IDG Contributor Network: Advice for buying or building a digital platform

As digital technologies mature and become applicable, they present a tremendous opportunity for companies to rethink and rearchitect their business to create better client experience, better quality results and lower costs. These opportunities are broad and extensive. At the core of all digital transformations is the assembling and perfection of a digital platform. But companies…

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CIO to CEO: Next career path?

While there isn’t yet a significant trend of CIOs transitioning into CEO roles, it’s absolutely undeniable that the people and process management skills developed within an IT leadership position are vital for driving growth across entire organizations. Interestingly, the newly minted CEOs to whom we spoke were not overly anxious to step into their roles.…

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7 steps to becoming a thought leader

You’re the sort of person who likes to solve problems. Co-workers and colleagues come to you for advice, ideas, insights and solutions. You also enjoy being a mentor, someone who doesn’t mind investing his or her time in order to help people achieve their goals. Congratulations. Whether you realize it or not, you’re a thought…

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IDG Contributor Network: Fighting fire with fire: the rise of enterprise software’s big change agent

CIOs engaged in driving digital transformation should consider Ashby’s Law of Requisite Variety: It states that to persevere, a system’s internal structures must be as complex as the external forces challenging it. Your CEO, board, investors, and customers expect you to create the most advanced digital products and services. However, managing the complicated web of…

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