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Managing in the Digital Economy

Whether you’re a traditional conglomerate embracing digital transformation for the first time or a cutting edge tech startup looking to scale, managing in the digital economy lends a whole set of new managerial challenges (as well as some age old ones).

Your Biggest Asset is Now Your Biggest Risk

The majority of spending on cybersecurity efforts goes towards protecting organizations from external hackers. The truth is, though, that the majority of security breaches actually come from within an organization. Learn how to protect your organization with this primer on developing insider threat programs from ObserveIT.

Case Study: Medium in 2017 – Developing a New Model for Media

In response to the growing tendency towards short-form content and 140-character length snippets, Medium established itself as a destination for thought pieces and long-form articles. This case from Robert Siegel and Matthew Saucedo takes a look inside the challenges facing Medium’s leadership team as they strive to build a successful digital media company and develop a sustainable monetization model. As journalism innovates, can Medium serve as a noteworthy model for publishing in the digital age?

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Case Study: Cyber Breach at Target

With the number of major cyber breaches in recent years (Equifax, Sony, DNC anyone?), the Target breach of 2013 may seem like ancient history. But this case from Suraj Srinivasan, which focuses on how Target managed/could have managed the attack, offers many much-needed, highly-relevant leadership lessons for today.

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How to Build Your Cybersecurity Defense

In addition to having a responsibility to be thinking about cybersecurity as a strategic priority, executives should be collaborating with IT to address cybersecurity within their organization. When the C-Suite and IT are in alignment with regards to cybersecurity, organizations are much better equipped to effectively handle threats.

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Cybersecurity Strategy for the C-Suite

If the Equifax attack is any example, executives have a lot of work to do to become real leaders in the field of cybersecurity. Organizations can’t afford to ignore cybersecurity or just hope that it “goes away” or keep their fingers crossed that attackers will hit the next guy over. Even if you’re already thinking about security within your own organization, this webinar is a great resource to help you prepare for an uncertain and insecure world.

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The triple-strength worker

What skills does the modern worker need to succeed and lead in the digital economy? DI Director David Homa makes the case for developing skills in computing, applied math, and at least one area of domain expertise (hint: it doesn’t have to be a STEM field at all).

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Culture eats strategy for breakfast

Technology itself is not enough. In order for organizations to really capture the true value of technology, they must be willing to embrace change. In this article, Jason Preston of Dent the Future makes the case for culture-based competition and argues it is the way for companies to get ahead in the digital economy.

Because the world needs great tech leaders

Introducing the Harvard MS/MBA joint-degree program. We couldn’t be more excited! ??? You may have noticed a few weeks ago when we mentioned that HBS has officially announced the launch of an amazing new joint-degree program with the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS). Today we’d like to spend some time […]

New Work. New Workers.

In this keynote from our 2017 Digital Transformation Summit, Julie Larson Green (former Chief Experience Office at Microsoft) shares insights into the fascinating (and nuanced) ways that work around the world is evolving in the digital economy. Here is a snapshot of what the modern worker and the future of work looks like.

Strategy in the age of agile

Presented at the Digital Initiative 2017 Future Assembly, in this flash talk, Keith Hopper a Visiting Entrepreneur in Residence at Olin College of Engineering, explored the way companies set and define their “strategy” and how this is changing (and maybe dying) in the “Age of Agile.”

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