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• How to build a platform for volunteers to teach the digital curriculum

  Inside the Voluntari.ly weekend hackfest in Manukau

• The CIO voice in the boardroom: The skills you need to be heard

  A savvy CIO boardroom influencer will boost cross-departmental collaboration. Not just to increase efficiency or cut costs but to create true partnerships at the top where they can demonstrate leadership, writes Rosie Cairnes of Skillsoft

• 8 essential roles for a successful digital transformation

  CIOs scouring the earth to fill technical roles are likely ignoring the 'medium digital' skills required to round out their digital transformations. Here are the lesser-known digital roles CIOs should target.

• Online MBA programme at University of Otago gets tech overhaul

  “It allowed us to reach a completely new market and deliver an on-campus experience to people who live nowhere near a campus,” says Ian Lafferty, director, executive programmes.

• 6 effective strategies for improving employee retention

  It's difficult when we lose someone who's a rock star… But that's one of the things you have to be prepared for.

• 10 tips for job hunting while you’re still employed

  Job hunting while you're currently position can be tricky. Candidates who are employed typically fare better, but not without risk. Here’s how to balance your current job and your career search — without getting cut.

• Mark Powell: From the boardroom to the academe

  The former Chief Executive Officer of The Warehouse, talks about being the first ‘CEO in residence’ at Massey University.
  

• CIOs help 'future-proof' ICT education

  Meet industry executives who act as education advisors and mentors to the next generation of IT leaders.

• ​Phil Brimacombe: Technologists to business leaders

  The head of corporate services at NorthTec is an example of how CIOs can transition to different sectors and posts in the executive suite.

• Building blocks of leadership

  ​When Hannes van Zyl became CIO at Hawkins Group, the staff were ‘screaming for IT.’ But after laying the foundations for the new business technology platform, he ponders on the next mission for ICT.

• The DNA of successful New Zealand CIOs

  Today’s CIOs are not boxed in as IT managers, but executives who can provide business solutions – and the successful ones share four characteristics, according to Hays Information Technology.

• Montessori at work

  Businesses can learn from the principles espoused by a doctor and educator that changed the game for schools at the start of the 20th century – and continues to today.
  
  

• Career watch: Why more CIOs are getting MBAs

  New Zealand CIOs reveal the upsides – and challenges – of getting the additional qualification.

• The CIO as peacekeeper

  John Holley ventures into an unfamiliar territory to most CIOs - to South Sudan, as a planning officer for the United Nations Mission. He talks about the upsides of taking a ‘career sabbatical’ and how CIOs can do the same - without leaving the country, or their respective organisations.