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An Innovation Action Plan for the New CTO

Innovation Excellence

Finding and Growing Innovation Islands Inside a Large Company GUEST POST from Steve Blank How does a newly hired Chief Technology Officer (CTO) find and grow the islands of innovation inside a large company? How not to waste your first … Continue reading →

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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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Today’s CTO: The Chief Transformation Officer

Daniel Burrus

In the past, I suggested that the role of the CIO needs to shift from that of a Chief Information Officer to a Chief Innovation Officer, largely due to the rapid, multiple technology-driven transformations that are always occurring. Transform Instead of Change.

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Innovation Leadership

eZassi

Innovation Leadership – Strategies for Executives Despite a focus on disruptive innovation, collaboration is lacking between business units, and the necessary structures between corporate entities and partners are often missing, causing breakdowns in the innovation process and missed opportunities.

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Five Key Skills for Chief Transformation Officers

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Art Inteligencia As digital transformation continues to become more commonplace in the modern business landscape, the role of the Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) has become increasingly important.

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Benchmarking Innovation Impact, from InnoLead

Paul Hobcraft

Let me pick up on a number of points I gleaned from this report Today it is increasingly hard to get leadership attention, grappling with threats of recession, inflation, supply chain breakdowns and an increasingly hostile world to operate it. I found this a great structure for different innovation “buckets.”

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower Innovation

The explanation from software leadership is often unsatisfying or unclear. Getting Buy-in from Leadership Business leaders are often concerned about how their tech teams will react to an external technical review. Let’s assume that you’ve already expressed your frustrations with technical leadership.