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Technology officers are adapting their strategies to ensure their organizations capitalize on the transformative trends impacting global businesses. This is a pivotal opportunity for growth, but it demands clear focus and capability development. In our featured story, McKinsey’s Aamer Baig, Jeffrey Lewis, Klemens Hjartar, Rob Cain, and Sven Blumberg reveal a set of shifts that tech officers can make to meet the demands of business leaders. Our second featured story helps data leaders think through seven essential priorities that reflect the most important changes that are occurring, what the main complexities are, and where executives can focus their energy to realize the data-driven enterprise of 2030. Other highlights include the following topics:

progress, decline, and stagnation in women’s representation and experiences in the workplace

how to successfully navigate the next phase of the energy transition

leadership lessons and the future of AI from the CEO of Dell Technologies, Michael Dell

three steps to get more employees involved in and committed to a transformation

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Going all in: Why employee ‘will’ can make or break transformations

Tapping the organization’s collective energy to implement change is crucial for transformation success. A three-step process creates the momentum to meet the challenges ahead.
Learn the 3 E’s

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Five fundamental truths: How B2B winners keep growing

Our latest B2B Pulse Survey reveals that across all sectors and regions, market leaders continue to experiment, invest, and commit to omnichannel sales as the path to sustainable growth.
Plus, 3 archetypes of decision makers

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Leading from the inside out: Why CEOs must make time for self-reflection

The authors of a new book on the journey of leadership explain why this era of unprecedented global change demands a new style of leadership—one that reflects the inner world of the CEO along with the needs of organizations and employees.
Leader, know thyself

— Curated by Eleni Kostopoulos, managing editor, New York

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