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Coffee with Digital Trailblazers #76
Apr
26
11:00 AM11:00

Coffee with Digital Trailblazers #76

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Topic: Agile Innovation: Cultivating High-Performance Teams

Digital Trailblazers are product managers, DevOps engineers, agile leaders, data experts (scientists, governance, dataops), and other innovators driving transformations in their organizations and life.

Every week we explore a topic and share lessons learned. All are welcome to attend, and please raise your hand to participate.

Upcoming Topics:

  • 4/26 - Agile Innovation: Cultivating High-Performance Teams

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Spark Executive Forum
May
1
to May 2

Spark Executive Forum

The Great Data Pressure Test

Register here. Generative AI has reignited concerns about data ecosystems, challenging even the most mature data strategies. Participants will explore the emerging risks and gaps that have surfaced in the wake of this technological advancement. This panel aims to shed light on innovative approaches and operating models that organizations must adopt to stay ahead. Key themes include adapting to data privacy and security requirements, reevaluating data quality standards, and embracing new governance frameworks that are agile and resilient in the face of generative AI's capabilities and provocations.

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BLUEPRINT 4D Conference - Executive Forum
May
6
11:00 AM11:00

BLUEPRINT 4D Conference - Executive Forum

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Keynote: Why Digital Trailblazers are the Secret to Successful Digital Transformations

Isaac Sacolick, a 20+ year veteran CIO/CTO and now President of digital transformation leadership company  StarCIO , will share leadership stories and learnings from his newest book, Digital Trailblazer. Your business needs more transformation leaders – what Isaac calls Digital Trailblazers—who can lead teams, evolve agile collaboration methods, develop data capabilities as competitive differentiators, and deliver business outcomes. This keynote highlights who are Digital Trailblazers, how to empower them, and what practices they will need to drive business outcomes from transformation initiatives. Isaac will cover many transformation topics, including creating vision statements, evolving AI-enabled employee experiences, establishing a data-driven organization, and developing a lifelong learning culture.

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NJ SIM CIO Dinner
Feb
8
6:00 PM18:00

NJ SIM CIO Dinner

Keys to Leading Digital Transformation as a Core Organizational Competency”.

Leaders often say, "Digital transformation is a journey," but today's competitive opportunities and risks require developing digital transformation as a core organizational competency. "You will always be transforming," says Isaac Sacolick, author of two top books on leading digital transformation. During this open discussion, Isaac will share key insights for business and technology leaders on:

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NJ SIM CIO Roundtable
Jan
26
8:00 AM08:00

NJ SIM CIO Roundtable

Workshop: Developing the CIO's Leadership Team: The Secret to Successful Digital Transformations

Part 2 and by popular demand!! Isaac Sacolick, a 15+ year veteran CIO/CTO and now President of StarCIO, will share leadership stories and learnings from his newest book, Digital Trailblazer. Your business needs more transformation leaders – what Isaac calls Digital Trailblazers—who can lead teams, evolve agile ways of working, develop data capabilities as competitive differentiators, and deliver business outcomes. This workshop highlights who are Digital Trailblazers, how to empower them, and what practices they will need to drive business outcomes from transformation initiatives. By invitation only - get more information.

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NJ SIM CIO Roundtable
Dec
1
8:00 AM08:00

NJ SIM CIO Roundtable

Workshop: Developing the CIO's Leadership Team: The Secret to Successful Digital Transformations

Isaac Sacolick, a 15+ year veteran CIO/CTO and now President of StarCIO, will share leadership stories and learnings from his newest book, Digital Trailblazer. Your business needs more transformation leaders – what Isaac calls Digital Trailblazers—who can lead teams, evolve agile ways of working, develop data capabilities as competitive differentiators, and deliver business outcomes. This workshop highlights who are Digital Trailblazers, how to empower them, and what practices they will need to drive business outcomes from transformation initiatives. By invitation only - get more information.

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Mayfield CXO Insight Call:  CIOs and GenAI - A 2024+ Digital Transformation Priority
Oct
31
1:00 PM13:00

Mayfield CXO Insight Call: CIOs and GenAI - A 2024+ Digital Transformation Priority

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IT leaders across all industries are already thinking about what their top of mind priorities will look like, including how they plan to educate and experiment, manage their blue sky planning, update data governance policies, partner closely with legal, and much more. Isaac will speak to what he's hearing from hundreds of CIOs in the market, and cover many urgent questions around LLM adoption and strategy.

