IT Agility Sum Up: Agile Dot Connection

Agility within and of itself is a strategy.  Agility is not only the ability to create the change, but also the capability to adapt to the changes. Within an IT, organizational agility should be defined as the speed in which the organization can enable the enterprise's goals and objectives as IT strategy is an integral element of business strategy. Agile is a culture as well! It is important to recognize that moving to Agile may require a...

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"CIO Master” Book Preview: Chapter 5 Thirteen Digital Flavored IT

You can choose your own favorite ‘digital flavor’ to run a highly effective IT organization to strengthen your strength or strengthen the weakness. In today's digital business environment, information is the lifeblood, and technology touches every phase and each corner of the business, IT running in an industrial mode as a business controller or cost center  no longer fits in the fast changing business circumstances or volatile digital...

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Three Questions to Assess a Person’s Self-Awareness

A self-awareness mind continues to practice reflective thinking. Self-awareness has generally been viewed as an individual attribute, it’s the introspect and ability to understand your own personality, emotion, thought processes, habit., etc. Knowing who you are and how you react and respond in different situations can help you understand and improve the cognitive, relational and assertive actions you take on a day to day basis. It could also...

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IT Agility Sum Up: Agile Pitfalls

Agility within and of itself is a strategy.  Agility is not only the ability to create the change, but also the capability to adapt to the changes. Within an IT, organizational agility should be defined as the speed in which the organization can enable the enterprise's goals and objectives as IT strategy is an integral element of business strategy. Agile is a culture as well! It is important to recognize that moving to Agile may require...

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“CIO Master” Book Preview: Chapter 4 CIO as Talent Master Introduction

Discover the right talent at the mindset level. People are always the most invaluable asset in any business. “Hiring the right person with the right capability for the right position at the right time,” is the mantra for any forward-looking organization at the Digital Era. The point is how would you define the right people, how do you define wrong, average, mediocre, good, great or extraordinary person? Is IT skills gap fact or fiction? Shall you...

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Three Stages to Reach Digital Maturity

Reaching digital maturity is a multi-dimensional pursuit. Going Digital is no brainer. However, reaching a high level of digital maturity is a thorny journey. Organizations need to make continuous check-up: Are you crafting a good digital strategy about the future and positioning appropriately for your place within it? Do you have enough resource to implement the digital strategy? Are you achieving the desired outcomes? Are you transforming to...

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“CIO Master” Book Preview: Chapter 3 “CIOs as Change Agents” Introduction

People are the weakest link, also the very reason for any changes. Change is inevitable. And the speed of change is accelerating. Often information abundance catalyzes change, and technology is the disruptive force behind changes. Hence, CIOs shouldn’t get pushed for the changes, they are actually in a better position to play a role as change agent. Many forward-looking organizations empower their CIOs as forerunners to drive changes and lead digital...

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IT Agility Sum Up: Agile Mindset Tuning

Agility within and of itself is a strategy.  Agility is not only the ability to create the change, but also the capability to adapt to the changes. Within an IT, organizational agility should be defined as the speed in which the organization can enable the enterprise's goals and objectives as IT strategy is an integral element of business strategy. Agile is a culture as well! It is important to recognize that moving to Agile may require...

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