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The dark arts of digital transformation — and how to master them

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Form strategic alliances If you’re hoping to prevail over the Trolls and Goblins, you’re going to need help from the Elves and the Dwarves. Etkin, an early employee at Atlassian who was the original architect of Jira, admits that he wasn’t always good at building alliances with his peers.

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Lufthansa’s digital future takes flight with ‘Digital Hangar’

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Christian Spannbauer, CTO for the Digital Hangar, spoke with CIO.com from Barcelona about the impact of this new initiative for the official flag carrier airline of Germany, which, as a founding member of the Star Alliance network, has become a truly global airline. “We Experience is not only the cherry on the cake.”

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Beyond growth: M&A as a strategic transformation enabler

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For instance, the increasing cost of capital has affected access to and use of money across all sectors; an increasing regulatory focus on competition and industry dynamics has driven increased scrutiny as a critical factor for uncertainty; geopolitical uncertainties, including unprecedented conflicts across many regions, have forced delays.

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Rethinking the IT talent pipeline

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Moreover, in a recent Gartner survey, 86% of CIOs said they faced stiffer competition for qualified tech candidates while 73% confirmed they were worried about IT talent attrition. It’s flush with talent, but there’s more competition.” Where we live and work is a blessing and a curse,” she says.

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What it takes to land a CIO gig in 2024

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In your entrepreneurial, niche market, startup companies will be going after that forward-thinking, innovative, born-in-the-cloud, data analytics– and AI-driven type business and technology risk-seeking expert.” That can be a differentiator in this space, especially in highly competitive environments, Licciardello explains.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

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“There’s absolutely an overarching trend we’re witnessing of organizations entering into more strategic partnership agreements to ensure access to critical talent and expertise,” says Greg Sarafin, global alliance and ecosystem leader at EY.

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What is digital transformation? A necessary disruption

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Executives know that if their businesses don’t continually evolve through digital transformation they risk being overtaken by competitors or shut down by startups that are more efficient, more effective, and more engaged with their customers. They redesign business and products around customer outcomes.