People & Leadership
Featured Blueprints
February 29, 2024
As new technologies and ways of working emerge, the role of IT changes. So should your job descriptions. Don’t waste time searching online for the ...
January 23, 2024
The information technology industry is at a crossroads: a coming together of machine advancement and human effort when a significant portion of day...
January 05, 2024
As a CIO, you're constantly managing your calendar to spend time with the right stakeholders, on the right projects and attend the most important m...
November 14, 2023
More and more CIOs have regular progress updates with their CEO that are intended to provide them with the information necessary to make informed b...
July 19, 2023
Organizations rely on team-based work arrangements to provide organizational benefits and to help them better navigate the VUCA operating environme...
July 14, 2023
Accessibility is an organizational directive; however, IT plays a fundamental role in its success. As business partners require support and experti...
June 09, 2023
Employee performance measurement is vital to the performance management process. It is informed and impacted by a range of HR activities, including...
May 16, 2023
Never start your communications from a blank page. Leverage the tools and resources available on this Communications Research Center to support any...
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Strategy & Governance
Featured Blueprints
April 01, 2024
IT’s financial struggles are often rooted in problems with the financial data itself. This blueprint lays out the first critical steps in rehabilit...
March 25, 2024
Don’t waste time identifying IT services by cataloging everything IT has to offer. Change your perspective! Move away from IT and start with the en...
March 22, 2024
Generative AI made an explosive entry at the end of 2022, changing organizations and industries – and IT – forever. Our most popular research and r...
February 28, 2024
A digital transformation office is a critical component of successful transformations. An effective transformation office forces a disciplined and...
February 22, 2024
Visualizing the IT operating model is often overlooked but is a critical step in defining how the organization will reach its vision and deliver cr...
February 15, 2024
A change story is a written or verbal narrative that helps employees link their work to transformation objectives. It is a critical first step in a...
February 06, 2024
This year’s CIO Priorities report highlights five key initiatives that will help IT deliver the greatest value in the year ahead, based on data gat...
February 06, 2024
AI adoption has gained significant momentum as your business leaders see the positive outcomes in your pilot projects. Stakeholders are ready to in...
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Value & Performance
Featured Blueprints
June 09, 2023
CIOs spend hours agonizing over what IT information to show their executives and how to present this information in an easy-to-consume format. Info...
May 25, 2023
As technology becomes increasingly important, the modern CIO will need to leverage their expansive partnerships to demonstrate the business value o...
May 16, 2023
Never start your communications from a blank page. Leverage the tools and resources available on this Communications Research Center to support any...
May 15, 2023
The purpose of this blueprint is to support any IT employee planning, composing, and delivering IT communications to audiences up, down, and across...
November 11, 2022
As a CIO, there is an endless list of metrics that could be measured. Be strategic and measure the key aspects that tie to your priorities as a CIO...
June 01, 2022
At the cornerstone of IT-business relationships is trust and the establishment of business value. Without trust, you won’t be believed, and withou...
January 26, 2022
With the right PPM strategy, IT leaders can enable executive decision makers to make sense of the excess of project demand and prioritize those ini...
July 14, 2020
There is a statistically significant relationship between analytics used and overall effectiveness for IT departments, but IT leaders know they are...