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Fit organizations — those that perform well in any market condition — distinguish themselves in part because they are great at creating, articulating and executing strategy in a way that maximizes results. CIOs, for their part, have to help the enterprise understand how information and technology enable business capabilities that drive business success. “CIOs can…
As the power of data science provides organizations with differentiating competitive advantages, the demand for talent is rising. Supply, meanwhile, remains too scarce to meet that demand. This has led to data science and machine learning (ML) being opened up to nontraditional roles, such as the citizen data scientist. According to Gartner, a citizen data…
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated digital transformation initiatives for most organizations. Looking ahead, competition for digital skills will only intensify. Learn more: Successfully Source Digital Talent “Recruiting leaders must proactively enhance their sourcing capabilities to ensure they can fuel the business with critical digital skills quickly and affordably,” says John Mattox, Senior Principal, Advisory, Gartner. “When…
Recent Gartner research found that 71% of HR leaders are more concerned about employee collaboration this year than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic. How valid are these concerns, and what needs to be done to protect and drive collaboration and innovation in today’s remote and hybrid working environments? It’s true that when employees aren’t…
The pressure on organizations to meet environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria is more widespread than most finance leaders might realize — 85% of investors considered ESG factors in their investments in 2020. Recent Gartner research presented at Gartner CFO and Finance Executive Conference highlights the importance of managing financial stakeholders’ perceptions of their companies’…
If you’ve visited a doctor lately, you may have experienced how your healthcare data — records, scans, prescriptions — is increasingly accessible wherever you interact with a healthcare provider. But you don’t control your own healthcare data storage. Enter cloud-based solutions. Although still immature, cloud-based healthcare data storage is an emerging solution with potential to…
Just as the internet launched a new digital era, COVID-19 has triggered a new work age. It’s a chance to intentionally rethink who, where, when and how we work — and create a win-win for both people and organizations. It’s exciting, and the expectations are high. So far, even organizations that have thrived in remote…
As organizations decide when and how to return employees to physical workplaces, some still favor a “hard return” — a mandatory return to an on-site location for most of the work week. For many, health and safety has been the initial priority, but executive leaders must also consider the potential risks to retention, performance, and…
People make a lot of decisions in today’s organizations. Take pay, for example. Pay rates often reflect management discretion and intangible contributions valued by managers. And yet only 40% of employees believe their pay is fair. Would injecting AI in decision making about pay improve the outcome? More on that later. Let’s consider first why…
For most of 2020, CEOs focused their energy and resources on their response to the COVID-19-bred business operations emergency. Those that could repurposed operations and supply chains to provide needed supplies and services: Clothing manufacturers made masks and PPE; chemical companies made hand sanitizer; transportation companies rerouted ships and airplanes to deliver ventilators. But now…