CIO Talk Network

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 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?

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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 has he only expanded the organizational chart? What are some of the challenges that CDOs are facing? How are they keeping themselves relevant in the organization?

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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 progress?

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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 ROI from related investment?

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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 leaders looking to tame this beast? Where can IT partner?

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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 fill his shoes? how should succession planning be altered to develop successors who may be more relevant for the organization?

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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 a peer to the CEO so they become a cohesive unit instead of just sharing a reporting relationship. Are organizations rethinking CIO-CEO relationship in their respective best interests?

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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 learn how to flex and strengthen it?

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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 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 differentiation and customer retention?

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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 talent programs? Is there a talent management playbook that one can refer to in order to fix this issue forever?

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