Category: IT Team

August 4, 2021

Fueled by a spirit of renewed optimism, CEOs are setting big, bold agendas for innovation and growth that will depend on sustaining the momentum of their digital transformations. And they’re looking to CIOs to build the future-ready workforce necessary to […]

July 26, 2021

Many organizations have shifted to agile planning and delivery methodologies to improve consistency, reliability, and customer satisfaction in building and enhancing applications. They embrace devops cultures, principles, and automations to improve deployment frequencies, lead time to changes, mean time to […]

July 26, 2021

As the war for IT talent rages on, some companies seem to be staying out of the trenches, even when it comes to the most sought-after skills. CPA firm Plante Moran fills open IT positions in 48 days on average […]

July 23, 2021

We now know the story of how, over the past decade, the CIO role has transformed to be that of a coach. IT has morphed into a democratized DevOps team, requiring a new model for leadership. A bevy of new […]

July 20, 2021

Just as a happy and motivated IT team tends to be efficient, innovative, and highly productive, a toxic staff is destined to bicker, miss goals, and experience the sort of disruption that has nothing to do with positive transformation. Toxic […]

July 20, 2021

Managing people and teams can be challenging — delegating work, coaching and supporting their professional growth, and ensuring project meet deadlines and add value. It’s especially daunting when encouraging adoption of a new tool or platform. In my role as […]

July 19, 2021

When it comes to skills, the secret to future-proofing any IT career is diversification. In a recent Deloitte survey, a majority of CIOs said that one-third of their staff’s current skill sets will not be relevant in the next three […]

July 7, 2021

Research from Velocity Smart Technology, investigating how IT departments are coping with a move to remote working, has shown that almost half (45%) of office workers have had to wait longer for an issue to be resolved while working from […]

July 6, 2021

The key to running an effective organization, we’ve been told for decades, is delivering work products through well-designed and -managed processes. Process is hailed as the path to organizational nirvana, in the form of repeatable, predictable results. But CIOs who […]

June 29, 2021

The wall separating IT and line-of-business units began to crumble decades ago, around the same time that the role of chief information officer (CIO) – an executive responsible for bridging the IT-business gap – first emerged. Today, IT and business […]