leadership
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March 26, 2020
COVID-19 has changed work arrangements for the majority of the workforce. With more employees working from home, taking leave, and having to modify...
March 20, 2020
Don't let panic negate the need for privacy best practices. Keep privacy at the core of your pandemic response plan and build a program that is tim...
March 20, 2020
With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing many businesses to start operating remotely, security is often the first to suffer. Start a training program for...
March 19, 2020
COVID-19 will have implications on your workforce and how they manage and balance work and life. With schools closed, governments advising on limit...
March 15, 2020
COVID-19 will have implications on your workforce and the way in which work is carried out. You need to plan and communicate to employees now to mi...
October 02, 2019
Most new IT managers feel unprepared for their new people responsibilities. Managers are essential to the success of their teams, and by failing to...
September 10, 2019
The war for talent is here, and organizations are losing the battle. With IT unemployment at record lows, IT departments must find new ways to set ...
August 17, 2019
Changing workforce dynamics and digital access have shifted the power from employers to job seekers. Candidate expectations have escalated to match...
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Strategy & Governance
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February 24, 2020
More than 80% of the larger enterprises we’ve worked with start out wanting to develop advanced Service Management processes without having the cul...
February 10, 2020
If we are to realize the business value through the adoption of emerging technologies, CIOs must address significant challenges. We believe address...
January 31, 2020
Smart contracts are revolutionizing the fundamental way people and businesses transact. Traditional methods of recording transactions and contracts...
January 24, 2020
Learn how four key trends in 2020 require businesses to find their place in an AI-driven ecosystem. There is no longer any business that's too big ...
December 18, 2019
Create an IT strategy based on business needs, not just intuition. It is no longer enough to generate a text document and call it an IT strategy. S...
October 31, 2019
Pre-digital organizations are not dinosaurs doomed to extinction. Organizations can transform themselves to thrive in the digital age. Digital tran...
July 25, 2019
This blueprint helps enterprises looking for either business model transformation and/or digital transformation to understand platform strategies a...
May 17, 2019
This blueprint helps organizations take stock of their digital maturity and compare it with their peers in the industry. By leveraging the capabili...
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Value & Performance
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February 28, 2020
There are many misconceptions about Lean management and people are often overwhelmed by all the tools and Japanese terminology for what are essenti...
June 15, 2018
CIOs need to take charge of the IT value proposition, increasing the impact and strategic role of IT. Use your IT update presentation to focus deci...
June 05, 2018
Business relationship management (BRM) is not just a communication conduit between IT and the business. When implemented properly, a BRM is a value...
October 18, 2017
To properly allocate project work and establish more stable project timelines, PMOs and portfolio managers need to develop a reasonable and managea...
June 14, 2017
With the right PPM strategy, IT leaders can enable executive decision makers to make sense of the excess of project demand and prioritize those ini...
March 21, 2017
IT investment decisions are made without a shared perspective of value, resulting in cost misallocation and unexploited opportunities to improve ef...
November 03, 2016
Our program enables IT to develop the right service metrics to tie IT service performance to business value and user experience.
July 13, 2016
Completed projects aren’t necessarily successful projects. Projects are justified because they will make the organization money, save money, or mak...