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Edward Jones’ CIO Frank LaQuinta plays to win

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Over time I landed on five principles that need to be evident for leading a successful transformation: Leadership, Learning, Communication, Understanding, and Playing to Win. I have a strong conviction that all this work must continually be anchored by an ethos of Leadership, Learning, Communication, Understanding, and Playing to Win.

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Why CIOs need a two-tier approach to gen AI

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So-called AI tools and AI solutions offer two distinct opportunities for organizations interested in gen AI and may require separate approaches to deployment to succeed, according to a recent MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) briefing, “ Managing the Two Faces of Generative AI.”

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The only CIO resolution that matters

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Ideally, the office of the CIO would brief the enterprise on a systemic basis on these matters. I am thinking of something similar to the President’s Daily Brief. Once those decisions have been made, a systemic program of insight capture must also be instituted for the briefings to be effective.

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5 Ways A Content Brief Template Can Level-up Your Content Marketing & What to Include

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Grab a cup of Joe and join me as we explore how a content brief template can bring deep joy (Marie Kondo, anyone?) Table of Contents: Benefits of a content brief template What forms the base of a content brief template? Benefits of a content brief template. Not convinced? to your life. Are you ready to level-up yet?

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The genAI opportunity: From ‘data to insight’ to ‘context to action’

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Consider a file share full of briefing documents and presentations, the team’s email inboxes, and even the moment in a sales presentation where the prospect seems to perk up. But agility is prized, and wins are celebrated. Give them room to be agile, and document and celebrate both the wins and failures with learning.

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The deflating AI bubble is inevitable — and healthy

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Beware the naysayers Predicting the future is generally a fool’s errand as Nobel Prize winning physicist, Niels Bohr recognized when he stated, “Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” A little realism and scepticism are healthy at this stage of an emerging technology, but it’d be unwise to assume AI has hit a dead-end.

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Salesforce unveils autonomous agents for sales teams

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With each scheduled meeting, the agent performs a handoff to sellers by notifying and briefing them with curated meeting preparation that summarizes critical lead information and previous interactions. Without involving a human seller, it could draft and send an email to the lead, answer questions, and schedule a meeting.

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