... to claim the next recession as a critical risk. Why is that? Thanks to the Great Recession, all of the leaders in the room had not only lived through an economic downturn, but the most significant one in generations. “Cost Optimization” is Often Suboptimal It seems that everyone has a playbook to address ...
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... supply chain response. Now, with our current disruption, even greater agility is required to successfully navigate in an environment of vastly different product demand patterns and supply disruptions. I opened our session with a finding from a Gartner supply chain agility study that we ran last summer. The ...
... fully integrated. With data quality and consistency becoming critically important factors in supply chain performance, supply chain leadersmust pay more attention to master data management. Effective master data management revolves around data accountability and ownership, which must be clearly defined ...
... flow of traffic that is likely to come through the intersection. Those using the roundabout must know and understand the rules of driving through the roundabout. Those using the roundabout must be willing to follow the rules of driving through the roundabout. For supply chain leaders this means we need ...
... advertised, compared with 18% of Millennials and 16% of Gen X and Boomer audiences. “To reduce backlash and improve effectiveness, marketers should design for the consumer’s experience first,” advised Weiss. “That means limiting intrusive and unskippable formats, managing frequency to avoid overexposure, and ...
... Leading with the tech also presumes that a visionary IT leader knows what to build upfront. What if the IT leader decides the key to the future is a social media marketing analytics platform, but when the company culture changes so does its digital business strategy — and the needed critical capability ...
... risks. Link emerging risks with strategic priorities. Analyze how emerging risks impact strategic priorities to facilitate targeted action steps that prevent must-avoid outcomes (MAOs). Use response time with impact and velocity. Factor in organizational response time along with impact and velocity to prioritize ...
... 2026. About Gartner for Marketing Leaders Gartner for Marketers provides the objective, expert advice, and proven tools that CMOs and other marketing leaders need to seize the right opportunities with clarity and confidence, and to stay ahead of the trends that matter. With in-depth research and analysis ...
... rapidly, it already includes deep neural networks, autonomous vehicles, virtual assistants and smart advisors that interact intelligently with people and other machines. Government IT leadersmust explore smart machines as enhancements to existing business practices, and possibly as foundations for new ...