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Aaron Bentley

CIO at Salt Lake City

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What do you do with unsolicited vendor gifts?

People & Leadership Financial Management Vendor Management

Keep it

I never accept them

Donate it

Depends on the dollar amount

Other (leave a comment)

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How concerned should startups be about cybersecurity?

Security & GRC Financial Management Risk Management

1- Very worried

2 - Somewhat concerned

3 - Low priority

4 - Not concerned at all

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Which cloud service do you like the most?

AWS

Microsoft Azure

Google Cloud

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Can automation solve the problems of scaling up?

Team & Organizational Design

Yes.

No.

Depends, please specify.

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What role does an ego play in effective leadership?

Can be important if managed.

Is more of a barrier than a virtue.

It's neither an advantage nor a disadvantage.

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Do you engage with freelancers within your department?

People & Leadership Process Management Talent Management & Performance

Yes

No

Not yet but we plan to

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2020 IT cost reduction goals are dictated by

CEO

CFO

COO

None of these

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Which digital contract lifecycle management tool is your organization leveraging?

Cloud Governance, Risk & Compliance Data & Analytics+20 more

Agiloft

Conga

DocuSign CLM (SpringCM)

Apttus

Ironclad

Coupa (Exari)

Other (discuss below)

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What's the best browser for business?

Vendor/Product Recommendation

Google Chrome

Microsoft Edge

Mozilla Firefox

Other (please share with us below!)

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Do you practice empathetic leadership?

People & Leadership Culture & Values

Yes

I try to, but not sure I am executing well

No, I pursue other leadership principles/frameworks

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How do you adjust your continuous learning strategy when you’re focusing on growth opportunities within the leadership or c-suite? Is there a demand for different tools?

Aaron BentleyCIO at Salt Lake City in Government5 months ago

It's all about finding the right balance. In any organization, you'll find two types of people: those who resist change unless it's handed to them and those who are eager for it. This dichotomy was evident in a recent cabinet ...read more

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What processes, tools or activities have added an increase in innovation and collaboration among a hybrid workforce?

Aaron BentleyCIO at Salt Lake City in Government5 months ago

We've found that Microsoft Teams has been instrumental in fostering collaboration and innovation in our hybrid workforce. However, navigating the hybrid workforce landscape has been a challenge. We've had to create new processes ...read more

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What tools and tech are you using to streamline workflows, automate mundane tasks, and enable employees to focus on more strategic, value-adding activities?

Aaron BentleyCIO at Salt Lake City in Government5 months ago

We recently had an ERP implementation, which was a great opportunity to reevaluate how tasks are being done. Our vendor offered numerous enhancements to streamline our processes. We are also exploring robotics and other technologies ...read more

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Who is using Grammarly Enterprise SaaS and in what use cases? I'm at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and work in the Health IT space. I'm trying to help determine value of Grammarly Enterprise (at ~$15/user) as opposed the the free version. According to the sales rep, the Enterprise version provides HIPAA compliance, "snippets", audit logs, data loss protection, etc.

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Aaron BentleyCIO at Salt Lake City in Government10 months ago

We are evaluating that right now. Our initial thoughts are we will do it for a portion of our users but not the entire enterprise. We are focusing on the enterprise for executives and those in communications roles.

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How do you recover (mentally and physically) after returning from a conference or work travel? Do you set aside time to catch-up before you even first leave home? What advice do you have to make sure I am bringing all that I learned back?

Aaron BentleyCIO at Salt Lake City in Governmenta year ago

In terms of bringing back your knowledge I consider all of the sessions and speeches through the lens of my organization. Is this relevant, is this something I can use or just anecdotal given our maturity level in the topic?

I ...read more

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