Tullio Siragusa

JULY 10, 2023

IT teams, led by the CTO, are often more focused on the technical aspects, such as system stability and data security. Consider a software company developing a new productivity tool. The Misalignment Challenge Before delving into the solutions, let’s first shed light on the problem.

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Design Thinking Design Ideation Fractional CTO 62

hackerearth

MARCH 31, 2017

Thanks to the digital era, the market is now flooded with tools, apps, and processes to help HR pros kick back and relax. Hackathons—an underrated tool. They can use hackathons as tools to bring about meaningful change. Using tools such as hackathons, HR can help build camaraderie and cohesiveness.

Software Review 51

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Fractional CTO Technical Review 51

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

One of us is a consultant and educator whose new book, Agile Talent , describes how organizations can maximize the advantages and strategic return on their agile talent investment. We suggest a number of possible approaches for organization leaders to consider: Assign a roving chief technology officer or project manager.

Technical Cofounder 14

Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO Management 14

Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

We at Legacy Innovation Group have cross-referenced four of the most important of these – those from Fast Company, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Forbes, and Thomson Innovation. In fact, there are several institutions who now attempt to make a list of the world's most innovative companies.

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Company Innovation Fractional CTO CTO 40

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

As a consultant, I’ve seen dozens of CRM implementations in a wide range of organizations, and consistently find that they fail more than they succeed. This isn’t the fault of the technology or the CTO, who usually manages it. Relationships aren’t numbers, though, and CRM isn’t an efficiency tool.

Fractional CTO 14

Fractional CTO CTO Software Tools 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Six selected insights are presented here, tempered with our own experience in many years of consulting with global engineering initiatives. Starting a global engineering operation “essentially doubles the expense for 6-12 months,” says former Informatica CTO, James Markarian. In fact, costs go up initially.

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Fractional CTO CTO Company Agile 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

When the new system, Compass, was rolled out to all 44 offices, the fact that it was born of a problem identified by internal staff helped accelerate the tool’s adoption across the firm. Its highly skilled consultants were responding on a first-come, first-served basis and fielding more demands than they could handle.

Technology 14

Technology Fractional CTO Artificial Inteligence Management 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

Threats range from periodic, temporary outages, to catastrophic failure from the dissolution of the provider, to a merger or acquisition that requires rethinking existing relationships and perhaps renegotiating existing service contracts. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

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Fractional CTO CTO Technology Tools 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2014

You’ll actually get worse at your job if you don’t have intervals of rest amid the stress,” says Scott Edinger, founder of the Edinger Consulting Group. Until this summer, Matthew Bellows hadn’t taken more than a few days’ vacation since 2010, when he launched Yesware, a Boston-based email productivity and tracking tool for salespeople.

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Fractional CTO Case Study CTO Report 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation. For example, in common practice, processes and tools have become the driver of work, not individuals and interactions. The team uses tools that prevent real collaboration. Responding to change over following a plan.

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