The Weekly Insight of the “Future of CIO” 6/27/2019

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The “Future of CIO” Blog has reached 3 million page views with 5800+ blog posting in 59+ different categories of leadership, management, strategy, digitalization, change/talent, etc. The “Digital Master” book series includes 28books to share insight from the multidimensional digital lens and perceive the multi-faceted impact the digital era upon us is making to the businesses and society. 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.


Master Pairs of Paradoxical Roles of Innovation Leadership Leadership is all about change and innovation. We all know that the "good old days" of prospects knocking on your door are gone. The businesses and the world have stepped into the digital era with "VUCA" characteristics (Velocity, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity). Innovation is the most desired change. As change is often uncomfortable, yet the necessary part of reaching the future and sustaining business success. Innovative leaders are in strong demand, they are able to think of new ways to run the business and master the paradoxical roles of innovation leadership effortlessly.

The Monthly “Digital Boardroom” Book Tuning: The Strategic Competencies of Corporate Board June 2019 Modern corporate boards play significant roles in guiding businesses in the right direction and achieve expected business results. Due to the “VUCA” characteristics -Complexity, Uncertainty, Ambiguity, and Velocity of the Digital Era, the directorship in any organization must have the agility to adapt to changes and build abilities to advise, inspire and motivate a group of people toward accomplishing shared visions and goals.

The New Book “100 IT Charms” Conclusion: Shape High Mature IT Organization Organizations across vertical sectors rely more and more on information technology, and IT needs will only expand. Thus, the CIO’s ability to build differentiated business capability is now greater than ever. How well an IT organization can adapt to the dynamic environment directly affects the future of the business. IT charm is based on its core competency and unique styles of influence to run a digital organization. Slideshare Presentation

Leading Digital Transformation Steadfastly By Dealing with a Set of Paradoxes Smoothly Digital transformation represents the next stage of business maturity, which will improve how the organization works and interacts with its ecosystem, making people at the center of its focus. There is no prescribed formula to digital transformation. Building the bridge between today and the future requires vision, enthusiasm, planning, capabilities, and actions. It’s important to strike the right balance of a set of paradoxes and commit to a more responsive way of working to lead digital transformation steadfastly.

Running IT as Innovation Accelerator Digital transformation represents a break from the past, with a high level of impact and complexity. Innovations in the digital era are coming at seemingly much fast space, IT can contribute significantly to business innovation because business initiatives today nearly always involve some form of IT facilitating for predicting, automating, changing, and innovating. The frequent disruptions and fierce competitions push businesses to speed up and grasp growth opportunities by running IT as innovation accelerator.

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