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Are You Due for an IT Health Check?

If I asked IT leaders what it was like the week the world went remote in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I would guess 90% of them would have visceral reactions to the memory of that time. Many organizations

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What Ever Happened to Critical Thinking?

As businesses grow, so do the size and complexity of their problems and challenges. To solve those complex challenges and problems, leaders need to employ more critical thinking from themselves and their teams. However, the world seems to be lacking

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The CIO Role, Reasserted

After an unprecedented year of change, many organizations are adjusting to a new status quo with technology - and technology experts - leading the way.  And changing right along with the rest of the organization is the CIO role.

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A New CIO’s Guide to Mapping Experiences

Delivering and enabling business value is a large part of IT’s job.  As such, the CIO must track how value flows, not only within IT, but across the organization.  It may sound easier than it actually is. Because

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Is the CIO the Continual Improvement Officer?

The CIO is often wearing many hats. They have to be tech whizzes and also strategic visionaries. And in my opinion, they now have to be the Continual Improvement Officer for their teams, their organizations, and in their careers. Continual

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Are You Inviting Trouble? 7 Signs You’re Attracting Chaos to IT

CIOs are no strangers to chaos. Working in IT means you’ve dealt with your fair share of chaotic moments. Technology has an annoying habit of not working properly - even when everything seems to be set up correctly. IT pros

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CEOs, are you making your CIO sick?

Here’s a scenario that might sound familiar: The CEO of a mid-sized organization calls in the CIO because times are desperate. The company needs to deploy new technology to increase revenue — quickly. The organization has already invested in a

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Are You Wasting Last Year’s Success?

2020 was a historic year for CIOs. Before last year, there had never been a point when nearly every CIO had to completely restructure how their organization did business in just a matter of days — or even a few

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The CIO’s Guide to Enabling a Hybrid Workforce

Looking back on 2020, one thing is certain: COVID-19 has permanently changed the way we work. Earlier this year, CIOs and IT departments were responsible for keeping organizations online and running as the world went into lockdown. The CIO role

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How to Fix Your Broken Workflows — For Good

Every business leader wants the same three things: to reduce risk, increase revenue, and decrease expenses. Often, there is a general assumption that technology is the only way to accomplish these goals using IT. I’ve seen it time and time

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