Editor's Pick: Crisis in Tech: Who Can Save Companies When Execs Go Off the Rails?

Crisis in Tech: Who Can Save Companies When Execs Go Off the Rails?

Rob Enderle Oct 29, 2018 8:54 AM PT

"Too many digital leaders have lost their minds," Kara Swisher recently wrote, citing some frightening examples of poor leadership. She pointed to the solution adopted by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who hired a chief ethical officer -- but I think that would just repeat the mistake we made with chief risk officers around a decade ago. The risk managers had responsibility but no real authority. [More...]

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