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10 CIO Resolutions for 2021
In January of 2020, New Year’s resolutions could not have taken into account the rollercoaster of events that year would bring. As the world enters
10 Must-Read Business Books for 2021
Gartner experts return with a new list of must-read books for business leaders. Not surprisingly, this year’s recommendations reflect the many challenges thrust upon leaders and organizations in 2020 — from how to create inclusive leaders and top-performing cultures to what a post-pandemic world will look like.
How CDOs Can Solve the Top Data and Analytics Challenge
Enterprises have made a lot of progress in becoming data driven over the past several years, but organizations continue to cite one major impediment. As organizations look to speed up their digital transformations and technology progress, one of the big strategy questions is, what is the best approach to getting there?
O’Reilly’s top 20 live online training courses of 2020
2020 has been a year of great challenges for so many, but it’s not all negative. Around the world, organizations and their workforces have risen to the occasion, recognizing the importance of expanding their knowledge, taking on new tasks, and bettering themselves both personally and professionally.
4 Ways to Overcome AI Obstacles
Four out of five organizations haven’t scaled their AI. Here are some ways to change that. It’s clear that all companies investing in AI are hoping to maximize its success and capabilities, but other factors are holding them back. Here are four ways organizations can overcome the obstacles that prevent them from scaling their AI programs:
CIOs’ Top Priorities For 2021 Include Digital Defense, Data Mining And Distributed Work
Last year was an annus horribilis for most business executives, but for CIOs the dark cloud of economic chaos had a distinctly silver lining. The response to the pandemic highlighted just how central technology—and the teams that shape and manage it—have become to companies’ fortunes.
The 10 most in-demand tech jobs for 2021 — and how to hire for them
As companies scramble to adapt to a tight IT job market, they’re doing whatever they can to attract top tech talent. For some that means getting a head start in filling this year’s most in-demand roles, which range from data-focused to security-related positions, according to Robert Half Technology’s 2021 IT salary report .
The Top MIT SMR Articles of 2020
In 2020, readers unsurprisingly gravitated toward content focused on navigating disruption, uncertainty, and change. The most popular articles of the year tackled themes such as working remotely, confronting bias, and building individual, team, and organizational resilience.
The following are 12 of the most widely read articles we published this past year. We hope they continue to inspire you as you lead your team in 2021.
Top-Down Leadership for Data: Seven Ways to Get Started
For many senior executives, data presents a conundrum. Naturally, they want their data programs to succeed. Indeed, they’d like to help in some way, and even provide leadership, but beyond providing funding, they’re not sure how.
Four Questions for Appraising Your Alliances
Over the past four years, many of the United States’ geopolitical alliances have been remade with bewildering speed. It’s no surprise that many of those changes created an uproar — some of these relationships dated back a century or more and seemed sacrosanct, until they weren’t.
Nine Leadership Lessons 2020 Gave Us
As we approach these final days of 2020, a year that has tested our society like few others in recent memory, it’s safe to say that many people are looking forward to putting this year behind them. However, 2020 has also shed light on so many systemic issues facing individuals and companies across the globe that we would be remiss if we didn’t reflect on the lessons that we can take into the future.
Here are the top tech trends of 2021, according to 30+ top experts
As we come to the end of a crazy 2020, many of us are suffering from COVID-19 exhaustion. But as two vaccines begin their rollouts, we’ve also begun to visualize what post-pandemic life might be like. Most would agree that the new normal that begins to take shape in 2021 won’t be the old one.
In Response to the Pandemic, Consider Re-assessing your Digital Portfolio
By Farid Bichareh , CTO, AASA, Inc. (Excerpted from IIC Tech Brief Digital Transformation in Manufacturing: Key Insights & Future Trends ) The global pandemic is shaping a different world. In this new world, despite the short-term decrease in demand, in the medium-to-long run, the COVID-19 digital transformation impact seems to be extremely positive