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Are You an Authentic Leader? Feb 27, 2013

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What makes a leader "authentic"? It's a person who is understanding of the surrounding world, has true character, makes a difference, leads by example, sees the forest through the trees and inspires others to follow suit. This may be obvious to many business executives, but not everyone is seeing groundbreaking results. How do we know we're doing what we preach?

Guest: Bob Kantor, Leadership Mentor, CIO Coach

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Can Gamification improve Enterprise Transformation Feb 20, 2013

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It is not uncommon to see enterprise transformations fail due to a lack of enthusiasm from your employees. But now imagine a strategy inspired by video games, one that uses technologies and techniques designed to motivate enterprise staff through feedback, measured achievements and incentives. It's called Gamification, and its claim to fame is that Gamification can not only improve workplace engagement and productivity but also increase the success rate of enterprise transformations. Is this just another management fad or are there some winning ideas to this game?

Guest 1: Michael Hugos, Author, Essentials of Supply Chain Management

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Guest 2: Mark P. McDonald, Chief Information Officer, City of Vancouver

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CIO vs. CMO: Who's winning? Feb 13, 2013

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What are the hot topics in business today: Big Data, Cloud Computing, Social Media, CRM? These are all game changing technology innovations, and yet in increasing numbers of businesses, the adoption of this next wave of thinking is being pushed by the Marketing department, not IT. CIOs have a seat at the table, but have they been able to demonstrate the value of these technologies in the way that CMOs have? On the other hand, Marketing has been driving the ideas, but don't they need IT's support to fully deliver what they promise? Who then is winning the race in value creation? Is this even a race?

Guest: Venkatram Ramaswamy, Professor of Marketing and Computer and Information Systems, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

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Can Big Data help sales make its numbers? Feb 06, 2013

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Metric identification, data collection, comparing and contrasting, focused action and sustained improvement… these are the elements needed for the sales function to be more effective and help individuals and organizations to make their sales numbers! Obviously, Sales can no longer depend solely on transactional data, since there is more to understanding how, why, and when people buy. Could Big Data help in this endeavor?

Guest 1: Dr. Kevin Kramer, Head of Sales Analytics and Optimization, Aetna

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Guest 2: Dr. Kathe Fox, Head of Informatics, Aetna Financial

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Keeping Relevant in Order to Prosper Jan 30, 2013

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Increasingly, businesses are finding it necessary to challenge the status quo and explore new directions — not only for competitive advantage — but to stay relevant and prosperous! How can IT and business unite to be innovative and get new ideas to market first, embrace continuous change? …step away from past successes and focus on new ones? How can businesses create an environment where creativity is allowed to flourish without pressure?

Guest 1: Raymond J. Oral, SVP & Chief Information Officer, CNA Financial

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Guest 2: Bill Oates, Chief Information Officer, City of Boston, Massachusetts

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Guest 3: Roger Seshadri, SVP & CIO, Melco Crown Entertainment, Hong Kong

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Localizing Global Operations & IT Jan 23, 2013

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Even the most successful global organizations struggle at effectively coordinating and controlling their operations. To do this, they need common processes across geographical regions to promote efficiency while also customizing products and services that match the needs of their local business units and functions. This also requires tailoring of their global IT in parallel, to accomodate their localized operations. How are Global business operations and IT executives addressing these challenges?

Guest: Peter Cook, Chief Information Officer Europe, Global Shared Services, Wolters Kluwer N.V.

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Affecting Lasting Change Jan 16, 2013

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Despite the best intentions of an IT leader and his/her organization, efforts at change usually fail. A big announcement with lots of fanfare and a catchy slogan doesn't guarantee success… Rather, effective organizational change requires active, engaged participation by everyone affected. So, how does a leader go about enlisting the heads, hearts, and hopes of his/her people, in order to implement effective and lasting change?

Guest 1: Dr. Rodger Dean Duncan, Speaker, Executive Coach and Author

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Guest 2: Daniel Traynor, SVP and CIO , Tennesee Valley Authority (TVA)

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Guest 3: Sanjeev Sonny Bhagowalia, CIO, The State of Hawaii

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What New Year Resolutions should a CIO make? Jan 02, 2013

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We start each new year with new hopes and new resolutions. While personally we may consider weight loss or losing some habit, what about making resolutions as an IT leader, to take positive proactive steps to improve at doing our job? i.e., Making changes that will help one develop oneself as an IT leader? …With business, technology trends, and IT changing around us, what traits, habits, and approaches should a CIO consider changing or strengthening to improve him or herself?

Guest: Ralph Loura, Chief Information Officer, Clorox

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IT Empowered Giving Dec 26, 2012

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This holiday, many of us are busy chasing profitability, luxury lifestyles, or the hottest toy… but right next to us, there is a parallel world where people are struggling for survival and dependent on local/global "giving" and contributions. Those organizations involved in trying to make the suffering parallel world better are also experiencing challenges. In this new era of global convergence where pockets of deprivation still need help and contributions, how are such organizations leveraging IT to meet the end goal?

Guest: Peter Ransom, CIO, OXFAM

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Driving Practical R&D and Innovation Dec 05, 2012

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Today's lean mean business demands quantitative results. when results count, do we really have the luxury of carrying out traditional R&D with incremental innovation? Perhaps, that is why R&D and Innovation related initiatives are on so very few organizations' agendas. Is there a way to drive practical R&D and Innovation initiatives that offer "assured" leaps in terms of competitive advantage, business capability, and market share?

Guest 1: Michael B. Koval, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Long and Foster

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Guest 2: Mayur Raichura, Vice President, IS, Long and Foster Real Estate

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