CIO Talk Network

Guest : John Baldoni Title : Chair of leadership development N2growth, a global leadership advisory firm & Author of 13 books… newest is MOXIE, The Secret to Bold and Gutsy Leadership, None John Baldoni is chair of the leadership development practice of N2growth, a global leadership consultancy. John is an internationally recognized leadership educator, executive coach and speaks throughout North...

Guest 1: Torri Martin Title : Director of SMARTATL, City of Atlanta Guest 2: Otto Doll Title : Chief Information Officer, City of Minneapolis Guest 3: Scott Cardenas Title : Chief Information Officer, City and County of Denver's Technology Services Smart City initiatives are pervasive globally and a lot of tax dollars are being invested. How measurably smart have such cities become? What are the l...

Guest : Michael A. Garcia Title : Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Jackson Health System Innovation is becoming critical to sustained growth and profitability for enterprises. How are organizations embracing and embedding innovation in their DNA? What are the related challenges? Discover More About: 1) Related Innovation Podcasts https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/Topics/innovation/ 2) Po...

Guest : William George Title : Author of Discover Your True North & Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School Linchpins are the essential building blocks of great organizations. Saying that a linchpin will scale organizational growth is a given; therefore, what does it take to turn a linchpin into a leader? Discover More About: 1) Related Leadership Podcasts https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/Topics/lead...

Guest : Jim Kouzes Title : Coauthor of The Leadership Challenge and the Dean’s Executive Fellow of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. When an organization needs an ability to improve a given business function, it invests and focuses on developing it. What about Leadership? Isn’t it one of the most critical capability it must develop? It would require to develop a pipeli...

Guest : Bruce G. Schinelli Title : VP of IT and Chief Information Officer, TTX Company Is it possible to lead well when you’re not the top leader? How about if the person you work for is a bad leader? The answer is a resounding yes! People who desire to lead from the middle of organizations face unique challenges. So how do you develop them as individuals and get them to add value? Discover More A...

Guest : Bill Schlageter Title : Corporate Vice President, CIO and Global Business Services, Dentsply Sirona How do you measure the health of an organization? Is it considered consistent and complete when its management, operations, and culture are unified? Is it a fuzzy concept or is it something we can realistically measure? What are some of the parameters that will help us measure organizational...

Guest 1: Rosabeth Moss Kanter Title : Arbuckle Professor at the Harvard Business School and Chair & Director of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative, Harvard Business School Guest 2: Georgette Kiser Title : Chief Information Officer, The Carlyle Group Constant change does not mean bombarding employees with one change initiative after another. Even several changes at the same time...

Guest 1: Daren Hubbard Title : Chief Information Officer, Wayne State University Guest 2: John Kolb Title : Vice President for Information Services and Technology & Chief Information Officer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Each organization has its DNA, competitive forces, and legacies. Lessons learned from celebrated leaders and their professed best practices may be completely inapplicable in a...

Guest 1: Allison Sagraves Title : Chief Data Officer, M & T Bank Guest 2: Cara Daile Title : Chief Data Officer, Bank of the West Guest 3: Stuart Gardos Title : Chief Data Officer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Guest 4: Sankar Bala Title : Senior Vice President and Chief Data Officer, Flagstar Bank There’s no doubt that the exponential growth of data has brought along a huge opportunity f...

With rampant use of legacy further compounded by isolated use of best-of-breed point solutions (often Software-as-a-Service), we may be unintentionally losing the enterprise perspective much needed to realize the Patient Centered Care (PCC) dream. Do/should you have a “Best-of-breed OR Enterprise Strategy” or a “Best-of-breed AND Enterprise Strategy”? How do you manage and govern?

Guest : Judith Toland Title : Chief Marketing Officer, Wells Fargo Commercial Distribution Finance With easily available Cloud and off-the-shelf marketing tools and technology, does CMO even need a CIO’s help? Is there value in exploring a loosely coupled CMO-CIO relationship with a healthy balance of independence and inter-dependence? Discover More About: 1) Related CXO Podcasts https://www.ciota...

