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

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Before long she had cultivated relationships with other key stakeholders, learned their concerns, and discussed how IT could help them achieve their business objectives. 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.

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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

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Beyond growth: M&A as a strategic transformation enabler

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Learn more about IDC’s research for technology leaders. Contact us today to learn more. Prior to her current role, Alizabeth was CIO at firms including IBM, Loyalty Group (a Division of Alliance Data), and CML Healthcare.

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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.” Armed with these skills and traits, Licciardello recommends that newly-hired CIOs always do the ‘listening and learning tour.’

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

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In addition to AI and machine learning, data science, cybersecurity, and other hard-to-find skills , IT leaders are also looking for outside help to accelerate the adoption of DevOps or product-/program-based operating models. Many of the new skills are in rare supply, as are team leaders experienced in this new development paradigm.”

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Rethinking the IT talent pipeline

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Most interns are offered a full-time position upon graduation, working as part of a co-hort, where groups of 15 collaborate and learn the same skills and business processes over the ensuing two to three years. This provides us with a future funnel as we grow and as people retire or move on,” Hill explains.

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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.