Thursday, April 9, 2020

The Insight of the Week 4/3-4/10 “Future of CIO”/2020

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The “Future of CIO” Blog has reached 3 million page views with 6600+ 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 to 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.


Use IT Architecture as a Practical Tool to Improve Organizational Maturity Due to the pervasive technology update and information penetration, businesses today not just use IT as a digital extension, but leverage IT across the company to maximize the business value.IT architecture has two purposes: one is to support the “maintenance” by describing how IT should be in its current states to “keep the lights on” efficiently; the other is to describe how IT enables business change, especially the large scale digital transformation when the well-defined vision is implemented and in the various stepping stages on the way to reach the higher level of organizational maturity.

The Characteristics of Digital-Ready Board The digital journey for organizations today is inevitable and unstoppable, it is important to understand that digital transformation is multifaceted, business optimization and integration need to be done with a “big picture.”Digital savvy Board of Directors as the advising role is responsible to steer the organization in the right direction, understand what's required and how as a high-level basis of going digital means to the business. A digital-ready board with the following characteristics has the advantage of pulling enough resources and pushing the business forward confidently.

The Monthly “Unpuzzling Innovation” Book Tuning: Innovation Competency Apr. 2020 Digital is the age of innovation. And innovation is what leads to differentiation. There are many ways to differentiate and, therefore, there are many ways to pursue innovation. Digital Master refers to those high-performing, highly innovative and high-mature (less than 15%) digital organizations; at the individual level. Digital Masters are those cross-generational digital professionals who are equipped with advanced digital minds and build a unique set of digital capabilities. Talking about innovation is not new nowadays, everybody, every organization now is talking about innovation. It's been at or near the top of the business or economics agenda for a long time. However, there is a lot of confusion about innovation and there is no magic sauce to guarantee its success. Innovation is not serendipity, but a discipline.

Capture Multiple Views to Describe the Future State of Business The business transformation journey is full of velocity and uncertainty, thus, a clear vision is in demand and it’s important to capture multiple views to describe the future state of the business. You will also need to tailor the communication of these views to different stakeholders, focus on defining what would appear to be the goals of the business in x years and how the organization and systems would be structured to meet that.

The Monthly “100 Digital Pitfalls” Book Tuning: The Opposite of Digital Mentality Apr. 2020 Digital makes a significant impact on how we think, live, and work. There is a 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 overload. Therefore, it’s critical to identify, understand, and avoid pitfalls, discover strategic and predictive pathways to change, increase confidence, position a brand and leverage resources to make the digital paradigm shift effortlessly.

Blogging is not about writing, but about thinking about the new ideas; it’s not just about WHAT to say, but about WHY to say, and HOW to say it. It reflects the color and shade of your thought patterns, and it indicates the peaks and curves of your thinking waves. Unlike pure entertainment, quality and professional content takes time for digesting, contemplation and engaging, and therefore, it takes time to attract the "hungry minds" and the "deep souls." It’s the journey to amplify diverse voices and deepen digital footprints, and it's the way to harness your innovative spirit.

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