The employees you need may already be on your team but out of sight. Looking for existing staff with transferable skills, hidden skills, technical learnability, and hidden knowledge can bring these potential employees into focus. Transferable skills These are comprised of knowledge, experience, and abilities that make it easier to learn new skills. Within IT,…
The new year brings familiar problems for cities around the world. Many countries are still facing a multitude of crises: climate change continues to accelerate, economies are under pressure, and consumers are coping with inflation and skyrocketing energy bills. But a new year also brings a renewed sense of optimism and fresh focus. Innovators are…
Like its predecessors, COP27 offered mixed results. As the conference’s detractors have long lamented, if COPs were truly effective, we wouldn’t have needed 27 of them. Still, there are some genuine marks of progress to celebrate. A landmark “loss and damage” fund will come as welcome news for the many vulnerable countries that have been…
Building and managing infrastructure yourself gives you more control — but the effort to keep it all under control can take resources away from innovation in other areas. Matt Doka, CTO of FiveStars, a marketing platform for small businesses, doesn’t like that trade-off and goes out of his way to outsource whatever he can. It…
Karl Nicholson, Technology Evangelist at Slack Ask any tech team, and they’ll tell you that the use of workplace apps has skyrocketed in recent years. Off the back of the pandemic, an age of technological empowerment swept in — where employees had greater autonomy in choosing the best tools they needed to do their best…
Fred Laury, Chief Digital Officer at TAB New Zealand, on the importance of empathy to influence and collaborate, how the CIO role is changing post-pandemic, and how he’s learned to adjust the sails in rough waters. Watch this episode: #id63c6c7913dc20 .jw-wrapper::before { content: “IDG” !important; } Listen to this episode: CIO, CIO Leadership Live …
The PDF is a de facto electronic file format for a wide range of industries, giving organizations a reliable way to present information to others in a format that remains consistent no matter the user’s underlying hardware or software. From financial statements and invoices to purchase orders and healthcare records, PDFs are a fundamental element…
Aerospace organizations are pushing new boundaries every day. Their products, research, and technologies are changing the way the world works. We see it every day in the way humanity relies on communication, global positioning, and special analytics to enable smart cities, smart cars, and smart factories. It is their ability to systematically innovate, push boundaries,…
The effects of such an unpredictable environment are profound, and no organization in any industry is immune. Looking across our client base, we expect to see varying degrees of impact as the turbulence continues. The common thread? In almost every case, there’s an increased need for data insight and technology-enabled agility to reaffirm technology’s position…
The CIO role continues to evolve, changing as dramatically as the technology it manages and maintains. Moreover, the pace of the chief IT position’s transformation seems to be accelerating — likewise mirroring the speed of change in the tech stack. Consequently, tech executives must lead, manage, and work differently than they did in the past.…