Thursday, May 7, 2020

The Insight of the Week 5/1-5/7 “Future of CIO” May 2020

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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.


The Arrival of IT Enabled Organizational Capacity & Capability on Demand With “VUCA” digital new normal, IT continues to grow in importance to organizations, both operationally and as a competitive advantage. Digital IT organizations achieve high-performance business results and strategic flexibility by developing a set of differentiated business competencies.

Following Logic Steps and Covering the Full Spectrum of Practices to Establish IT Governance The information is growing exponentially and the speed of business is accelerated, opportunities and risks coexist. IT governance is a critical responsibility and a subset of corporate governance. In practice, governance needs to be a complementary part of strategic management. IT Governance discipline should include not only IT-driven business solutions but also IT PMO, IT Policies, IT Processes, IT Change Management, etc. It all depends upon the complexity, size, and maturity of the business. The formal IT governance can be established via the logic steps and cover the full spectrum of business practices.

Forecast-Based Decision-Making A decision is needed when there is uncertainty. Decision-making is both art and science. As a matter of fact, decision-making is one of the most critical and sophisticated activities for business leaders and professionals today, and at the strategic level, the outcome of decision making will directly make an impact on the survival or thriving of the business.

Apply EA as a Set of Practical Tools to Drive Business Transformation The value of Enterprise Architecture is a combination of a long-term perspective with some quick wins. Classically, EA delivers value from a long-term strategic alignment perspective, helps to orchestrate the organizational interrelationships, and brings together purpose, aesthetics, usage, etc, to generate a dynamic ecosystem. Forward-looking organizations apply EA as a set of practical tools to lead change and drive business transformation effortlessly.

The Challenges for Effective Execution With the overwhelming growth of information and rapid change, businesses are competing in a multi-speed world where variation between geographic locations and vertical sectors has never been greater. Companies across industries need to weave all critical business factors such as processes, technologies, people, culture, etc, into differentiated business competencies, and overcome the varying challenges for improving the strategy execution success rate.

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