Guest : Mark Lantzy Title : CIO, Indiana University Health Patient Centered Care requires accurate, actionable and customizable information accessible to all involved in individual’s care as well as effective integrated healthcare and wellness ecosystem. This is only possible through robust and cohesive software applications as well as related interoperability among partners. With acquisitions and...

Guest 1: Stephen Elkins Title : Chief Information Officer, City of Austin, Texas Guest 2: Sue B. Workman Title : Chief Information Officer, Case Western Reserve University Why do people work in an organization? How does a leader make sure that leaders can create an environment that inspires its employees and allow them to exhibit their true selves? How can an organization stand up to its true visi...

Guest : Judith Glaser Title : Author, Conversational Intelligence: How Great Leaders Build Trust and Get Extraordinary Results Conversational Intelligence is defined as the powerful skill of connecting with people through conversations. Is this a skill that leaders can develop for them and their teams? Can this be used as a scientific approach by leaders to create a culture of communication that w...

Guest 1: Helen Norris Title : Chief Information Officer, Chapman University Guest 2: Tom Kolditz Title : Founding Executive Director, The Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University & Author "In Extremis Leadership: Leading as if Your Life Depended on It" A leader’s team may consist of different types of workers. For some of these workers, it’s just a means to an end, but there are others w...

Guest : Nick Reddy Title : Chief Digital Officer and Senior Vice President, Information Services, Baylor Scott & White Health 2014 was christened the year of the Chief Digital Officer. But since then what has the CDO been up to? Has he been able to combine all of his organization’s digital, business, marketing and technology needs? Has business significantly benefited from the presence of a CDO or...

Guest : Jim Smith Title : CIO, Office of Information Technology, State of Maine Delivering technology to drive business innovation and results is a team sport where mere focus on building a conducive culture is not enough. How can we first win within the IT locker room by syncing thinking, behavior, habits and expectations of each person in the IT department and aligning with what’s needed for pro...

Guest : Dr. John Showalter Title : Chief Health Information Officer, University of Mississippi Medical Center IoT promises transformation of healthcare industry by increasing efficiency, lowering costs and putting the focus back on better patient care. For those who have tried, what are the results? What are some of the related challenges that healthcare CIOs are facing while trying to maximize RO...

Guest 1: Amy J. Rislov Title : Chief Human Resources Officer, Aurora Health Care Guest 2: Jonathan Reichental Title : Chief Information Officer, City of Palo Alto With rapidly changing business demands as well as workforce mindset, location and needs, HR faces a daunting task to build a sustained workforce capability that scales and extends as needed. What are the related challenges and how are HR...

Guest : Joe Topinka Title : CIO, SnapAV, CIO Mento For years, succession planning has been a crucial part of the CIO's job. As a leader,The CIO's responsibility to ensure continuity. However, with changing times, does the CIO need to evaluate and change his succession planning strategy? What are the concerns and goals that existing CIOs face and how should he find and mentor the right people to fi...

Guest 1: Bob Toupin Title : Chief Information Officer, BlueLinx Corporation Guest 2: Melvin Kirk Title : Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Ryder System The CIO's role has morphed from technology manager to strategic leader who has critical inputs related to what the organization offers to the customers and how it adapt to the changing marketplace. This warrants a CIO to work as...

Guest 1: Brian Haugabrook Title : CIO, Valdosta State University Your vision, strategy, and goals as a leader are only achieved when your team develops thinking, behaviors and relationships that allows each individual to effectively solve problems, focus on things that matter and achieve higher satisfaction in life. If we are to consider achievement as a muscle, what can you do to help the team le...

Guest 1: John Willis Title : Co-Author of "The Devops Handbook" Guest 2: Leonard J. Hardy Title : Senior Vice President of Operations & Technology, Northern Trust Corporation DevOps approach is gaining momentum because it tightly integrates development and testing with system operations. But how can the two groups work more closely together and automate the deployment process. How can dev teams ma...

Guest 1: Zeeshan Sheikh Title: Chief Information Officer, Entergy Is IT talent management still an issue for CIOs? Have organizations, like some claim, finally managed to attract and retain top talent and develop their skills and competencies based on rapidly changing demands or has it just been lip service? Has the CIO recruited staff from outside IT or are they working closely with HR to build t...