For most CIOs, the day-to-day work of getting products out the door takes priority over managing people. Many CIOs spend just minutes each month on the people part of the business. But to deliver on goals and promises, CIOs must know their bench strength — employee competency, plus the number of staff to do the…
Yamaha Motor Corp. USA is harnessing social media, customer data, augmented reality (AR) and information about its own vehicles to clear one of the biggest hurdles of the digital era: Creating a more direct path to consumers of its recreational vehicles, engines, robots and other machines. “We’re changing the focus of IT to support the…
CIOs consistently list staffing as a top priority, with a tight labor market and a skills gap challenging their ability to build IT teams. Consider, for instance, that the 2018 Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey of 3,958 IT leaders found that 65 percent say a lack of talent holds back their organizations. CIOs certainly need to…
Public cloud services are becoming a strategic weapon for CIOs. More than a way to cease operating data centers, the public cloud offers CIOs the ability to focus on strategic projects aimed at boosting the bottom line. Whether that means building a mobile app or analyzing data to strengthen customer engagement, these shifts signal how…
Bootcamps have emerged as a popular way to quickly gain marketable skills that organizations are looking for. And the ongoing IT talent shortage in certain disciplines has seen a rise in bootcamps aimed at skills such as coding and data science. But how well do bootcamps prepare you for employment? Are bootcamp graduates perceived as…
Name: Jamshid Rezaei Company: Mitel Job title: CIO Time in current role: 3+ years Location: Toronto, Canada As CIO, Rezaei is responsible for driving Mitel’s IT initiatives, as well as developing and executing the company’s digital transformation efforts. He joined Mitel in February 2014 following the acquisition of Aastra Technologies, where he held various leadership…
Open-plan offices are supposed to encourage collaboration, improve communication, and encourage the free-flow of ideas, as well as offer (literal) transparency and flatten the usual corporate hierarchy. But it turns out there’s a sexist downside that could be impacting your current and potential future employees. As a recent article from Fast Company explains, researchers Alison Hirst…
Bossing after #MeToo Image by Getty Images If you manage a team in the age of #MeToo, you have a job to do that’s thornier than hitting deadlines and worrying if people are wasting time on Slack and Reddit. And if you’re not proactively ferreting it out, it’s probably happening right under your nose. To…
Supply chain management is a growing field and a satisfying profession, as a recent survey from the Association for Supply Chain Management (APICS) found that 96 percent of those surveyed were highly satisfied with their career in SCM, with average rating of 8.4 out of 10. The survey also found that it pays to get…
Artificial intelligence is poised to revolutionize health care, in everything from drug research, to diagnostics, to health care delivery — all the way through to billing and accounting. According to Accenture, the AI health market will reach $6.6 billion by 2021, and will save the industry $150 billion a year by 2026. But to get…