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FinOps Roadshow 2023:   Optimizing Your Cloud Spend
Jun
14
1:00 PM13:00

FinOps Roadshow 2023: Optimizing Your Cloud Spend

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Meet Isaac Sacolick, author of Driving Digital and Digital Trailblazer, with over 900 articles published at CIO.com, InfoWorld, and StarCIO. He will share four FinOps capabilities key to sustainable ways of leading digital transformations, and facilitate an interactive round table discussion.

  • Chicago | Tuesday, May 16 | 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m CDT

  • San Francisco | Tuesday, May 23 | 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. PDT

  • Dallas | Thursday, May 25 | 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CDT

  • Boston | Tuesday, June 6 | 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EDT

  • New York City | Thursday, June 8 | 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT

  • Toronto | Wednesday, June 14 | 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EDT

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How to Expertly Evaluate ITSM Tools for Your Organization
Mar
29
1:00 PM13:00

How to Expertly Evaluate ITSM Tools for Your Organization

Click here to register for this webinar. With digital transformation becoming increasingly important for organizations wanting to get ahead of the technological curve, the number of ITSM tools and platforms available to businesses is larger than ever.

In this webinar, our expert panel will break down the three most important steps to take when choosing the right ITSM tools for your organization.

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The AI Imperative
Mar
23
8:30 AM08:30

The AI Imperative

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As a senior executive or Board member, it is imperative that the impact of this new technology and related components be assessed quickly and effectively, both to identify risks to the business and/or put the technology to work. Waiting to think about this and its impact on a business or industry sector will risk giving competitors and edge.

To learn more, join our Webinar on Thursday, March 23rd with two very experienced speakers on the subject, David Edelman and Isaac Sacolick.

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Coffee with Digital Trailblazers #21
Mar
3
11:00 AM11:00

Coffee with Digital Trailblazers #21

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Topic: Addressing Toxic Cultures: How Digital Trailblazers Balance Their Drive with Humility

Digital Trailblazers are product managers, DevOps engineers, agile leaders, data experts (scientists, governance, dataops), and other innovators driving transformations in their organizations and life.

Every week we explore a topic and share lessons learned. All are welcome to attend, and please raise your hand to participate.

Future topics:
3/10 - Off Week
3/17 - Transformation Drivers: Myths, Successful POCs, and Production Impacts with AI
3/24 - Collaborating with a Global Mindset: Culture, Language, and Getting on the Same Page

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TechTalk Summits: How AI Search and Natural Language Interfaces Drive Innovation
Mar
2
2:00 PM14:00

TechTalk Summits: How AI Search and Natural Language Interfaces Drive Innovation

Register here. ChatGPT shows that AI is no longer a buzzword. In a recent MIT survey of 600 CIOs and other technology leaders, only 6% or less said they’re not using AI today. This means 94% have already implemented AI within their core enterprise functions and use cases.

One overlooked area is the use of AI to power the content, knowledge, answers and product catalogs that collectively form the foundation of the digital experiences you provide to customers and employees everyday.

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CIO’s Future of Work Summit: Automation: Is This the Year of No- and Low-Code?
Feb
15
3:55 PM15:55

CIO’s Future of Work Summit: Automation: Is This the Year of No- and Low-Code?

Register here! - No- and low-code development is more than a fad: the market for to automate processes is expanding as companies realize the benefits of distributed development. But there are challenges as well. This session will address the benefits and challenges of automation and advise on how to choose a low-code platform.

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Coffee with Digital Trailblazers #14
Jan
27
11:00 AM11:00

Coffee with Digital Trailblazers #14

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Topic: Innovation Drivers #2: Define, Prioritize, and Experiment from Ideation to Driving Transformation

Coffee with Digital Trailblazers is a program for aspiring transformation leaders from team leads to CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, CPOs, CMOs, and CISOs.

Digital Trailblazers are product managers, DevOps engineers, agile leaders, data experts (scientists, governance, dataops), and other innovators driving transformations in their organizations and life. Every week we explore a topic, and share lessons learned. All are welcome to attend, and please raise your hand to participate.

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