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The magic “I” of CIO sparks many imaginations: Chief information officer, chief infrastructure officer , Chief Integration Officer, chief International officer, Chief Inspiration Officer, Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Influence Office etc. The future of CIO is entrepreneur driven, situation oriented, value-added,she or he will take many paradoxical roles: both as business strategist and technology visionary,talent master and effective communicator,savvy business enabler and relentless cost cutter, and transform the business into "Digital Master"!

The future of CIO is digital strategist, global thought leader, and talent master: leading IT to enlighten the customers; enable business success via influence.

Monday, January 31, 2022

Innovativeleadership

Leadership mindset is open to change, deep to make profound influence; inclusive to embrace diverse viewpoints; empathetic to understanding others, and innovative to do things differently.Digital leaders today should lead by influence, not via brute force. Great leadership is a good combination of advanced mindsets, humble attitudes, unique insight, proficient expertise, and exemplary behaviors, etc. Leadership is both natural and nurtured;...

Inspirational Lunar New Year Celebration

 Isn’t the lunar new year, a turning point to –seasonal change, with a full spectrum of colors, gradients, traditions, awake our consciousness, to grow rapidly, make a progressive leap, determinedly.Plum blossoms, bamboo is growing, remind us of- Spring festival is- coming… Seeds germinate, gradually, air flows, freshly… nature starts- waking up, overflowing with, delight, make us, feel wakefulness, deep inside, accelerate the pace...

Innovativeness

People are the human capital worth investing in a smart way, not just cost or even resource, to catalyze business transformation and drive long term business advantage.We live in a time of rapidly changing technology and business dynamics at the dawn of the Digital Era, The knowledge life cycle is significantly shortened, and a huge skill gap in the workforce needs to be filled due to the continuously updated technology and regulation, digitalization...

Innovatecompliance

Besides automation, a good compliance system must have morals and ethics incorporated into it, something a software application cannot do.In the digital age, with overwhelming growth of information and fast pace of changes, the knowledge life cycle is significantly shortened. The digital workforce today has to practice real critical thinking, learn and relearn all the time, and then apply those lessons to succeed in new situations. Either individually...

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Innatecauseeffectanalysis

Highly effective problem-solvers are capable of highly complex cognition to do cause-effect analysis, with the goal not to complicate the situation, but to figure out premium solutions.Contemporary society is getting more and more complex due to exponential growth of information and frequent disruptions. Problem-solving in the majority of organizations today is woefully inadequate, as people often try to fix the wrong cause of problems but the real...

Incoherence

 Organizations rise and fall, not on the quantum of plans and resources, but on the capabilities to lead and manage, yet most important to execute. Digital makes a significant impact on how we think, live, and work. There is the mix of old and new, physical and virtual, order and chaos. We are in a time of tremendous change, the dawn of the digital age, the path to the next level of digital maturity, also in the era of confusion and information...

Saturday, January 29, 2022

Innovation

If idea generation sometimes is more art than science, then innovation management is more science than art.Innovation is the management process to transform great ideas and achieve their commercial value. Organizations can no longer rely on a single individual or team to drive innovation, largely due to the fact that innovating in today’s digital world has become increasingly complex in nature. Ideas take root in unsuspected places and they evolve...

Innatearchitecture

Adaptive Enterprise Architecture is not the geeky techie stuff, but a coherent view of how the organization fulfills its pursuit of creating and delivering value to customers and improving organizational management discipline.Organizations become over-complex and ever-evolving due to rapid change and uncertainty. The business architecture is a useful adaptive tool for a dynamic and iterative long term strategic planning process that fine tunes the...

Friday, January 28, 2022

Innovation

Digital innovation has a broader spectrum, hybrid nature, and deep context.The digital era upon us is about people, innovation, option, empathy, or simply put, "personalization." Providing personalized services or solutions to its customers will become the new normal to run a people-centric organization. In the digital era, what the business needs is not only faster speed, but also a hyper-connected ecosystem with information/process synchronization...

Inclusiveleadership

Leadership is about vision and directions that steer the organization in the right direction.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 the future and change; direction and dedication; influence and innovation. The purpose of the book: “Leadership Master - Five Digital...

Innovationinvestment

Put emphasis on investing in people-centric innovation, build a balanced investment portfolio, enhance the overall economic value of the portfolio.The business ecosystem is full of complexity and uncertainty, it’s important to understand that there are both opportunities and risks in every investment. The logical investment scenario helps to clarify: Which benefits will be achieved through addressing the key business drivers? Can these business benefits...

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Innovativeness

When the organization has put a stronger emphasis on empowering people, accelerating strategy, catalyzing innovation, and improving people-centricity, it is reaching the inflection point to achieve the next level of organizational maturity.The digital paradigm has many dimensions, it means increasing pace of change and continuous digital disruptions, with high intensity and hyper diversity. It’s easy to get lost without multidimensional thinking....

Innercourage

Being innovative requires a certain tolerance for and acceptance of failure, which is more than just risk tolerance, it’s courageIt’s not difficult being creative to generate fresh ideas, it’s difficult for you to be understood by others most of the time. It’s difficult to break down conventional wisdoms, overcome obstacles to implement those ideas. Creativity requires a certain tolerance for and acceptance of failure, which is more than just...

Insightfulbodassessment

Analogically, governance is not about stopping the corporate vehicle, but to steer it in the right direction with the proper speed.The more complex an organization is; the more effective governance needs to be put in place for improving management maturity. In the corporate scope, there is a variety of complexity; for example, hierarchical complexity is applied to leaders' minds, their roles, and their organizational cultures. Corporate boards play...

Innovativeinsight

Isn’t it a tough journey to celebrate 8600 blog postings - to pursue the digital way of brainstorming, innovating and sharing.The “Future of CIO” Blog has reached 7 million page views with 8600+ blog postings 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...

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