In a recent podcast, Karl Mosgofian, CIO of Gainsight, discusses the evolving role of CIOs in business transformation and customer engagement. He emphasizes the need for CIOs to focus beyond technical deployments to how solutions are utilized across departments, facilitating collaboration, and fostering trust within organizations to enhance productivity and customer relationships.
Author: Tim M. Crawford
Tim Crawford is ranked as one of the top most influential CIOs. Tim is a transformational CIO with broad experience that takes a provocative, but pragmatic approach to the intersection of business and technology.
Tim has served as CIO and other senior IT leadership roles with global organizations such as Konica Minolta/ All Covered, Stanford University, Knight-Ridder, Philips Electronics and National Semiconductor. Tim is also host of the CIO In The Know podcast.
Leading through a pandemic with Ahsan Baig
In this podcast episode, Ahsan Baig, CIO of AC Transit, discusses the positive impacts of the pandemic on innovation within his organization. He highlights the increased demand for technology, navigating change in a government setting, and the balance between pragmatism and innovation. Baig shares personal reflections on leadership and adaptability during this transformative period.
Optimizing for success at 25 percent capacity
The pandemic has pointed out a potential flaw in our strategic business thinking. It has to do with how we view profitability. It also ties to how we organize and optimize our business for success. Most companies optimize to hit…
Re-Imagining the Car of the Future
The automotive space is changing at a rapid clip. Much of this change is driven by a combination of changing customer requirements and new technology not previously available. With this sophistication comes complexity for the entire automotive ecosystem. In a…
Who is leading who in technology?
This post is a long time coming. In the past few weeks, it has come to a point. Since the start of the year, I have taken part in a number of conversations with fellow CIOs, vendors and those in…
Proposal for the formation of a US Technology Advisory Council (TAC)
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The CIO Playbook for 2021
The CIO Playbook for 2021. A guide for CIOs to navigate uncertainty in 2021 and beyond.
The case for HPC in the enterprise
Right off the bat some may balk at the thought that High Performance Computing (HPC) has a place in the enterprise. While that may have been the case in the past where it was relegated to academic and research organizations,…
Mapping the data lineage and data provenance in the enterprise with Rich Miller
In this podcast episode, Tim Crawford interviews Rich Miller, CEO of Telematica, about data lineage and provenance. They discuss how data lineage represents the flow of data from origin to usage, while provenance denotes ownership and responsibility. These concepts are crucial for compliance, data quality, and enterprise decision-making.
As CIO, preparing for the new normal
2020 threw a curve ball to every business and IT organization on the planet the likes nobody has ever seen. In the first quarter, there was uncertainty as to how serious the pandemic would get and the impact to our…