Out of all of the building blocks to creating an innovative and productive workplace, perhaps the most transformative is processes. In previous articles, I’ve touched on other elements, but process is a piece to this puzzle that can make a tremendous difference to a company’s success and viability. Business process change isn’t about making a …
By: Yvon Audette , National Leader, IT Advisory, KPMG in Canada Digital innovations are ubiquitous, are disrupting traditional business models and are fundamentally transforming our societies. With the mass adoption of digital technologies such as smartphones, tablets and wearables, citizens are continually connected to the world around them. Many of these innovations are the result of agile, tech-savvy …
On April 5, the Calgary chapter event was hosted by IBM Canada in their new District Ventures and IBM Innovation Space, a collaborative initiative with District Ventures. We had an opportunity to meet and learn directly from Dino Trevisani, President of IBM Canada, both why and how IBM is investing in innovation. We experienced one …
At our Calgary Chapter gathering on March 22, we had an opportunity to explore how our members were approaching their own innovation initiatives. The discussion was vigorous as we explored how the Dobbin Monitor Deloitte model (introduced by Geoffrey Cann on February 16) could be used by our own members to assess where they might exploit …
This article originally appeared on the ITWorld Canada website on Thursday, April 13, 2017. Bruce Croxson was a keynote speaker at the CIO Peer Forum 2017, in Edmonton April 26-27. by Brian Jackson @brianjjackson If Bruce Croxon could go back to 1988 and his startup days at Lavalife again, with the power of hindsight, …
For the past four years the CIO Association of Canada has partnered with IT World Canada (ITWC) to paint a picture of the changing role of the CIO. The resulting reports have proven to be both enlightening and invaluable, with insights that allow CIOs to test their understanding of the immediate future against that …
By Julie Cullivan, FireEye CIO and EVP Business Operations The digital transformation means different things to different people—how you define it depends on how you perceive it. For consumers, digital transformation means increased connectivity. From smart phones to connected homes, people are demanding more and different ways to interact with their surroundings. For …
By: Brian Clendenin, Contributing Writer for IT World Canada Tesla Inc. … One of the fastest growing and most disruptive companies in the world today. I wonder what it must be like to have experienced being an IT leader in that rapid pace environment. Well, it turns out that Jay Vijayan, CIO of Tesla prior to founding …
By: Jarrod Levitan, Chief Cloud Officer, Trinimbus It’s Time To Get Your Cloud Game On! Amazon Web Services (AWS) has just launched their Region (multiple data centers) in Montreal. If you’re in the IT world, unless you’ve been living under rock, you would know that Amazon is the biggest and leading global provider of …
We Have to Do WHAT? How Maritz Transformed IT Services to Become a Trusted Business Partner By: Gerry Imhoff Gerry Imhoff, CIO and Senior VP of IT Services at Maritz shares his team’s transformation from an internally-focused, captive IT shared service to a trusted business partner. This fun and informative piece highlights both missteps and …
Let’s be honest, we've all been caught off-guard in our lives when disruptive change happens. Each time, like many of us, after the fact you likely kick yourself for not being better prepared – "I should have done this or that to avoid the negative impact or benefit from the reward." I've been there myself and I …
The Calgary Chapter Board of the CIO Association of Canada has elected John Vince, Director, Enterprise Architecture & Enablement, for Shaw Communications as its new President, effective immediately. Regarding his appointment, Vince says “I am thrilled and honored to lead our Chapter in a time where business and technology are converging and technology leaders are …