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The Toronto Chapter of the CIO Association was pleased to collaborate with Gartner Executive Programs to offer our most recent event. As part of a National Series for the CIO Association of Canada, The Best of Gartner 2018 brings key insights from the 2018 Gartner Symposium along with key insights collected from the Annual CIO Agenda …
“Why You Should Never Use the Elevator at DEF CON, and Other News You Can Use from the Hacker Frontlines” The Calgary Chapter of the CIO Association was pleased to collaborate with the Calgary Office of Bennett Jones to offer our most recent event. Those who were unable to join missed a lovely meal, but …
A CIO Communication Framework For The Digital Era What’s Different in the Digital Era? Board communications have always been important for CIOs, but DX at scale is most successful when driven by the CEO, senior management, and the board—not with a bottom up approach that lacks sufficient clout. DX visibility and potential for missteps mean …
A CIO Communication Framework for the Digital Era: The CIO’s Direct Reports The CIO’s communications with his or her direct reports are a critical, yet sometimes overlooked, element of digital and organizational transformation. The CIO’s staff are the evangelists and change agents of transformation and, as such, do much of the heavy lifting. To do …
A CIO Communication Framework for the Digital Era: The Board of Directors Communicating with the board and influencing the board’s decisions in support of IT and enterprise digital transformation are essential components of success in CIOs’ digital transformation strategy and execution. As enterpnse thampions for digitally driven business transformation, CIOs must use all means at …
A CIO Communication Framework for the Digital Era: Line-of-Business Executives Digital transformation requires close collaboration among CIOs ancl their LOB peers. Each stakeholder brings skills, knowledge, and resources that collectively power transformation initiatives. But to succeed, relationships have to weather inevitable challenges. For that to happen. ClOs must be able to effectively communicate and work …
In his presentation, Steve Bell addressed that, “Our ability to rapidly and effectively envision, develop and deliver technology- related value to enhance the customer experience is becoming a key competitive differentiator. This calls for a new way of thinking about the relationship of IT within the business, and a new way of working across the …
The Four Zones Model: Finding the right balance between operational excellence and business innovation The CIO.com 2017 State of the CIO survey found that 72% of respondents said they were struggling to strike the right balance between operational excellence and business innovation. 87% of respondents also said that “juggling transformational and functional responsibilities has become …
What causes IT deals to fail? How can CIOs structure deals to reduce the risk of failure? Technology and IT law expert Matthew Peters answered these questions, focusing his presentation on contractual rights and other tools to address key deal risks. Steps that taken during negotiation and after signing the deal that increase the likelihood …
The presentation/discussion of Manie Eagar and Mari Eagar had build awareness and advance business understanding of blockchain at the converging technologies such as Digital Identity Management, Crypto Currencies, Token Generated Events/Initial Coin Offerings, Mobile Communications, FinTech, AI, RoboAdvisers, Cybersecurity, IoT, Machine-to- Machine Learning, Big Data and Predictive Analytics. Click the icon below to download the …
Over the last 15 years, Agile methods have generally penetrated most IT shops in some fashion. In response, systems integrators have created formal methods for IT development and package implementation that incorporate Agile as a foundation for delivery. These methods have been both a blessing and a curse for systems integrators and IT shops. A …
CIOs have a unique opportunity to become leaders in a business world that is increasingly driven by Quality of the processes, people’s involvement and accelerated flow of money, materials and information. CIOs are not just technologists responsible for the good functioning of the IT infrastructure; they are called upon to provide company-wide solutions that can …