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Altaz Hemani

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Who leads the most AI projects with business impact at your company? The CEO or the CIO?

People & Leadership AI & Machine Learning

CEO

CIO

Other (please specify below).

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Would you work out of someone's home with other great people for an intentional/structured workday, if they provided you with the perfect coworking environment: secure/fast wifi, outlets, noise-level, coffee or tea, great seating. All at a fractional cost of monthly coworking fees?

Yes, I would try it out

No, that's weird!

Depends! (reply below)

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Which of the following peers are you spending more time with versus a year ago?

Team & Organizational Design Talent Management & Performance Culture & Values

Chief Marketing Officer

Chief Sales Officer

Chief Customer Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Product Officer

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Can automation solve the problems of scaling up?

Team & Organizational Design

Yes.

No.

Depends, please specify.

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Are cybersecurity regulations going towards a Sarbanes Oxley model?

Security & GRC Regulatory Compliance

Yes

Unsure

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Does the price of oil directly affect your organization or operations?

News

Yes

Yes, but only indirectly

Too early to tell

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What do you think is the overall drag on your team's productivity - simply as a result of coordination issues during work from home?

People & Leadership Strategy & Architecture End-User Services & Collaboration+22 more

None, productivity is the same or improved

Minimal i.e. 1-5%

Noticeable but manageable i.e. 5-10%

It's an issue, we have to make some tweaks i.e. 10-20%

This is a real problem + we need to fix it ASAP i.e. 20%+

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Do you have remote employees on your team?

Talent Management & Performance

Yes

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How important is a Cloud vendors' sustainability and green initiatives to whether or not you choose to do business with them?

Vital - I will not do business with a Cloud vendor that isn't thinking and acting green

Somewhat important - I will pay more attention to providers who focus on sustainability but it's not the only factor

Not very important - Sustainability is not really a factor in my Cloud decision-making

Not at all important - Not even a consideration

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Does your organization currently have an exploration or experimentation manager role as part of the Engineering team?

Engineering People & Leadership Process Management+4 more

Yes

Unsure

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How often do you do phishing campaigns?

Security & GRC

Altaz HemaniVP of IT at a large Non-Profit organization in Services (non-Government)a year ago

Are we sure that phisingtests are not doing more harm then they solve? Business is bussy and those test dont reflect the reality of nowadays stellar phishs. I think better to invest in phishing resistant authentication so ...read more

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I'm looking for suggestions of a vendor who can assist in developing an AI and automation strategy. I'm considering a few of the big consulting firms, but would appreciate any further recommendations. We already have some components in place, but want to prepare a focused set of opportunities, evaluation of our ability to scale and a business case.

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Altaz HemaniVP of IT at a large Non-Profit organization in Services (non-Government)a year ago

I think you can touch based with some mid/large corp to understand their needs and offering you an opportunity to pilot and offer feedbacks at the early stage for the evaluation.

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Has anyone has developed a ChatGPT / use of AI policy? Or do you reference existing P&Ps?

Security & GRC

Altaz HemaniVP of IT at a large Non-Profit organization in Services (non-Government)a year ago

Our ChatGPT and AI Policy encompasses a set of guidelines and principles that govern the development, deployment, and ongoing usage of our AI technologies. These guidelines are based on established best practices, industry ...read more

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What should CIOs be doing now to secure their IT budgets in the current economic headwinds?

Business Relationships Financial Management

Altaz HemaniVP of IT at a large Non-Profit organization in Services (non-Government)2 years ago

While I am sure all CIO's would be confident in their cost benefit analysis, I would double check it under the new business conditions. And I would also re-confirm with the senior business sponsors, are they still willing ...read more

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What are your recommendations for improving patch management processes?

Threat & Vulnerability Management Risk Management Process Management

Altaz HemaniVP of IT at a large Non-Profit organization in Services (non-Government)2 years ago

1) train people on the skills needed and provide the right tools for them to do the work

2) conduct an audit to know what needs patching, the business risk of not patching for each, and then set KPIs for each system. ...read more

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What defines a director-level role in IT?

Business Relationships Internal CXO Relationships Team & Organizational Design

Altaz HemaniVP of IT at a large Non-Profit organization in Services (non-Government)2 years ago

Between 7-12 direct report managers that have either 6-15 team members or manage a significant service provider

And in many cases a budget separate from salaries of $10 million or more.

Although at one point ...read more

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How did you build your data analytics team?

Data & Analytics Talent Sourcing & Hiring Team & Organizational Design

Altaz HemaniVP of IT at a large Non-Profit organization in Services (non-Government)2 years ago

1) identified business challenges with the current model
2) got alignment from the business that improvements/ changes were needed
3) defined an operating model for the team including skills/tools/functions/ways-of-working
4) ...read more

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