The Monthly “Leadership Master” Book Tuning: Critical Thinking & Digital Leadership July 2018

 Critical thinking is to apply the objective analysis of either making judgments or decisions. Leadership is complex yet simple: Complex in that there are so many traits and characteristics that are considered when evaluating a leader. Simplicity in that the substance of leadership never changes, it’s all about future and change; direction and dedication; influence and innovation. The purpose of the book: Leadership Master - Five Digital Trends...

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The Digital CIO’s Self-Reflection to Thrive as the Great Leader

There is a distinct difference between a great CIO and an average CIO in terms of identifying and implementing competitive advantages and being a high business influencer.  Change is the new normal with rapid pace, information is growing overwhelmingly, and complexity has increased exponentially. IT plays a critical role in leading change, driving innovation, and running a high-performance digital business today. The digital CIO is not a static...

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The Monthly “IT Innovation” Book Tuning: IT Innovation & Intrapreneurship July 2018

 Being entrepreneurial is first the mindset, then an attitude and skills are the easier part to be developed.  Within abundant information and emergent digital technologies, IT is a key component of holistic business mindset to re-imagine “what is possible” - unleashing business potentials and improving business efficiency, effectiveness, agility, and maturity. The art of possible to reinvent IT in the digital age is to deliver the...

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Five Digital Themes of High Mature Digital Organization

The high mature digital organization is complex enough to act intelligently and nimble enough to adapt to changes promptly. With increasing speed of changes and exponential growth of information, today’s companies need to be organized in running with quantum speed. It means that the organizations have to embed digital across the organization, expand to every dimension of the company, to emphasize communication, participation, relationships, and...

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The Monthly Insight of “Digital Balance”: Five “HOW”s to Strike Digital Balance July 2018

Like running up to the string, keeping digital balance is critical in reaching digital aptitude. We are experiencing the dynamics of the most significant business transformation since the industrial revolution. The majority of us will work in an organization that is somewhere between old and new; at both industrial speed and digital speed; It is more critical than ever to maintain the right level of digital balance. In fact, striking the right...

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CIOs as “Chief insight Officer” How to Unlock business Insight from Different Angles

Digital CIOs need to capture the full business insight and develop all necessary skills to catalyze business growth and continually manage business solution deliverable. The world is becoming hyper-connected & interdependent every day, and as a consequence, every successful business is exploring the digital way to do things for making the leap forward. At the same time, the business dynamic is only becoming more complex, uncertain, and ambiguous....

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The Monthly “100 Digital Rules” Book Tuning: Digital Change Management Principle July 2018

A well-defined set of digital rules are not for limiting innovation, but for setting the frame of relevance and guide through changes and digital transformation. The purpose of “100 Digital Rules: Setting Guidelines to Explore Digital New Normal “ is to establish digital principles and update business policies that can be applied holistically and guide the digital transformation systematically. Digital rules are based on a set of fundamental...

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The Popular Quotes about “Creativity & Innovation” in “Digital Master” Book Series

Innovation is a question of ambition, and imagination, not a question of investment only. “Digital Master” is the series of guidebooks (23+ books) to perceive the multi-faceted impact digital is making to the businesses and society, help forward-thinking organizations navigate through the journey in a systematic way, and avoid “rogue digital.” It perceives the emergent trends of digital leadership, advises on how to run a digital IT organization...

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Develop Digital Literacy Across the Enterprise

Digital literacy is not about reading and writing; but about how skillfully you can swim in the sea of information to update knowledge and how fluently you can connect the interdisciplinary dots to spark creativity.   With evolutionary digital technologies and overwhelming growth of information, digital literacy is the ability to effectively navigate, create, and evaluate information by leveraging a range of digital technologies for...

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The Popular Quotes about “Creativity & Innovation” in “Digital Master” Book Series II

Innovative leaders today are digital conductors, problem-solvers, and culture influencers. "Digital Master” is the series of guidebooks (23+ books) to perceive the multi-faceted impact digital is making to the businesses and society, help forward-thinking organizations navigate through the journey in a systematic way, and avoid “rogue digital.” It perceives the emergent trends of digital leadership, advises on how to run a digital IT organization...

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Three Aspects of IT-Woven Digitalization Framework

IT has to continue to evolve the digital dynamic and reinvent itself as a strategic business partner and an innovative game changer.  Digital is fluid, digital is also complex. It becomes complex if things do interact, particularly in the case of nonlinear interactions in today’s dynamic digital ecosystem. IT provides an important structure and framework to streamline the processes and orchestrate the digital transformation. The well-developed...

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The Weekly Insight of the “Future of CIO” 7/27/2018

Blogging is not about writing, but about thinking, brainstorming, innovating and sharing. The “Future of CIO” Blog has reached 2.5 million page views with 4800+ 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 of digital leadership, IT Management, and Talent Management. The...

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Is your Board too Backward-looking

Leadership or directorship is about setting directions and inspiring changes. Digital means the increasing speed of changes, the exponential growth of information, hyperconnectivity, and always-on business dynamic. How successful organizations can handle continuous digital disruptions depends on how capable the board and business management can lead effectively across the ever-changing environment and how fast people can adapt to changes. When change...

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Systemizing, Synchronizing, and Harmonizing Digital IT Organization

Digital IT is no longer an isolated support function. IT should be integral to and knowledgeable of the business, aligned with enterprise objectives, as an enabler, a facilitator, and a digital conductor. Running at digital speed with unprecedented convenience brought by digital technologies, people tend to have the high expectation of information flow, very little patience with technology issues. Thus, IT has a lot of challenges to overcome nowadays....

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