The CIO’s guide to mastering IT trends

Monitoring IT trends is no trivial task. After all, the deluge is considerable. Every day, single-shingle IT cognoscenti blog, tweet, and podcast their thoughts about the future of IT. Every week, vendors — the supply side of the tech community — release whitepapers and forecasts about where they think (or hope you will think) technology…

Novanta CIO Sarah Betadam on the CIO-CEO relationship

Sarah Betadam, CIO at Novanta, joins host Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They discuss CIO-CEO relationships, business/IT partnerships, servant leadership, agile mindsets vs. methodologies and more. Watch this episode: #id62e2c2ffdd85a .jw-wrapper::before { content: “Sarah Betadam” !important; } Listen to this episode: CIO Leadership…

IT leaders get creative to fill data science gaps

For the past few years, IT leaders at a US financial services company have been struggling to hire data scientists to harness the increasing flood of incoming data that, if used properly, could improve customer experience and drive new products. To deal with this hiring problem, they’ve had to get creative. They’re not just offering…

Qu’est-ce que le leadership transformationnel? Un style de gestion pour susciter l’innovation

Il s’agit d’un style de gestion où les dirigeants encouragent et motivent les employés à innover et apporter eux-mêmes des solutions contribuant à la croissance et au succès futur de l’entreprise. Pour ce faire, ils donnent l’exemple au niveau de la direction, par le biais d’une culture d’entreprise forte, suscitant la participation et l’autonomie des…

Q&A: Empowering agile beyond IT at Fannie Mae

CIO is the seventh title Ramon Richards has held at Fannie Mae, a leading source of financing for mortgages in the US. The latest promotion came in August 2021 for Richards, who is in his 23rd year with the company. I recently spoke with Richards to learn about the technology and business transformation under way…

CIO 100 US: 9 award-winning government IT projects

Government entities around the globe are contending with the same demands and opportunities facing private-sector organizations. Public-sector agencies and institutions report increasing demand from constituents, employees, and their partners for more digital services, faster responses, and seamless experiences. And, like their commercial counterparts, government IT leaders are boosting their use of technology to deliver. For…