Live from Boston and the world over: The OpenStack platform
CIO news roundup for week of May 8 SearchCIO was in Boston seeing what’s new with the OpenStack platform. Here’s what else made the news rounds: Microsoft talks up edge…
CIOs: App development teams need to adapt to business-led IT
API-first strategy: Three guidelines Leading companies put this product mindset into action through “API-first” strategies in which APIs offered to business units and third parties become the primary product of…
School infrastructure project: ConvergeOne upgrades aging data center
ConvergeOne, a communications service provider, is overhauling a Los-Angeles-area school district’s IT infrastructure, a project that could help the system bring in tens of millions of dollars in state aid.…
Smart cities market: Three factors to think about before going to town
Overarching objectives The smart cities market will likely involve a lot of IT products and services, but the projects aren’t all about sensors, public Wi-Fi networks and big data analytics.…
WannaCry ransomware attack: Dry those tears and get back to basics
CIO news roundup for week of May 15 The WannaCry ransomware attack wasn’t the only news that was grabbing headlines this week; here’s what else made news: Google lays out…
Cybersecurity after WannaCry: How to Resist Future Attacks
The ransomware attack known as WannaCry first struck on Friday, May 12, 2017, and by the following Monday, it had reached more than 200,000 computers in 150 countries. Although we…
Eliminate Your “Authenticity Filters”
Leading is learning. Not so much learning how to do the things we refer to as “leadership” — giving direction, managing accountabilities, and motivating others — but rather, learning who…
Do We Really Need to Disrupt Lunch, Too?
As the technological revolution rolls on, innovators are running out of industries and areas to disrupt. Retail banking? Check. News and entertainment? Check. Shopping for clothes and groceries? Check. Driving?…
Being Ready for a Crisis
Of the many well-publicized cyber-attacks that have occurred in the past decade, at least one was noteworthy because it failed to bring a company down. On the morning of Jan.…
Your Next Corporate Leader Should Have a Pilot’s License
Bottom Line: CEOs who fly planes in their spare time take on risks and seek out new experiences, traits that lead them to preside over firms with better innovation outcomes.…
Get Ready for Eight Surprising Disruptions
Consumer Packaged Goods Shifts in consumers’ budgets and shopping habits are fundamentally changing the market for consumer packaged goods. Long gone are the days when manufacturers were concerned mainly with…
Getting to the Critical Few Behaviors That Can Drive Cultural Change
Focusing on a “critical few” behaviors is one of the fundamental tenets of working effectively with organizational culture. Sometimes called keystone behaviors, these are patterns of acting that are tangible,…
Winning with Digital Confidence
Illustration by Lars Leetaru Today, if there’s a problem with the heat or hot water in your hotel room, you call the front desk and wait for maintenance to arrive.…
Mapping Innovation: Playbook for navigating a disruptive age
by Greg Satell Editor’s note: Innovation Excellence is very excited to share the launch of Greg Satell’s new book Mapping Innovation: A playbook for navigating a disruptive age. To borrow…
3 Ways to Measure Success of Your Business Innovations
by Melissa Burns Do you remember the old adage? If you don’t measure your activities, you simply cannot manage them. Several years ago when I was working for a large…
Coaching for Innovation Agility to Affect Profound Change
by Janet Sernack The business playing field has changed and will keep on changing – and it will change in ways that we cannot yet imagine. Uncertainty and instability are…
Accidental Innovation? How to Harness Discoveries!
by Yoram Solomon Accidental discoveries played a significant role in the introduction of some of the biggest business ideas. Here is how to harness them. Several years ago I was…
How to Reduce Your Innovation Risk
All problems are business problems. Problem solving is the key to innovation, and all problems are business problems. And as companies embrace the triple bottom line philosophy, where they strive…
User-centered design: how to merge it with a design thinking program
by Alex Sanghikian Sometimes underrated and later-introduced in the process, user-centered design is a fundamental tool for innovation. The design thinking approach most of the time offers a great deal…
Why You Should Quit Predicting What’s Going to Happen
by Tom Koulopoulos If you’re trying to predict the future, you might want to read this first. The Web is littered with predictions for what the future will bring. But…