C-Level Strategic Thinking Series by Russ Finney
from Tuesday, June 18, 2019 11:30AM to Thursday, August 22, 2019 1:00PM
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Join us for a series of three exclusive, complimentary lunch and learn sessions designed for C-suite executives and higher level IT management professionals delivered by top CIO Influencer, Russ Finney. Register for this CAN'T-MISS series for Chiefs In The Know. Join us for all three or choose select sessions. Executive Business & Technology Strategic Thinking Series Organizations are rapidly transforming themselves using both strategic thinking and digital transformation initiatives to achieve higher profits, increased growth, and sustained competitiveness. This unique series of lunch and learn events presents an opportunity to look at a much deeper level into the business transformation and technology approaches and methods being used by the cutting edge start-ups and mid-sized companies here in Austin. These lunches are also a chance to see the related strategies being used by very large enterprises that have been studied by University of Texas researchers. Each of the three presentations is focused on practical innovative learning for c-suite executives as well as higher-level IT management. Delivered by Russ Finney in a sequence of three monthly luncheon events, each specific topic covers the current fundamental best practices being used by the top performing organizations studied through both UT research and years of direct client engagements. Russ draws his insights as a business and strategy lecturer within the University of Texas - McCombs School of Business, as a researcher with the itmWEB Group, and as an advisory partner with the Stratamation Network. He is a frequent keynote speaker, and this year he completed a series of video interviews on “work reimagined” with the Wall Street Journal. Prior to his current research and teaching, Russ worked as a CIO in the semiconductor, aerospace, and financial services industries for many years. In 2016, he was named a Top 5 executive CIO Influencer through social media by Apollo Research (@rfinney). He started his career at Ernst & Young. Session 1: June 18th This event starts with a contemporary look at the fundaments of five key forces influencing today’s businesses, leveraging the powerful principles of business disruption, and applying the current trends in design thinking to improve an organization’s customer journey. Next, the session looks at several business examples where these approaches have been applied and why the organizations were successful. It concludes with the steps that can be taken by an executive to bring these impactful forces into their own organization. 5 ForcesThe Fundamentals of Strategic Thinking and Required Next Step Action PlanningDATEJune 18, 2019TIMELunch Served at 11:30amSession from 12:00 - 1:00pmNetworking & Meet the Speaker 1:00 -1:30pmLOCATIONCommons Conference CenterJ.J. Pickle Research Campus10100 Burnet Road, Building 137Austin, TX 78758 Session 2: July 17th This event covers the extremely popular Strategy-on-a-Page technique used by thousands of organizations across the world to do their regular yearly business and technology strategic planning. It explains how to do this structured drill down approach starting with high-level organizational goals and then proceeding through several layers to create links into concrete and actionable organizational initiatives. It concludes with how to apply modern agile management techniques to carry forward and monitor the various actionable roadmaps. Strategy-on-a-PageCreating a Strategy on a Page and linking it into an Organization’s Business and Technology InitiativesDATEJuly 17, 2019TIMELunch Served at 11:30amSession from 12:00 - 1:00pmNetworking & Meet the Speaker 1:00 -1:30pmLOCATIONCommons Conference CenterJ.J. Pickle Research Campus10100 Burnet Road, Building 137Austin, TX 78758 Session 3: August 21st Build vs. BuyThe New Mindsets Required by the C-Suite and IT Management to do Real World Digital Transformation This event takes a deep look at the most effective approaches organizations are taking to leverage and manage their IT mission critical technology platforms and resources. Topics covered at this event are the contemporary executive mindsets required for digital transformation, thoughts on “build versus buy” thinking, how to do impactful application rationalization, leveraging the cloud the right way for your needs, and the best practices for technology management and governance. This presentation is delivered from an executive perspective based on years of research and insights. DATEAugust 21, 2019TIMELunch Served at 11:30amSession from 12:00 - 1:00pmNetworking & Meet the Speaker 1:00 -1:30pmLOCATIONCommons Conference CenterJ.J. Pickle Research Campus10100 Burnet Road, Building 137Austin, TX 78758
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