The Monthly “100 IT CHARMS” Book Tuning: The Characteristics of IT Maturity Aug. 2019

IT is no longer just an enabler of the business strategy, but becomes an integral part of the strategy.  The purpose of the book “100 IT Charms: Running Versatile IT to get Digital Ready“ is to articulate different flavors of digital IT organizations and brainstorm the best and next practices for running highly innovative and high-performance IT. Digital charm is not based on the style presented on the surface but on a set of unique competencies...

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What’s Inside the BoD’s Tool Box

The board directors who are equipped with a set of powerful tools have the advantage of communicating effectively and deciding wisely. Due to the “VUCA” characteristics -complexity, uncertainty, ambiguity and velocity of the digital era, the directorship in any organization becomes more critical and challenging. The purpose of the governing body, or board of directors, is to direct the organization in the right direction, practice governance discipline,...

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People-centric Innovation

In the rapidly evolving business and economic systems, innovation management is very complex but critical for the firm’s survival and thriving. Nowadays the business ecosystem is so hyper-connected and interdependent, people all over the world can share information, co-develop new knowledge and co-create fresh ideas. Innovation management today is interdisciplinary, people-centric, and involves applied science (engineering), art (design), cognition...

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The Monthly Organizational Structure Tuning: Tuning Organizational Structure for Change Aug. 2019

Forward-looking organizations leverage the latest technologies to fine tune the organizational structure and improve the business changeability.  Digital makes a significant impact on every aspect of the business from people, process to technology, both horizontally and vertically. Digital becomes the very fabric of high performing business, being outside-in and customer-centric is the new mantra for forward-looking and high mature digital...

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The Best “Creative leadership” Quotes of “Digital Master” Aug. 2019

Creative Leadership is great when you think, act and enable others with a creative spirit that drives positive changes. "Digital Master” is a series of guidebooks (28 + 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, provides advice on...

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Five Facets of Strategic CIOs

Being strategic means CIOs should always stay focused on the big picture of the business, value creation and strategic impact. With the increasing pace of changes and fast-growing information, clearly, the role of IT is at the inflection point to go through significant changes. IT shouldn’t be just satisfied with the surviving mode, it has to be thriving. How well an IT organization can adapt to the dynamic environment directly affects the future...

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The Weekly Insight of the “Future of CIO” 8/30/2019

Blogging is not about writing, but about thinking, brainstorming, innovating and sharing. The “Future of CIO” Blog has reached 3 million page views with 5900+ blog posting in 59+ different categories of leadership, management, strategy, digitalization, change/talent, etc. The “Digital Master” book series includes 28 books to share insight from the multidimensional digital lens and perceive the multi-faceted impact the digital era upon us is making...

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The Best “Intellectual Curiosity” Quotes of “Digital Master” Aug. 2019

 The clear manifestation of intellectual curiosity is to ask good questions, the open questions, the profound questions and the thought provoking questions. "Digital Master” is a series of guidebooks (28 + 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...

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Brightening Up the Path of Going Digital by Uncovering Three “Hidden Spots”

The digital transformation is now spreading rapidly to enable organizations of all shapes and sizes to reinvent themselves.  The characteristics of digital business are dynamic, hyper-connected, and interdependent, different companies are at a different stage of its business life cycle. Re-imagining the future of digital business is exciting, but investigating the different path of business growth and digital transformation is a tough journey....

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The Monthly “Dot Connections”: Strategic vs. Operational Management Dot Connection Aug. 2019

Strategic Managers see 'blue ocean' currents; Operational Managers only see 'red ocean' currents. The effects of an increasingly digitized world are now reaching into every corner of businesses and every aspect of organizations. Organization of the Future is an organization designed openly for anyone with ideas on how human organizations ought to be contrived in the face of the strategic imperatives of the digital era. The work is not the place...

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The Best “Stereotype” Quotes of “Digital Master” Aug. 2019

Apply wisdom to break down any superficial, stereotypical and other negative mindsets, and equip yourself with a learning, growth, adaptive, and high-mature digital mind. "Digital Master” is a series of guidebooks (28 + 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...

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Five Characteristics of IT Maturity

IT touches both hard business processes and soft human behavior. IT maturity directly impacts the overall business competency and maturity. With rapid changes, exponential growth of information and often technology led disruptions, the role of IT in the current business environment should  enable business outcomes, catalyze enterprise growth, and build organizational competency. Many companies are reaching the inflection point of digital transformation....

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The Monthly Keyword Summary: Prioritization Aug. 2019

 There're always some constraints for businesses to explore new opportunities or deploy new ideas, therefore, evaluation and prioritization are taken place to leverage resource and improve effectiveness. From one generation to the next, the substance of leadership does not change, it’s about the future, change, and influence. However, digital leadership trends will continue to emerge. Here is a set of featured blogs to dig into the keyword...

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The Corporate Board Change Fit

Leadership or directorship is about setting directions and inspiring changes. Change is the only constant, and the speed of change is increasing rapidly. The corporate board directors should become interactive change agents that represent the organization, stockholders, and senior management, make significant influences on setting digital tones and shaping the digital mindset of the organization, both walk the talk and talk the walk and set the...

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How to Deal with Business Dynamic with “Unpredictability, Uncertainty, and Unrepeatability”

It is no surprise that there is a tension between “old and new,” from the business model, mindset, process or practice perspectives. The tides of change and waves of disruptions indicate that business leaders couldn’t predict the future with a certain degree of accuracy. To tackle great challenges with grand consequences over long time spans, they need to become highly visible, proactive, and innovative for dealing with an unprecedented level...

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The Monthly “Performance Master’ Book Tuning:The Performance Management Dashboard Aug. 2019

A well-designed dashboard is an effective management tool for enabling business leaders to make better decisions and lead change in the right direction. Corporate Performance Management is a management control from strategy to the shop floor. "If you can't measure, you can't manage," legendary management guru Peter Drucker once asserted. Managing performance means understanding results, setting metrics, fixing plans, and making decisions to ensure...

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