Now that effective vaccines for COVID-19 are likely to be approved soon, how should CIOs prepare for a post-pandemic world? The timeline for widescale immunization and a return to a world without restrictions is highly uncertain. Still, there’s light at the end of the tunnel and it’s time for CIOs to think about their next moves.

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In the past 18 months, Volkswagen announced delays in the launch of two crucial models, first the eighth generation of its perennial bestseller, the VW Golf, and then its flagship electric car, the ID.3, both due to glitches in software. Herbert Diess, chairman of the Management Board of Volkswagen Group, was asked to give up his role as VW brand chief, in part because of these slipups.

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When the pandemic hit hard in March, virtually all U.S. universities switched to online education in a matter of weeks. With no time to prepare, instructors delivered lectures via videoconference, just as they would have face-to-face. Unsurprisingly, results were mixed…

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As businesses struggle to adapt to an unprecedented set of challenges, CIOs and their C-suite counterparts are under pressure to develop new ways of doing business. The temptation will be to create ambitious blueprints and strategies. But, in many cases, the foundations for doing things very differently—and very quickly—are already there to be tapped.

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As a CIO today, you are confronting some daunting choices. A month ago, you were immersed in your digital transformation journey. You were investing in new digital capabilities such as machine learning. You were refining your data to make them available to machine-learning systems. You were digitizing your processes, building the capability for your company to operate digitally. You were deploying software to make your business more productive and to give you a competitive edge. 

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In his 2016 Harvard Business Review article, Gurbaxani argued that every firm today competes on the software that drives its business. That doesn’t mean they must sell software. Instead, they must understand the competitive dynamics of software companies, and then adopt management practices of the best ones.

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