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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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Bubble® PPM grows technology development capability

Bubblegroup

. Bubble ® PPM grows technology development capability . Richard Carter joins Bubble ® as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). . Bubble ® , a leading provider of cloud-based Project Portfolio Management Software, today announced that Richard Carter has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower Innovation

The explanation from software leadership is often unsatisfying or unclear. It provides findings and recommendations intended to foster a mutual understanding between business and software leaders, shedding light on the current state of your technology and your team. What does a business leader do in this situation?

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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. Apologies if I might have felt uncomfortable on this point.

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How to Survive a Management or Strategy Change

Innovation Leader

Preparing for shifts in leadership, as well as changes in strategy, helps innovation teams persist. Mona Vernon, Chief Technology Officer of Thomson Reuters, shares her tips.

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