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Understanding AI Through the Eyes of Your CEO Jul 23, 2024

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Every year, Gartner conducts a survey to understand the major business concerns and priorities of CEOs and senior executives. This year, AI proved to be a hot topic.

In this episode, David Furlonger, a Distinguished VP Analyst and Gartner Fellow in our Global Enterprise Executive Research Group, discusses why AI is getting the most attention of any new technology, how CEOs are thinking about AI's potential impact, and what that means for CIOs and other IT leaders.

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Watch Now: What Do CEOs (Really) Think About GenAI?

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How to Succeed in a New Executive Role Jul 09, 2024

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Navigating a new executive role can be daunting, but with the right strategies, you can hit the ground running and make an immediate impact.

In this episode, Ed Gabrys, a Managing Vice President at Gartner, breaks down how to establish yourself in a new role, gain trust and lead with confidence. He touches on the essentials of personal branding and the importance of influence in leadership, and offers a step-by-step communication cheat sheet designed to help you excel.

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Watch Now: How to Analyze and Adapt to Company Politics as a New Executive

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The Role of AI in a Human-Powered Enterprise Jun 25, 2024

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While the integration of AI and automation in the workplace feels inevitable, it would be a mistake to assume that these technologies will simply replace swaths of the workforce. In fact, AI is a powerful tool to enhance creativity and innovation.

In this episode, Peter Aykens, the Chief of Research in Gartner's HR practice, breaks down the human-powered enterprise — a new, people-centric way that HR leaders are thinking about supporting their employees. The future of work is highly digital, but the future of organizational success remains firmly rooted in people.

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Download Now: Human Leadership: How HR Can Develop Your Organization's Leaders

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Watch Now: Think Again: How AI Unlocks Human Potential

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Learn More: Gartner for Human Resources Leaders

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How Executives Can Turn CEO Concerns Into Opportunity May 29, 2024

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As CEOs work to meet the dual challenges of growing the business while responding to evolving markets, they are calling on the executive leaders underneath them for support and innovation.

In a keynote originally delivered at Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo, Distinguished VP Analyst Ken Chadwick shares insights on how C-suite leaders can find potential within the tension in their organizations and touches on the strategic shifts required to stay ahead in today's economic environment.

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Download Now: The C-Suite Guide to Sustainability

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Watch the Full Keynote: CEO Concerns 2024 — Implications and Actions for CSCOs

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AI Is a Cybersecurity Tool and Threat May 14, 2024

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When it comes to cybersecurity, artificial intelligence is proving to be both a formidable defensive tool and a potential threat.

Today, Patrick Hevesi, VP Analyst with Gartner for Technical Professionals, discusses the concept and implications of "dark AI." He also highlights proactive measures your organization can take to mitigate its risks, such as developing private instances of AI and stringent data protection protocols.

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Learn More: Cybersecurity Threats: How to Prioritize, Manage and Reduce Them

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Why Academic Partnerships May Be the Key to Innovation and Growth Apr 30, 2024

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Coming out of a tumultuous academic year, educational institutions are facing headwinds from all sides. Between maintaining financial sustainability, enrollment challenges and the need for technological innovation, collaborations between higher education institutions and the technology industry, technology vendors and other education providers are becoming increasingly critical.

Paul Riley, Senior Director Analyst at Gartner, joins us to speak about how educational institutions can leverage partnerships, both internal and external, to tap into long-term strategic advantages that enhance the student experience and expand research and development capabilities.

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Watch Now: The 2024 Gartner Predictions: Higher Education Automation, Adaptability & Acceleration

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Navigating AI: Cultivate Healthy Human-Technology Partnerships Apr 16, 2024

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The potential of new AI tools is unarguable, but the fundamental question remains: How much do you trust AI?

In this episode, which originally aired as part of our Top of Mind video series, Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst Mary Mesaglio explores both our trust and distrust of digital technology and provides insight on how to navigate the complexities of dealing with a nonhuman entity and cultivate healthier partnerships with AI.

Later, Mary discusses critical skills business leaders need to navigate trends, move beyond the hype of new technologies and progress toward genuine innovation. She then examines the potential of AI in very human fields like mental health and the challenges of integrating new technologies in more unexpected fields, such as cardiology.

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Download Now: 4 Key Initiatives to Get Your Enterprise AI Ready

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Get a Sneak Peek: How to Prepare for the $3 Trillion Machine Customer Opportunity

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The Secrets of Brands Winning at Digital Marketing Apr 02, 2024

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In the noisy world of digital marketing, what can catapult a brand to "genius" status?

Suzanne Schwartz, Senior Director Analyst in the Gartner for Marketing Leaders practice, delves into the findings of our annual Genius Brands report, which benchmarks the digital marketing performance of brands across industries. This year's report emphasizes the importance of investing in people and processes over technology, maintaining robust brand governance and prioritizing customer touchpoints. The 36 brands featured outperform their peers by leveraging data science, machine learning and generative AI to create impactful marketing.

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Download Now: Digital Marketing Excellence in Action: See the Standout Performers

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Learn More: 3 Impending Technology Shifts Rule the Gartner Hype Cycle™ for Digital Marketing

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How Data and Analytics Can Bring AI and Humans Together Mar 19, 2024

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As organizations implement AI in decision making and how work gets done, trustworthy data is essential to adding value every step of the way. Inadequate data governance or unclear AI ambitions leaves enterprises at risk of falling behind.

In this keynote address from Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2024, Distinguished VP Analyst Debra Logan and VP Analyst Ehtisham Zaidi emphasize that the journey toward becoming AI-ready is not solely about technology adoption but also embedding these capabilities into the organizational DNA. Through rigorous execution of data and analytics fundamentals, leaders can unlock unprecedented business value, drive governance maturity and steer their organizations toward shared success.

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Learn More: Highlights from Gartner Data & Analytics Summit

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Download Now: 4 Key Initiatives to Get Your Enterprise AI Ready

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The Technical Debt Problem: What to Do When You've Fallen Behind Mar 05, 2024

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Organizations are navigating headwinds from all directions, and in this environment, many are falling behind when it comes to keeping up with the latest technology. When the issue is ignored or mismanaged, and the price to modernize systems becomes insurmountable, enterprises risk being crushed under "technical debt."

Gartner VP Analyst Roger Williams, who researches the future of infrastructure and operations, stresses the importance of continuous management over attempting to "spend your way out" of technical debt. He explains that organizations cannot eliminate their debt entirely through retroactive modernization projects. Instead they should work to understand and address the impacts of technical debt on stakeholders to effectively manage it as an ongoing concern rather than a one-time project.

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See More in Gartner Peer Community: Is Technical Debt Necessary for On-Time Deployment?

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