Driving Competitive Strategy Through Thought Leadership
CIOs Need...
- C-Level exchange in an exclusive, trusting environment
- Leading-edge trends and practices from researchers and other thought leaders
- Actionable, pragmatic results
...to succeed as respected members of the executive team driving innovation for competitive advantage.
The Advanced Practices Council (APC) meets those needs. It's an exclusive forum for senior IT executives who value directing and applying pragmatic research; exploring emerging IT issues in-depth; and hearing different, global perspectives from colleagues across industries.
Information Lifecycle Management - Executive Summary
Effective information lifecycle management can minimize business risk, reduce costs, and increase control over data. SIM’s Advanced Practices Council (APC) members sponsored a year-long study to learn how to reap these benefits. The report summarizes findings from that study, citing twelve lessons learned from early information lifecycle initiatives. Access to this and many other reports can be gained by joining the APC. Click on the link above to view the Executive Summary.
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Driving Competitive Strategy Through Thought Leadership
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What Makes APC Unique
APC is the only program for CIOs that provides:
- Leading-edge, practical research
- Global perspectives of peers across multiple industries
- An intimate network of trusted advisors
- Limited to 40 members each year with no vendor presence
Since members set their learning agenda and direct the research, they get the results they seek. Insights and solutions can be applied to their businesses right away, while they have exclusive access to research results to ensure competitive advantage.
Founded in 1991 by Warren McFarlan of the Harvard Business School, the APC is widely known as the "must-attend" CIO forum. Grounded in thought leadership and member-directed research, and designed to stimulate strategic solutions for common business issues, APC is ideal for C-level executives who are looking to achieve superior business results.
Join APC. It's more than just another CIO program - it is an exponential growth opportunity that will more than pay for itself in value.
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Allan Alter interviewed APC Program Director Madeline Weiss and University of Houston Bauer School of Business professor Blake Ives regarding agility ability
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What Leading IT Executives Say About Their APC Experience
“I receive invitations to C-level programs daily and have experienced many of the competing programs. APC comes out #1 in terms of bang for the buck – pragmatic practitioners want access to leading-edge research and strategies that will bring knowledge and solutions back to our companies.”
Jim Noble, Managing Director, Global Infrastructure Solutions, Merrill Lynch & Co.
"The APC is my main vehicle for maintaining relationships with CIOs whom I trust to share ideas and solicit input. APC research differs from the research I receive from other organizations in two important ways. First, the researchers are unbiased academics who aren’t selling their points of view. They gather information, detect trends and themes, and present findings and insights in pragmatic ways. Second, each project is phased so that we can react to interim learning and shape the next phases of the research."
June Drewry, Global CIO, Chubb & Son
"APC is a unique program that delivers immeasurable value to me. The research is top-notch and challenges my old approaches, keeping me ahead in a very tough environment. The informal interaction provides me with a sounding board of peers who are successful in their own businesses across industries."
Steve Pickett, VP IT and CIO, Penske Corporation
"Any organization that is serious about taking advantage of the best IT research services should have SIM APC as a component."
Jim Tosone, Pfizer
Current APC Member Companies
· Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
· Allstate Insurance Company
· Amtrak
· Armstrong World Industries
· Aviall
· Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
· BP
· Carpenter Technology Corporation
· Centene Corporation
· Children's Hospital and Health System
· Christiana Healthcare System
· Chubb & Sons
· FINRA
· Ford Foundation
· Freddie Mac
· Johnson Controls, Inc.
· Key Energy Services Inc.
· Lancaster General Health System
· Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
· Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
· Mueller Water Products
· NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
· Nissan USA
· Partners Healthcare System, Inc.
· Penske Corporation
· PepsiCo, Inc.
· Pfizer Incorporated
· Roche Diagnostics
· Rockefeller Group International
· UMass Memorial Healthcare
· U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
· U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Benefits that Expand Beyond the APC
Membership in APC is included within SIM’s Enterprise Premier membership package, which offers a rich array of value-add opportunities. For more information on these additional benefits visit the SIM Corporate Membership page for details.
Learn More About the APC
To learn more and determine whether SIM's APC program is a strategic fit in attaining your organization’s business goals, contact APC Program Director Madeline Weiss at madeline.weiss@verizon.net.