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Do you trust the data & reports from the big analysts?

Strategy & Architecture

Yes

Sometimes

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Who decides how much security risk to take for a specific system?

Security & GRC

Chief Information Security Officer

Chief Information Officer

Chief Risk Officer

Chief Executive Officer

Board

System Owner

Others (Please specify)

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17k views4 Upvotes20 Comments

How much do you expect your technology budget to go up next year?

Strategy & Architecture Financial Management Security Strategy & Roadmap+1 more

No change

<5%

5-10%

10-15%

>15%

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4.6k views5 Upvotes2 Comments

Which cloud provider do you use for your Enterprise Data Warehousing needs?

Data & Analytics Business Intelligence Storage

Google Cloud Platform - BigQuery

Amazon Web Services - Redshift

Microsoft - Azure

Snowflake

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How long does an employee typically stay within your team?

Talent Management & Performance

< 1 year

1-3 years

4-5 years

> 5 years

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Is AI going to affect the number of jobs in your company in the next 12 months?

Culture & Values AI & Machine Learning

Yes, more jobs created

Yes, jobs lost to AI

Other (please comment)

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What do you consider the most intimidating part about starting a company?

Culture & Values

A good idea

The high chance of failure

Not getting a salary for a while

Raising funds

Other (please comment)

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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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5.3k views4 Upvotes16 Comments

Who should the CISO report to in 2020?

People & Leadership Strategy & Architecture

CIO

CEO

Other, please specify.

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Storing offsite backups and long terms in the public cloud.

2020

2021

Already done

No plans

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What are some ways you or your organisation are building connection and belonging in your workplace? How are you being 'sticky' with your people to retain them?

People & Leadership Business Relationships

We are trying to address overall culture and pay inequity issues as a start. It's not been an easy road and working from home/remote has provided our business model with additional challenges.

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Curious to know what others think are some of the most promising and innovative applications within the generative AI application landscape?

Generative AI Applications & Platforms

ChatGPT, Bing, Alexa, Google Maps, Google Assistant and a few more.

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

People & Leadership Culture & Values Mentoring & Coaching

Made

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What are your reasons for adopting the agile approach for your team?

DevOps IT Strategy & Roadmap

To make work visible

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Are you developing your team(s) with shadowing or self-directed learning?

Training & Certification Talent Management & Performance Mentoring & Coaching

I have an older team, so I try to get them to focus on whatever study will help them with their next task, or get them to think about their careers, which sometimes entails certification. But I'm finding that they want ...read more

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Which format is more effective for learning and development (L&D): video or audio?

Training & Certification Talent Management & Performance Personal Development

Video is the default choice, but audio is a more effective format because you can multitask. I've got Audible, so I use it when I'm sitting in the car, walking the dogs or doing chores. It’s very convenient to learn ...read more

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Do you encourage your staff to have coffees with people outside their team or people outside of the organization?

Training & Certification Talent Management & Performance Business Relationships

Absolutely. In the past before the drastic expense budget cuts, it was expected to take people to lunch when we traveled to our other offices

We weren’t sales, we were operational IT. But if we could grab some local ...read more

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Do the demographics of your team(s) impact your learning and development (L&D) strategies?

Training & Certification Talent Management & Performance Personal Development

At ZoomInfo we're about 66% millennials, so our learning and development strategy is geared towards the younger population. The focus is on ensuring that they have a career path and that every level of their career has ...read more

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What are your thoughts on employees moonlighting at other companies?

Team & Organizational Design Culture & Values

It doesnt bother me as long as its not conflicting with my work or schedule.

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How are you providing learning and development (L&D) opportunities?

Training & Certification Talent Management & Performance Personal Development

There are learning and development (L&D) opportunities for enablement, such as sales and CSM enablement, where we're constantly teaching them about our products. Or when it comes to customer enablement, we’re teaching ...read more

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Is continuous education essential to achieving success as a technology leader?

Engineering Training & Certification Personal Development

Technology does not stop evolving; being a technology leader requires one stay apprised of the "state of the art". Thus, continuous education is essential to maintaining a leadership position in tech. However, such ...read more

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