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5 pitfalls to avoid when partnering with startups

CIO

Enterprise technology leaders are actively partnering with startups to help make their organizations more innovative and agile. Co-creating with startups can help kickstart innovation , provide CIOs with access to hard-to-find skills in emerging technologies, and round out digital transformational strategies.

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CIO as enabler: Building an ecosystem of innovation partners

CIO

There’s significant debate about the future of the CIO role , but one thing is clear: Digital leaders who want to be successful must look beyond the firewall and link up with an ecosystem of vendor partners, startups, and other organizations to ensure the enterprise thrives. I think modern CIOs must be a strong consultant to the business.”

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7 IT leadership hacks that deliver results

CIO

Make meetings matter Meetings should be consistent and brief — and foster understanding and consensus, advises Mike Fitzgerald, partner in Infosys Consulting’s CIO Advisory practice. On that coffee break, he ended up meeting his future startup partner, now the CEO of his company. But I ended up going anyway.”

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AI value begins with managing the C-suite conversation

CIO

A brief history of AI hype and impact AI has been part of the IT conversation since the term was coined by Stanford University computer scientist John McCarthy in 1956. And then just a year later, in 1984, a subset of AI startup companies in Silicon Valley collapsed, spectacularly ushering in a period known as “the AI winter.”

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How to Write an SEO-Focused Content Brief Your Writers Will Love

Moz

You’re a marketing director at a startup. The solution in both of these scenarios is a content brief. However, not all content briefs are created equal. As someone who lives with one foot in content and the other in SEO, I can shed some light on how to make your content briefs both comprehensive and beloved by your content team.

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Skills needed for working in competitive intelligence

Aqute Intelligence

You will be involved in client meetings, both to receive briefings and to share your findings. But we do have to be discrete and mindful of the global corporations, startups and SMEs that we represent. By understanding your clients’ objectives, you can ensure that your research and reporting are optimised to support their goals.

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US Education Sector Learns to Adapt After Being Tested by COVID-19

ArchIntel

During her brief time with the company, she managed to recruit and screen education technology seed stage startups, and eventually put them on a path to success. In May 2018, Gartner’s workforce surveys and analytics business unit was purchased by equity firm Parker Gale and merged with startup CultureIQ.

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