Category: Executive

April 4, 2023

Tackling the climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time. There is a need for a collaborative and inclusive approach to restoring our planet and protecting our future – and it is clear this topic needs to […]

March 29, 2023

Doria Manico-Daka, IT leader at Professional Engineers Ontario, recently spoke with Lee Rennick, host of CIO Leadership Live, Canada, about strides made for, and by, women in technology, and team-enabling leadership strategies to achieve wins for the organization. As IT […]

March 28, 2023

Assessing how some of the most progressive CIOs strive to provide both technological and emotional support for a dispersed workforce. After recent rounds of high-profile layoffs, a lot of technologists are looking for work in a market that’s different from […]

March 28, 2023

Strong leadership is vital to IT success — and shouldn’t be taken for granted. Continual self-reflection is essential for knowing whether it’s time to restructure your approach to leading IT. Frustrated concerned business man standing at table with sales reports, […]

March 20, 2023

As organizations change course with economic gyrations, collaboration between IT and business becomes priority No. 1 for CEOs. CIO Talvis Love has weathered a tsunami of rapid and significant changes at Baxter International over the past year — with little […]

March 16, 2023

There is no doubt that every business is a digital business today. Technology is the new normal and the next normal for companies of all sizes, offering them the chance to improve their resilience, efficiency, and customer experience. Yet today, […]

February 23, 2023

From talent issues to limited self-growth, IT leaders share their strategies for overcoming the operational and strategic challenges of working in non-metros. Most enterprises globally are based in metropolitan regions because of their inherent advantages of good infrastructure and diverse […]

February 20, 2023

The ‘broken rung’ has long restricted women from achieving managerial positions in IT, and the latest joint LeanIn.org and McKinsey Women in the Workplace report finds underrepresentation in leadership roles is still a problem, and more so for women of […]

February 10, 2023

The arrival of Web3 confirms our entry into an era of user-governed applications. This means developers must emphasize responsiveness and deliver on-demand data insights. Likewise, at the back end, they must build a sturdy testing environment that prepares the application […]

February 9, 2023

When you’ve spent your career mastering complex technologies, stepping into a leadership role might not be the first item on your wish list. As a CIO, you’ve already made this transition. But how do you prepare others on your team […]

January 25, 2023

CIOs are expected to successfully split their time between duties that can greatly vary day to day. Federal Reserve System CIO Ghada Ijam, for instance, says on a good day, 60% of her time is spent on strategic planning and […]

January 17, 2023

Old rule: Command and control New rule: Facilitate The command-and-control leadership style had been on its way out for all executives for years, before rebounding during the early days of the pandemic. At that point the take-charge-and-give-the-orders approach was exactly […]

January 17, 2023

1. Optimize cloud spend It’s a good time for CIOs to conduct a financial health check on their technology budget. This includes running a benchmarking spend analysis on all categories relative to industry peers, as well as leading technology companies. […]

January 11, 2023

1. Building resiliency Resiliency will be a top priority for many CIOs this year as they face a possible recession and ongoing labor shortages. “Technology will play a pivotal role in building resiliency, since it’s entrenched in every aspect and […]

January 9, 2023

Three years ago, IT leaders were squarely focused on how to adopt fledgling AI techniques and approaches into their business models in service of digital transformations that included plans for shifting some workloads to the cloud. But then the pandemic […]

January 4, 2023

For digital marketing leaders struggling to execute marketing strategies amid data privacy regulations, synthetic data can help with secure and efficient data anonymization. Synthetic data is generated by applying a sampling technique to real-world data or by creating simulation scenarios […]

January 4, 2023

Companies across industries are committing to maximizing sustainability within their operations — and IT is at the heart of most of these efforts. In its Worldwide Sustainability/ESG 2023 Predictions, analyst firm IDC sees digital and sustainability transformations converging. “Decision makers […]

December 19, 2022

1. Digital transformation has hit a dizzying speed The race is on to further digitalize operations and leverage technology for innovation and business transformation. That has been a trend for years, but CIOs have found that the pace at which […]

December 17, 2022

Having a clear vantage point within the organization, CIOs play a vital role bringing together engaged and motivated employees to work toward a common outcome, increase productivity, and achieve better business outcomes. Many CIOs know that a high-performance team is […]

December 14, 2022

When you think about people entangled in organizational politics, terms that come to mind include manipulation, self-serving, turf battles, power plays, and hidden agendas. Not terribly uplifting. But Neal Sample, former CIO of Northwestern Mutual, sees it a different way. […]