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How often do you go to VC portfolio presentations?

People & Leadership Disruptive & Emerging Technologies Culture & Values

Once a year

Twice a year

Every quarter

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For IT execs: what SaaS management tools do you use today?

Intello

Zylo

g2track (Siftery)

Productiv.ai

Other (please comment)

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What is the most effective way to measure the utilization of a development team?

Software Development Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)Availability & Capacity Management+3 more

Timesheeting

Work completed

Work in progress

Feature backlog

Other (share in comments)

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What do you anticipate your team’s workplace structure to look like in the next 6 months?

Remote

Hybrid (in the office at least twice per week)

In-Office

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Do you currently use a multicloud deployment at your organization?

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Yes

No, but we have plans to deploy in the next 12 months.

No, and we have no plans to deploy in the future.

Unsure

Other

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Do you think Google's Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) is sentient?

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Yes

Unsure (please explain in the comments)

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Data and analytics leaders, how much time do you ideally like to commit to researching emerging analytics trends and technologies each week?

Data & Analytics Disruptive & Emerging Technologies Personal Development

Less than 1 hour/week

1-2 hours/week

3-4 hours/week

5-6 hours/week

More than 6 hours/week

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Are AI companies doing enough to curb hallucinations?

AI & Machine Learning Disruptive & Emerging Technologies

Yes

Not sure

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If you like the technology and product, how do you deal with a vendor salesperson (or another company contact) that violates your beliefs or values? i.e. acts disrespectful to you or your team

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Greg TaffetFractional CIO at Taffet Associates in Software2 years ago

A friend of mine in Software sales use to say 'How can you tell when a software salesman is lying? Let them know as well because they don't know either'.
So I give more credit to sales teams that rely on their ...read more

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Is a leader made or born? Why do you think so?

People & Leadership Culture & Values Mentoring & Coaching

Greg TaffetFractional CIO at Taffet Associates in Software2 years ago

Made

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What are your small/big personal achievement goals in 2023?

Peer Insights People & Leadership Strategy & Architecture

Greg TaffetFractional CIO at Taffet Associates in Software2 years ago

- Speak at RSA USA Conference in April.

- Run my first cybersecurity conference.

- Create a video podcast for MSSPs to show their products/services

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Are there any drawbacks to using a BaaS (backup as a service) provider? What are they?

Backup & Disaster Recovery IT Strategy & Roadmap Resilience

Greg TaffetFractional CIO at Taffet Associates in Software2 years ago

In general, Baas is a good idea for most companies. like all aaS's there are many choices and the service selected should match the company's needs. And of course, even though it is a service provided by an outside ...read more

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How do I improve inconsistent and incomplete data documentation? What has worked for your team?

Process Management Data & Analytics

Greg TaffetFractional CIO at Taffet Associates in Software2 years ago

Incomplete data documentation has caused a lot of issues for analytics and insights. Consolidating data silos and sources, integration of CMS platforms worked for our team to improve inconsistent and incomplete data docu...read more

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How can an IT manager become a director?

Personal Development Mentoring & Coaching IT Strategy & Roadmap

Greg TaffetFractional CIO at Taffet Associates in Software2 years ago

You need to be able to "abstract" a level back from the current "IT manager" role and demonstrate an ability to look at the business from a strategic lense.

As another has stated, promotion normally ...read more

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How do you foster competition between teams to increase innovation?

Innovation Talent Management & Performance

Greg TaffetFractional CIO at Taffet Associates in Software2 years ago

One way to foster competition is to set specific goals that each team must try to achieve. These goals should be challenging but achievable, and teams should be given a timeframe in which to achieve them. Each team can then ...read more

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What challenges do you anticipate when employees return to the office?

Talent Management & Performance Business Relationships Collaboration Solutions

Greg TaffetFractional CIO at Taffet Associates in Software2 years ago

Over the last couple years of working at home, I’ve noticed that when I have gone into the office, being in these in person meetings takes so much of my energy. It's different from meeting virtually where I have the relaxation ...read more

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What was the easiest high-impact solution you’ve ever implemented?

IT Strategy & Roadmap Enterprise Applications Vendor/Product Recommendation

Greg TaffetFractional CIO at Taffet Associates in Software2 years ago

For the last several years, I've been a consultant with multiple organizations, primarily helping with the effectiveness of IT and digital transformation. One of my customers was a big knowledge process outsourcing company ...read more

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Why is IT strategy hard to define for most folks?

IT Strategy & Roadmap

Greg TaffetFractional CIO at Taffet Associates in Software2 years ago

Well, when deciding IT strategy
We must look for all aspects, also the expansion and risk management aspect.

When defining IT strategy, we have to foresee the cyber and data security aspects, also the scalability, ...read more

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