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We're spotlighting Kristi Gole, VP, Head of Transformation at Global Hotel Alliance. Hear from Kristi on her career journey, advice, and insights on new technologies.

Professional networking should be a priority and is crucial for advancing your career if you want to be an innovative thinker and leader.

Learn about six security best practices that will help you keep remote employees safe and productive.

We're spotlighting David Hackshall, CIO of Cochlear. Hear from David on his journey to CIO, challenges, how he sees innovation and what's on his radar for new technologies.

Take a look at eight important pieces of advice that you can take away from the legendary entrepreneur, Phil Knight, and his success with Nike.

We're spotlighting Shirley Gao, CIO of PacSun & Eddie Bauer Group. Hear from Shirly on her journey to CIO, challenges, how she sees innovation and what's on her radar for new technologies.

Innovation is difficult because it requires a combination of creativity, problem-solving skills, and the ability to think outside the box.

After months of working virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s clear that traditional definitions of the workplace won’t simply re-establish themselves.

Celebrating wins can energize your workforce, reinforce the team concept, and motivate individuals to strive for future success.

Distributors are positioned at the confluence of vendors on the one side and partners on the other; they are in an ideal position to orchestrate the many moving parts and relationships involved in getting technology to market to the satisfaction of the end customer.

The pace of innovation is relentless and enabling your employees with upskilling programs can be the difference in the long-term success of a business.

The key to overcoming issues and achieving success for any team is allowing every member’s voice to be heard, respected, and considered without the threat of undue negative consequences.

The SLED Market is complex and often misunderstood, we'll break down what the SLED Market actually entails and the best ways for companies to leverage their go-to-market approaches.

Technology leadership demands critical thinking above all, and the bedrock foundation of critical thought is a well-formed question. If you only add one skill to your leadership portfolio in 2021, make it the skill of strategic questioning.‍

In this Innovation Advisory Council Spotlight, we're highlighting Joseph Kim, Executive Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Citrix. Joseph is responsible for the development and delivery of all Citrix technology solutions.

In most probable futures, business automation won't be that sexy or that scary—it will be a lot more boring, a lot less threatening, mostly transparent, or operating in the background.

Excellence in 2021, along with the rest of the 2020s, is well within reach for executives who can embody the post-pandemic leadership characteristics. Leaders who seize strategic opportunities by developing and collaborating with the community will inspire colleagues and outpace the competition.

Hyro is a plug & play conversational AI company that transforms complex data into simple dialogue, enabling enterprises to engage with their customers across all digital touch points.

Technology companies across the ecosystem have an opportunity to capitalize on sizable needs in the state, local, and educational verticals, however, many shy away from engaging due to the complexities of navigating the SLED sector.

In this spotlight, we're highlighting Shawn McCarthy, Vice President, Global Architecture at Manulife. Shawn is an experienced Senior-level IT executive with over 18 years of experience whose passion is to inspire growth.

As we step out of yesterday’s shadow and aim to rediscover a sense of optimism, 2021 is already looking less like a return to normalcy and more like a new era of agility and resilience.

Many senior IT leaders have started to live by the well-known Peter Drucker guidance that, "the best way to predict the future is to create it."

It's no surprise that technologies that enable a better experience for managing remote teams are an in-demand product. That's why we're excited to feature Cassiopeia in our Emerging Technology Spotlight series.

For December's Innovation Advisory Council Spotlight, we're excited to feature, Harsha Bellur, EVP/Chief Information Officer at James Avery.

As we wrap up the last month of a very interesting 2020, to say the least, we've taken time to reflect on some of the many trends that we've heard from Council Members as well as our roundtable sessions.