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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. Creating enemies came with the territory. “My

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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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Deals are developing beyond core business growth, encompassing new digital opportunities and emerging technologies as drivers of strategic acceleration. Resource planning : Digital investments by definition address people, process, and technology in the business case. What technology would amplify or leverage differentiation?

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What it takes to land a CIO gig in 2024

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Global spending on technology is predicted to be up by virtually all forecasts. They want someone who runs technology effectively but is also a driver and a thought partner. But he stresses you also can’t count out foundational CIOs — those with solid operations skills, but perhaps less versed in newer or disruptive technologies. “I

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Weighing risk and reward with gen AI vendor selection

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Putting aside the fact this is an astronomically high adoption rate for a brand new technology, it’s also an indicator of how risky this space is. When assessing vendors, Rich Products looks at their technology, architecture, business value, and pragmatic perspective. A startup can easily become obsolete in any area of technology.

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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. But finding the niche, high-demand skills needed to drive specific projects can be challenging.

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What is digital transformation? A necessary disruption

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Most CEOs (72%) continue to prioritize digital investments, according to the 2022 CEO Outlook report from KPMG, in part due to concerns about emerging and disruptive technology, a top three risk to organizational growth. Digital transformation is the integration of digital technologies into all aspects of business operations.