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Leadership and strategic planning
thought leader (thought leadership)
A thought leader is a person who or organization that is widely recognized as an expert in a given field and whose opinions are in high demand. Thought leaders use their influence to change their fields, to make money and to add value to the people ... Continue Reading
When running IT like a business, consider the bagel shop
Ciena Corp. CIO Craig Williams expounds on the importance of running IT like a business and how to identify the type of IT people who can execute on that strategy. Continue Reading
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
The CEO, or chief executive officer, is the top position in an organization. CEOs are responsible for executing existing plans and policies, overseeing business management and setting future strategy. Continue Reading
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SkunkWorks project (Skunk Works)
A SkunkWorks project (also known as Skunk Works) is an innovative undertaking, involving a small group of people, that is outside the normal research and development channels within an organization. Continue Reading
mind-brain identity theory
Mind-brain identity theory is a philosophy that purports the mind and brain are the same. Continue Reading
knowledge-based systems (KBS)
A knowledge-based system (KBS) is a form of artificial intelligence (AI) that aims to capture the knowledge of human experts to support decision-making.Continue Reading
business process management (BPM)
Business process management (BPM) is the discipline of improving a business process from end to end by analyzing it, modelling how it works in different scenarios, executing improvements, monitoring the improved process and continually optimizing it.Continue Reading
change agent (agent of change)
A change agent, or agent of change, is someone who promotes and enables change to happen within any group or organization.Continue Reading
strategic management
Strategic management is the continuous planning, monitoring, analysis and assessment of all that is necessary for an organization to meet its goals and objectives.Continue Reading
CIO (Chief Information Officer)
A chief information officer (CIO) is the corporate executive in charge of information technology (IT) strategy and implementation. In addition to overseeing the hardware, software and data that helps other members of the C-suite do their jobs ...Continue Reading
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How to create the best RPA architecture
Enterprises are embracing robotic process automation to automate rules-based, repetitive tasks in a cost-efficient manner. ROI depends on having the right RPA architecture.Continue Reading
business process reengineering (BPR)
Business process reengineering (BPR) is an approach to change management in which the related tasks required to obtain a specific business outcome are radically redesigned. An important goal of BPR is to analyze workflows within and between ...Continue Reading
strategic leadership
Strategic leadership is a practice in which executives, using different styles of management, develop a vision for their organization that enables it to adapt to or remain competitive in a changing economic and technological climate.Continue Reading
competitive advantage
Competitive advantage is the favorable position an organization seeks in order to be more profitable than its rivals.Continue Reading
project scope
Project scope is the part of project planning that involves determining and documenting a list of specific project goals, deliverables, tasks, costs and deadlines.Continue Reading