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How Your Chief Technology Officer May Kill innovation

Innovation Excellence

A few months ago I was offered a position of a Chief Technology Officer in a startup company. I wasn’t going to take it, but it made me reflect on what a CTO does and, more important, what a great CTO should do in the company. Through my history in different high-tech companies (although this.

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Ex-DreamWorks Animation CTO: How the C-Suite Can Foster Innovation

Innovation Leader

”In my experience, the most powerful motivator to encourage innovation was peer recognition,” says Ed Leonard, Co-Founder of Bred Ventures and former CTO at DreamWorks Animation. Leonard shares more on what senior leaders do at companies like DreamWorks Animation and Disney to shape a culture of innovation…

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The Ultimate Competitive Advantage: Investing in Your Employees

Business and Tech

Eric Koslow, CTO and co-founder of Lattice, a workforce management company, has seen that dynamic firsthand. Company culture is also changing with the times, and has become the most effective way companies can attract—and retain—top talent. A competitive advantage. Holloway warns that companies must start adapting to the new reality.

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Don’t Miss These 7 Sessions From the Project to Product Summit

Planview

Mik Kersten, Chief Technology Officer, Planview Janaki Palaniappan, Partner, McKinsey & Company Dave West, product owner and CEO, Scrum.org Our virtual event featured 52 presentations in the following tracks: product operating model, investment and value realization, value stream flow, and organizational design and culture.

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The Top 20 Symptoms of a Weak Development Team

TechEmpower Innovation

I think that poor communication and differing team cultures might be part of the problem, but how can I know for sure? A culture of change management. A culture of continual improvement. And a culture of root-cause analysis. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas It’s a good question.

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CTO James Gardner: “Innovation is an Optional Activity”

Planview

Spigit’s Chief Technology Officer, James Gardner, is no stranger to innovation. I’ve found companies are most successful when they approach innovation as a catalyst for culture change, a means of driving employee engagement, and a methodology for turning good ideas into great outcomes.”

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Creating the Psychological Safety to Innovate at PayPal

Innovation Leader

Sri Shivananda, Chief Technology Officer at PayPal, discussed how the company creates its own digital solutions, and encourages a culture that empowers innovation.

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