Fostering Innovation: How to Build an Amazing IT Team
- 6h 6m 9s
- Andrew Laudato
- Gildan Media
- 2022
Proven and practical strategies for leading IT teams and departments
In Fostering Innovation: How to Build an Amazing IT Team, accomplished technology strategist, executive, and leader Andrew Laudato delivers an eye-opening exploration of how to design, build, staff, and run a high-performing IT department. The book is filled with universally applicable strategies and techniques that can transform any IT team into an all-star cast perfectly aligned with your organization's objectives.
Incorporating proven and practical processes throughout the narrative, the book offers useful continuous improvement concepts the reader can apply to their team, company, and professional development. Listeners will also find: foolproof ways to put people before technology; detailed discussions of perennially important topics, like the importance of uptime, how to deploy redundancy, and creating the perfect organization chart; and strategies for managing and motivating the wonderfully unique individuals we refer to as "technologists." The perfect resource for newly minted chief information officers and chief technology officers, Fostering Innovation will also earn a place in the libraries of non-technical professionals who work closely with IT, and business leaders seeking a better understanding of how to lead an IT team.
About the Author
ANDREW LAUDATO is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the health and wellness retailer, The Vitamin Shoppe. He leads operations across e-commerce, information technology, enterprise portfolio management, supply chain, strategic sourcing, quality, and commercialization. A leader in digital transformation, he is passionate about the fusion of people, process, and technology. Learn more at andrewlaudato.com.
In this Audiobook
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Introduction
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Chapter 1 - Hey, What Do You Know?
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Chapter 2 - An Amazing IT Department? What's That?
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Chapter 3 - Conventional Wisdom Is Wrong
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Chapter 4 - The Right Foundation
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Chapter 5 - The Laudato Hierarchy of IT Needs
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Chapter 6 - Keep the Lights On <KTLO>
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Chapter 7 - Lean and Efficient IT
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Chapter 8 - Create Value
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Chapter 9 - Let's Innovate
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Chapter 10 - CIO Report Card
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Chapter 11 - Culture Eats Eggs and Strategy Eats Bacon, or Something to that Effect
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Chapter 12 - The Boxes, the Lines, and the Dashes
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Chapter 13 - Org Design-Just Show Me the Answer
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Chapter 14 - Organizational Design and Culture
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Chapter 15 - It's Not the Play, It's the Player
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Chapter 16 - Take Care of Those Peeps
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Chapter 17 - Hire the Best
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Chapter 18 - The Best Team Is a Diverse Team
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Chapter 19 - Using Mercenaries-I Mean, Consultants
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Chapter 20 - The Power of Experts
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Chapter 21 - Build that Network
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Chapter 22 - Good Advice Doesn't Come Cheap; It's Free
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Chapter 23 - The Written Word-a.k.a. IT Strategy
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Chapter 24 - It's the Uptime, Stupid
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Chapter 25 - If It's Important, You Better Get Two
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Chapter 26 - Lock It Down
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Chapter 27 - Lean and Efficient IT
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Chapter 28 - What Should I Work on First?
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Chapter 29 - Limit Your Work in Process <WIP>
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Chapter 30 - One List to Rule Them All
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Chapter 31 - Portfolio/Program/Project Management
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Chapter 32 - Love Your HR Department, Just Don't “Love” Your HR Department
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Chapter 33 - If I Wanted to Be a Lawyer, I Would Have Gone to Law School
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Chapter 34 - Let's Make a Deal
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Chapter 35 - Accounting, My Worst Subject
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Chapter 36 - Learn Your Business, Inside and Out
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Chapter 37 - What You Should Have Learned in Kindergarten
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Chapter 38 - Professionalism Isn't Just Wearing a Suit
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Chapter 39 - What You Do Matters—You're Always on the Clock
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Chapter 40 - Vendors and Frendors
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Chapter 41 - A Word to the Vendors
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Chapter 42 - Be a Cool Customer
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Chapter 43 - Get Your Butt in Shape
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Chapter 44 - When Something Goes Wrong
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Chapter 45 - When Others Come Knocking
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Chapter 46 - What's Wrong with Outsourcing?
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Chapter 47 - Switching Jobs
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Chapter 48 - Technology Matters
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Chapter 49 - Conclusion
