IT leadership

  • AI Isn’t Fully Explainable or Ethical (That’s our Challenge)

    The ethical development and use of AI lies in harmonizing human input and validation with machine-based findings. AI isn’t perfect, fully explainable, or capable of understanding human logic or ethics; nor is any technology on the

  • Is Your Organization Vulnerable to Shadow AI?

    Shadow AI typically surfaces when scientists and software engineers jump onto new open source technologies and apply them in their work, often at first to just try them out, says Scott Zoldi, chief analytics officer at credit scoring service FICO. Besides providing security awareness training to employees,

  • Being human: The most transformational move of all by Melissa Swift

    In reality, creating a human-centered work environment means managing three critical, interrelated dimensions properly: the intensity of work, interactions between humans and work technology, and the purpose and logic of work. With this backdrop, we are compelled to ask a new question: Is now

  • How Sporting Events Can Score Big on Sustainability

    The Rugby World Cup and other global tournaments can set the stage for both sporting excellence as well as sustainability. But clear and actionable measures and targets, driven by a dedicated individual responsible for the

  • Could the DOJ’s Antitrust Trial vs Google Drive More Innovation?

    “This particular antitrust case really focuses narrowly on the company’s popular search engine, and it alleges that Google uses their 90% market share to illegally throttle competition in search and search advertising,” Kemp

  • CFOs Navigate ESG Reporting Challenges

    Janel Everly, Gartner senior director analyst, says CFOs must link their sustainability disclosures to their materiality assessment and organizational strategy by quantifying their ESG impacts and relating their initiatives to value

  • Dialing Down AI Risks While Getting Smarter About Its Uses

    What’s more, as organizations gravitate toward generative AI systems such as ChatGPT, the risks grow. “There are several areas that represent a high level of concern,” states Brad Newman, partner and lead at Baker McKenzie.

  • When It Comes to Introductions, It’s the Journey, Not Just the Destination

    Given that warmth is a key factor in forming impressions, my co-authors* and I (Nadav Klein) carried out a series of experiments to gain a better understanding of how self-promotion affects warmth and competence perceptions, and how professionals can improve the effectiveness of their

  • Announcing the Thinkers50 2023 Innovation Award Shortlist

    As professor of sustainable innovation and business transformation at IMD, Julia Binder ’s research explores the processes, strategies, and mechanisms that allow entrepreneurs and managers to combine economic, social, and environmental impact in their businesses. By employing specific innovative

  • IT Diversity Efforts May Feel Sting of Supreme Court Ruling

    Chris Cruz, CIO, public sector at Tanium, says many organizations have created diversity and inclusion programs to recruit and promote minority candidates for professional and executive level positions. He adds the Supreme Court ruling could impact some organizations who don’t have strong

  • Tech Company Layoffs: The COVID Tech Bubble Bursts

    In an effort to lower its year-over-year operating expense growth rate, Roku announced its third round of layoffs since November of last year that will impact 360 employees or 10% of its workforce, according to CNBC. The Turkish grocery delivery company announced global layoffs that will impact

  • 4 Cautionary Thoughts Prior To Working With An Implementation Partner

    Caveat: There might be certain instances where your implementation partner might need to know a non-negotiable business process – for example, if you support multiple businesses that have different fiscal year-ends for a legitimate reason, they will need to make sure the environment they create