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• IDG Contributor Network: GE digital transformation: collaboration leads to innovation

  27-10-2017 19:00
  GE is undergoing a massive digital transformation from an Industrial to a Digital Industrial. As we navigate this journey, we are learning… a lot. It was one year ago this month that I moved back to the U.S. with my family from living abroad in Budapest, Hungary. As I reflect on the past year, one of the key lessons I’ve learned is the importance of collaboration.Over the past year, we’ve built our Digital DNA for Customers, taking 50 instances of our CRM and creating one mast
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: When UI is about experience – and when it is not

  27-10-2017 18:45
  When it comes to watching a movie, playing a video game, or even shopping online for certain types of products, it’s almost all about experience. If the experience was good, some amount of pleasure was involved.However, when you want to book a cab on your mobile app, you are not looking for experience in the sense of pleasure. You are looking to get the task done as quickly as possible. The same is true when you want to fill out your employer’s time sheet software.Role of UI in strat
  
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• Anatomy of an IT strategic plan in the era of digital disruption

  27-10-2017 18:40
  IT’s role in the development and execution of business strategy has grown significantly in the era of digital transformation. But as the rate of business and technology change has accelerated, some of the past static, rigid, and disjointed approaches to IT strategic planning fail to keep pace. That’s not to say CIOs should skip IT strategic planning altogether — quite the contrary. Developing and executing a business-aligned IT roadmap is more important than ever. “G
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: CIOs need to prioritize intelligence, innovation and customer experience

  27-10-2017 18:00
  As we discussed in a previous post, CIOs can begin to make the IT function a strategic partner supporting business objectives by changing how and what we choose to measure. Once your team is working to metrics that are more relevant to a business’s bottom line though, how can you determine what areas to focus on in order to drive real change? How should you prioritize the most important areas of focus? And how do you separate and minimize “chore” activities that just create unn
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How to pitch your product for review in 10 thoughtful steps

  27-10-2017 17:30
  Before my husband buys anything, he researches for up to two years. Two years! (I am admittedly less thorough and I sometimes regret it.) The time frame fluctuates based on the price of the item, but sometimes it has to do with the newness of the product in general. New backpack? That’s fairly quick (low investment and not too much variation between types and brands). New electronic gadget? That will take longer if it’s new to him and if it’s new to the market… well, suf
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Ascending the stairway to digital heaven

  27-10-2017 13:30
  It all starts with a vision. This is literally the most difficult aspect of a digital transformation and its importance shouldn’t be underestimated. You have to know where you want to go and who you want to be before attempting to make broad changes. Establishing and validating the vision is a process itself. It’s critical to understand where your vision fits in the market landscape. What are competitors doing? What are the trends in the industry? What customer expectations exis
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Stop before your employees drop

  27-10-2017 13:15
  I was stunned by a recent headline about a Japanese woman who died from karoshi: death from overwork. The article reported that Miwa Sado, a 31-year-old journalist who was covering elections, logged 159 hours of overtime in just one month before succumbing to heart failure. The article went on to say more than 2,000 Japanese workers committed suicide because of work-related stress from January to March of 2016. It is amazing this story came from the same country that popularized the LEAN managem
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Leadership through the generations

  27-10-2017 13:00
  There is a lot I don’t know. As new generations come of age taking on leadership roles, what I’m learning from Millennials is that they could be right. I may be wrong.The old hierarchical dichotomy between teacher and student, or older mentor and younger mentee, worked well in a world where change happened slowly, and the knowledge of one generation could reasonably be transferred to the benefit of the next, like the Jedi powers – master transmitting perennial wisdom through th
  
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• Changing the definition of diversity

  27-10-2017 12:15
  Can a group of people who all share a similar identity, who have all had very similar life, education, work and family experiences, really think differently?Denise Young Smith, vice president of diversity and inclusion at Apple, sure seems to think so. Speaking of her diversity and inclusion work at Apple, Smith said, “There can be [12] white, blue-eyed, blond men in a room, and they’re going to be diverse, too, because they’re going to bring a different life experience and lif
  
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• GSK accelerates data analytics for clinical trials

  27-10-2017 12:00
  GlaxoSmithKline is dreaming big with its big data. By tapping decades’ worth of clinical trial data, the pharmaceutical giant aims to deliver drugs to market more quickly. If it succeeds, it could seize an advantage in an industry oft-maligned for its plodding pace.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• BrandPost: Harvey Nash/KPMG 2017 CIO Survey Part 2: Managing Cyber Risk — How to Move From Aware to Prepared

  27-10-2017 01:43
  ‘I think the gap between preparedness for those organizations is going to be the same, if not a bit of a backstep, given how fast the technology and the threat landscapes are changing.’- Tony Buffomante, U.S. Lead, KPMG Cyber Security ServicesCyber risk is on everyone’s mind in today’s IT organization. However, according to the latest Harvey Nash/KPMG 2017 CIO survey, this heightened state of awareness is not translating into preparedness, which remains stubbornly low.&nb
  
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• BrandPost: Harvey Nash/KPMG 2017 CIO Survey: Managing Cyber Risk — How to Move From Aware to Prepared

  27-10-2017 01:43
  ‘I think the gap between preparedness for those organizations is going to be the same, if not a bit of a backstep, given how fast the technology and the threat landscapes are changing.’- Tony Buffomante, U.S. Lead, KPMG Cyber Security ServicesCyber risk is on everyone’s mind in today’s IT organization. However, according to the latest Harvey Nash/KPMG 2017 CIO survey, this heightened state of awareness is not translating into preparedness, which remains stubbornly low.&nb
  
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• 10 most telecommuting-friendly companies in tech

  27-10-2017 01:03
  10 most telecommuting-friendly companies in techImage by ThinkstockRemote work remains a productive perk, providing organizations a key lever in attracting and retaining tech talent. While companies such as Yahoo and IBM have rescinded telecommuting policies in an attempt to fix larger business and cultural problems, telecommuting continues to thrive in the tech industry, offering companies increased productivity, decreased absenteeism, and increased retention, provided they establish a successf
  
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• BrandPost: Understanding the Modern Mobile Consumer

  27-10-2017 00:01
  Research shows that 72% of consumers have abandoned a mobile experience because contact details were too difficult to find. That’s cause for concern given that more than half of consumers use mobile devices to research products or services before they purchase. Without a clear path to support, mobile customers are likely to leave a website or app for a competing offer.But there’s an upside: these situations offer companies a prime opportunity to differentiate themselves with a high-q
  
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