The Weekly Insight of the “Future of CIO”: Being "Digital Ready" from Multidimensional Lenses 6/30/2016

The “Future of CIO” Blog has reached 1.3 million page views with 2900+ blog posting in 59+ different categories of leadership, management, strategy, digitalization, change/talent, etc. The content richness is not for its own sake, but to convey the vision and share the wisdom. Here is the weekly insight about digital leadership, IT Management, and Talent Management. Being "Digital Ready" from Multidimensional Lenses  6/30/2016 Closing...

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Three Barriers in Change Management

Be humble, desire insight, squash arrogance, and be cognizance of unknown. Change is inevitable, and the speed of change is increasing. How capable the business is handling change would directly impact on the business competency. However, there is a high failure rate of Change Management statistically. What are the big barriers and how to craft change as an ongoing capability? Ineffective change leadership: Change needs to have reasons:...

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Three Pitfalls in Running a Differentiated Digital IT

IT needs to become more differentiated, integrated, and aware of the organization as a whole. In the static industrial environment, many IT organizations only focus on the commodity level of services to “keep the lights on.” However, today’s digital business environment is unprecedentedly dynamic, complex and uncertain, the differentiation provided by innovative technology allows companies to reach the "long-tail" customer that previously was...

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Running a Digital Ready Talent Management

“Digital Fitting” doesn’t take cookie cutting approach. On the opposite, the beauty is in the color of characters, the distinction of capabilities, and many shades of creativity. People are always the most invaluable asset in businesses. “Hiring the right person for the right position at the right time,” is the mantra of many forward-thinking organizations. The question is how would you define the right people? How do you define wrong, average,...

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Make Digital Leap via Closing Three Blind Spots

To clear the path, whether that be the elimination of obstacles, closing the blind spots, or to provide guidance - so that the business as a whole can take a digital leap and unleash its full potential. Digital means changes, it brings unprecedented opportunities and numerous risks. Being static is no longer a choice for today’s digital professionals or businesses. If you do not move fast enough to adapt to changes, you already lag behind. Furthermore,...

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How to set the Right Priorities for Running Digital IT with Full Speed

Setting priority to leverage limited resources and talent to maximizing business value is an important step in climbing organizational maturity. IT plays a significant role in the digital transformation of the organization because information is permeating into every corner of the business and technology is often the disruptive force of innovation. However, the majority of IT organizations get stuck at the lower level of maturity, overloaded...

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Bridging Three Gaps to Make the Business “Digital Ready”

Being digital ready is both an attitude and a set of the leadership and business capabilities. Although developing and implementing a digital strategy is at the top list of business executives’ agenda, Being digital ready goes beyond just applying the latest technologies, or playing the latest gadget. There are still many gaps need to be close, and there are also a lot of pitfalls on the way. Therefore, truly forward-thinking organizations are taking...

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How to Build an IT Roadmap for Digital Transformation

Building a digital-ready IT roadmap is a proactive approach to well prepare for the digital transformation. Forward-looking IT organizations are on the journey to digital transformation. And strategic IT leaders also build a solid roadmap to show the time sequence of a strategy. A "roadmap" is simply a plan for moving or transitioning, from one state to another. More specifically, how can CIOs build a digital-ready IT roadmap? Roadmaps can...

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