By Alex Piasta, Guest Contriubutor At the 2017 CIOCAN conference held in Edmonton, Alberta, Jay Vijayan formerly of Tesla Motors explained his innovative professional experiences. By developing breakthrough technology for one of the most innovative companies of the century, his positive impact has helped transform the entire automotive industry. His lessons learned during this …
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: 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 …
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 …
We are delighted to have Dave Mowat, President and CEO of ATB Financial speaking at the upcoming CIO Peer Forum in Edmonton April 26-27, 2017. Dave is re-imagining ATB Financial to drive innovation and digital transformation. As such, a new style of leadership and roles are being created to meet that vision. A key leader …
Kelly Friedman, Partner at DLA Piper (Canada) LLP will be presenting one of the most talked about workships at the upcoming CIO Peer Forum in Edmonton April 26-27, 2017. Big Data and the Internet of Things have arrived, and technology will continue to advance. At the same time, our needs for personal privacy and individual …
Eugene Roman entertained the lunchtime audience with an exciting overview of Canadian Tire’s digital transformation journey. He began his presentation with what he described as the “digital” catalog, which is a hard copy traditional catalog that Canadian Tire has produced for decades but with a “hover and discover” capability. A smart phone app viewing the …
CIO PEER FORUM 2016 WORKSHOP SPOTLIGHT: COMMAND YOUR BRAND™: DIFFERENTIATING YOURSELF IN A HIGHLY-COMMODITIZED WORLD In business today, the goal is to become not just memorable, but indelible. When leveraged properly, LinkedIn can energize and elevate your personal brand, frame you as a thought leader, and enable you to generate business opportunities that might otherwise …
CIOs and business leaders everywhere are dealing with a pervasive and destructive “productivity drain.” And even if you’ve never used the term “productivity drain,” you’ll recognize the symptoms. A lack of operational efficiency, low worker productivity, difficulty with enterprise growth and scalability—these are all indicators of dysfunction on an operational level. The productivity drain is …
Getting Back to What Matters By: Rahaf Harfoush I love data. Actually, I’m obsessed with it. In particular, I love the idea of uncovering some hidden truth – like a digital Sherlock Holmes, piecing together a crucial insight that I would have missed if I didn’t have access to that data. In my book, The …
MNP’s Technology Consulting team will be speaking on ways to safeguard your business from the direct and indirect costs of a Go Live failure at the upcoming CIO Peer Forum, April 20-21, 2016 in Toronto. Today’s Chief Information Officers (CIO) are facing a more complex set of risks at the ‘go live’ stage than ever …
JD Gershbein, CEO of Owlish Communications, is considered one of the world’s top thought leaders on LinkedIn strategy, and a pioneer in the design and delivery of LinkedIn education. JD’s Workshop, Connect to Prosper, on Thursday April 21st, 2016 at the CIO Peer Forum is a must-attend for those looking to amp up their networking game and …