The Big Pitfalls of Big Data

There’s no doubt Big Data creating big value for businesses, however, reality could be much different than predictions. This is actually happening nowadays, in this technologically advancing and innovative world even the predictions made on much comprehensive data are getting wrong. So what could make such projects turn bad, what’s the limitation of data analytics, and what are the pitfalls of managing Big Data? Do not understand business...

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How to Measure ROI on Talent Management

The more definable "Return on Expectations” need to define what business results you are hoping to achieve. People are the most critical asset in organizations today, business is also moving from treating talent as a human resource to thinking talent as human capital, not just the cost, but the investment for the future, and from extended research, there are clear linkages between strategic talent practices and improved corporate performance....

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From Mind ‘Set’ to Mind Flow

Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier. -Dorthea Brande Change is about moving forward and improving. People are complicated, probably the most complicated 'thing' on the planet, but it doesn't mean we can't change to improve who we are and what we're doing, the critical step in change is to change one’s mindset, perhaps our mind should never get set, but keep flowing, to compete with the speed of the machine, the speed of wind,...

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Shall you Support the ‘Hybrid’ Agile Framework

Every Agile methodology has its own characteristics. There are emergent methodologies fit in Agile toolbox, Agile process tools such as Scrum, Lean Kanban, Extreme Programming XP and others bring their own characteristics and advantages to the table. So can you mix different Agile Frameworks and be successful, or the other side of question is, "can you not mix and be successful"? The technology team should use whatever processes and artifacts...

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The Key Words to Convey Value of Strategy

"Let your plans be as dark as night and then strike like a thunderbolt". -Sun Tzu: A real strategy is neither a document nor a forecast but rather an overall approach based on a diagnosis of a challenge. Here are the highlighted keywords to convey the value of strategy. The strategy is to envision the way forward to a predetermined goal, de-risk to the maximum possible extent while contending with unforeseen circumstances that may arise; it...

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Is Innovation a Science?

Innovation is the art in the eyes of the artist; innovation is the science in the mind of the scientist; innovation is the bridge between art and science.  Creativity is about thinking a new idea, and innovation is about creating or doing the new things, so is innovation serendipitous or is innovation a science or art? If there is such a thing as 'innovation science', then what are its core principles, practices & operational theories? Innovation...

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How to Achieve True Business and IT Partnership

The true IT-business partnership is not only possible but the ‘must-have’ in order to build a high-performance organization. Some say there’s an inherent conflict between business and IT, is it true, why are always so many arguments between business and IT, is it possible to achieve a true partnership between Business and IT? If so, what're the key factors and how to achieve it? 1. Trust is Needed from Both Sides  There is an inherent...

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Is EA ‘Golden’ Ratio: 70% Strategic & 30% Tactical?

“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”  - Sun Tzu Enterprise Architecture is regarded as a discipline linking strategy formation to strategy execution - a "strategic conversation" is based on the shared, systematic model of enterprise that is the enterprise architecture description. EA is one form of formal 'strategic conversation' that links strategy to technical...

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What is the ONE most important thing to focus on when adopting Agile?

Agile is an emergent and complex methodology, besides trust, continuous-improvement, understanding agile, communication, stories, the emphasis also needs to put on communication and clarity, adaptation and inspection..,  Agile as emergent software project methodology becomes mainstream, however, Agile adoption can be complicated. There are rituals, tools, artifacts, meetings, etc... it's a BIG change. What is the highest priority for helping...

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Initiatingchange

Change is always there; improvement can only be there if people accept change. Change is the only constant, indeed, even change itself changes, but more than two-thirds of organizational change management effort fails, what’s the change all about, why is change so hard, is change equal to improvement? Not every change is an improvement, but every improvement is definitely a change. For change to be embraced by stakeholders, they ultimately...

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Innatelearningbods

In the contemporary corporate board, ''learning'' and ''performance'' are key fundamental themes of better organizational governance. Due to the increasing velocity and variety of changes in the digital era, corporate board, as one of the most significant governance bodies, also faces the unprecedented changes, including the new perspective of boardroom composition, the priority of boardroom agenda, the stakeholder engagement, as well as the...

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Inherent Interdisciplinarity

Strategic Managers see 'blue ocean' currents; Operational Managers only see 'red ocean' currents. Strategic management as long-term planning requires a vision. In other words, a company needs to define where it wants to be in a decade or two (what's the vision) and how they want to get there (Strategy) and then Operational Management will translate the long-term plans into smaller scale plans to operationalize the move toward the vision. Strategic...

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What are Key Practical Steps to Improve IT Performance?

The first thing is to listen to the other side - "the users." How to achieve IT efficiency, effectiveness, and agility is the goal every CIO wants to pursue, however, It is not easy because it requires changing the culture and getting the buy-in of the IT resources. Also, in reality, the problem is that quite often productivity metrics are nearly nonexistent in organizations for most of IT functions and monitoring is not an easy task. Though...

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What are the Top Reasons that Fail Innovation in IT Organizations

Often old IT thinking cannot move fast enough in the age of the digitalization. An IT organization has three dimensions to focus on: Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Agility. Often time the focus is on the first one where the last two support innovation. So what are the top reasons that kill innovation and value creation in IT organization? Traditional business culture: How to create and grow a start-up spirit inside people in a large organization?...

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Business Intelligence - NICE to have, or MUST have

Big Data has Big Value if exploring it effectively.Business Intelligence or more specifically, Data Analytics is at its evolutionary journey, from descriptive analytics, predictive analytics to prescriptive analytics, for organizations large or small, is it nice to have or a must have. It depends on the type of companies and the maturity of the decisions makers. Nowadays it is a must for some businesses and nice to have for others, depending on...

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Is Business Risk Process Driven or People Driven?

Both people and processes need to be orchestrated via the latest technology in order to move up from risk mitigation to risk intelligence. Organizations today are hyper-complex and inter-connected;  they, therefore, face more business risks than ever, so more specifically, what are the causes of business risks, process-driven or people-driven, and how to manage risk more intelligently. 1.  Both Process and People factors Contribute to...

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