CIO Talk Network Podcast

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 who believe that the work they do, matters. These workers demonstrate complete integrity and dedication towards their jobs and have a deep understanding of their organization's goals. So how should a leader go about discovering and developing them? Guest 1: Helen...

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 has he only expanded the organizational chart? What are some of the challenges that CDOs are facing? How are they keeping th...

Delivering technology to drive business innovation and results is a team sport where more 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 progress? Guest: Jim Smith, CIO, Office of Information Technology, State of Maine...

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 leaders looking to tame this beast? Where can IT partner? Guest 1: Amy J. Rislov, Chief Human Resources Officer, Aurora Health Care Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalk...

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 Chief Information Officer [CIO] need to evaluate and change his succession planning strategy? What are the concerns and goals that existing CIOs face and how should they find and mentor the right people to fill their shoes? How...

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 learn how to flex and strengthen it? Guest: Brian Haugabrook, CIO,...

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 ROI from related investment? Guest: Dr. John Showalter, Chief Health Information Officer, University of Mississi...

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 make sure the changes map to the larger initiatives at the business level? How does the organization address the change management issues and focus on competitive differentiatio...

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 talent programs? Is there a talent management playbook that one can...

Bi Modal IT has gone mainstream. So how are CIOs evaluating the impact of Bi modal IT adoption in their organizations? What has been the success rate? What were some of the challenges that CIOs faced while implementing it and what are some of the lessons learned. Has Bi Modal IT delivered on its promise? Guest: Sahal Lahar, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Brooks Brothers Gu...

How does the year 2016 look for the CIO? With new disruptive technologies such as mobility, big data, and cloud are mainstream, what new technologies will the CIO bank upon? What are the CIO's key wants and spending plans? What do they plan on doing differently to take advantage of all the new opportunities on the horizon? Guest 1: Kevin Burns, Chief Information Officer, City of Miami Guest Bio: h...

A healthy organization's culture can be best understood as a set of shared values and how everyone gets work done as individual and team to delivers value to customers. A healthy culture results in sustained growth, profitability and employee wellbeing. Who is responsible for building and maintaining it and what does it take? Guest: Jay Ferro, CIO, American Cancer Society Guest Bio: https://www.ci...

Your organization may have dedicated Enterprise Architecture (EA) groups as the custodian of the what and how IT systems and applications should enable business processes. Is it driven by ideal state scenarios or empirical evidence of what works? How are you refining and leveraging your Enterprise Architecture to develop a solid foundation for handling future demands and disruptions? Guest: Dean P...

You can either submit to the turbulence caused by complex and fast pace business environment and get lost OR position yourself ahead of the trends. What does it take to become a visionary leader and help your organization navigate through sea of change and land on the green pastures of opportunity and growth? Guest: Rob-Jan de Jong, "Anticipate – the Art of Leading by Looking Ahead", Founder of Vo...

While IoT may be seen as a key building block for future digital business, how can a CIO express its value proposition and relevance in business terms to executive management, help identify use cases for competitive advantage, and ensure organizational readiness for effective adoption? Guest: Jonathan Behnke, Chief Information Officer, City of San Diego Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/co...

Business and IT world is changing rapidly and so are your organization's workforce capability needs. Are your current training and employee development programs helping workers stay relevant and measurably improve their performance? Guest 1: Michael A. Garcia, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Jackson Health System Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/michael-garcia/ G...

Under your leadership, are people energized, work as an engaged community, easily diffuse conflict and maintain an objective perspective? How can you leverage humor to that end while managing it to not become distraction and frivolity? Guest 1: Charlie McMahon, Vice President of IT and Chief Technology Officer, Tulane University Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/charlie-mcmahon...

The IT CXO today needs to manage more than technology. S/he needs to gain managerial support as well as manage up, get buy-in from other departments, groups or individuals. S/he also requires ability to convince and influence other stakeholders to follow the regional and global direction. Besides, s/he needs to put in ongoing effort to enhance the department position in the organization to add mor...

It is not a matter of "if" but "when" we will get hacked and detection may not be the best prevention strategy. This is the premise used by multiple security intelligence and analytics solution providers as a way to get smarter and proactive about Security. To what degree are these helping? Are these solutions and services any match for resource rich cyber attackers? Guest 1: Gary Eppinger, Global...

Troubled times never come calling. In order to tackle uncertain and hyper-competitive business environments, leaders must demand change. They must perform objective evaluation of available options, experimentation and creative destruction to transform their organizations and make them relevant for the times ahead. So are you an adaptive leader who can chart a course when you cannot predict the out...

As a business or IT Leader, do you know when to embrace change and adjust strategies around innovations in the market vs. staying on course? How do you differentiate those nuggets of real opportunities from the noise generated by new ventures or hyped trends in order for you to announce and embrace change with confidence? Guest: Gregory R. Simpson, Chief Technology Officer, Synchrony Financial Gue...

While organizations may be looking to leverage cloud, mobility, and Big Data for innovation and productivity improvements, who gets access to what data and which applications without compromising security is keeping IT leaders up at night since stakes are high! What are the current challenges related to identity and access management and what are we doing to address them? Guest: Connie Barrera, Ch...

With Big Data riding through the hype cycle for a bit, there are passionate advocates, skeptics, and naysayers. Big Data was introduced with a promise to fundamentally change the way we live and do business. Has it lived up to the promise and actually delivered significant tangible ROI? Guest 1: Nicholas Marko, Chief Data Officer, Geisinger Health System Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/c...

Your ability to retain customers and increase lifetime value derived from them is dependent on how you manage the journey. They may pause and restart multiple times as well as change directions. Instead of leading them, we need to be beside them attending to their needs and desires keeping them comfortable. This would need to happen overtime across multiple channels including web, mobile, and stor...

While the times demand making our cities smart leveraging innovation in water, waste, and infrastructure management using IoT (Internet of Things), what security risks are getting introduced? How vulnerable are these smart cities to cyberattacks and what are we doing to secure them? Guest 1: Gary Hayslip, Deputy Director, Chief Information Security Officer, City of San Diego, CA Guest Bio: https:/...