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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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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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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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Want to Put AI to Work? Prime Your Organization With These 5 Shifts

Planview

Here’s the experience that the panelists and moderator bring to the table: Sejal Amin, Chief Technology Officer at Shutterstock, stepped into her role in November 2022, just when Shutterstock was making their data deal with OpenAI. She’s led her team in bringing AI to the market throughout this turbulent year.

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Trends in AI: Should You View Data as a Product?

Planview

Panelists Sejal Amin, Chief Technology Officer at Shutterstock; Jana Eggers, CEO of Nara Logics; Razat Gaurav, CEO of Planview; and Dr. Rich Sonnenblick, Chief Data Scientist at Planview, were joined by moderator Ray Wang, Principal Analyst and Founder of Constellation Research, Inc. But the culture has shifted.

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Unlocking the Future of Value Stream Management: 5 Key Insights from VSMC’s 2023 Report

Planview

Diversity also shines through in the sectors represented, with voices from industries as varied as finance, non-profit, government, education, healthcare, technology, manufacturing, travel, and professional services. Their inclination to utilize a VSMP is markedly higher than their lower-performing counterparts.

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Benchmarking Innovation Impact, from InnoLead

Paul Hobcraft

I am always guilty of investing time in the potential tools, technologies and concepts that might lead to a different future that is within all of our job remits but how much, at what cost and what benefit to the jobs on hand. Apologies if I might have felt uncomfortable on this point.

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