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Hey everyone, I'm planning on doing a Webinar in early February and would love your help in selecting the topic. Which one piques your interest? #poll #ux #design #webinar

Get started in UX Design

UX Design @ Tech

Core UX Design Principles

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How much of your self-identity and self-worth are tied to your work performance?

People & Leadership Culture & Values

They're completely tied

More than I'd like

Less than I'd like

They're totally separate

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Are CIOs being asked to take on more revenue-driven responsibilities?

People & Leadership Business Applications

Yes, they're asked to take on more such responsibilities

No, unchanged

No, they're asked to take on fewer such responsibilities

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Do you anticipate spending more on IT risk management and compliance overall this year?

Governance, Risk & Compliance Security & GRC Financial Management+4 more

Significantly Less

Slightly Less

Same Amount

Slight Increase

Significant increase

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In which of the following communication channels are your organization and employees most susceptible to compliance violations, phishing, malware, and/or other threats?

Governance, Risk & Compliance Security & GRC Threat & Vulnerability Management+8 more

Social Media (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, i.e.)

Collaboration Tools (Slack, MS Teams, Zoom, i.e.)

Mobile Chat Apps (WeChat, WhatsApp, Telegram, i.e.)

We are lacking in visibility, security, and compliance for all social media, collaboration, and mobile chat channels.

We are fully protected against risks across digital communications.

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Do you have remote employees on your team?

Talent Management & Performance

Yes

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Is IT as a department expected to help your organization achieve its sustainability goals?

Yes

My company does not have sustainability goals

Don't Know

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What is the most effective frequency for 1-on-1 meetings with direct reports?

People & Leadership Strategy & Architecture Cloud+15 more

Once a week

Once every 2 weeks

Once a month

Adhoc

What 1-on-1?

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In a recent poll asking whether your IT team is a bottleneck in the organization, 51% of responses said "Yes". In your experience, why is it that IT is seen by so many as a bottleneck?

They are engaged late in the process

They are under resourced

They do not have sufficient budget

There are too many projects on which require IT

They need to approve all technological decisions

The wider business don't have the necessary skills

Other - I'll tell you the reason in the comments

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Which of the following emerging technologies has the biggest potential to transform your business in the next 3 years?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies Security Strategy & Roadmap IT Strategy & Roadmap+2 more

Big Data/analytics

AI/ML

Cloud Infrastructure

Identity and Access Management

Cloud databases

SaaS

IoT/M2M

Serverless computing

Other (comment below)

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