Thursday, July 23, 2020

The Insight of the Week 7/17-7/23 “Future of CIO” July 2020

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The “Future of CIO” Blog has reached 3 million page views with 6900+ 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.


Cause-Effect of IT Planning Fallacy IT management is complex and multifaceted, IT planning is an integral component of business strategic planning. To make planning effective and practical, IT leaders must ensure the organization has a clear vision, well-defined strategic goals, and gain the contextual understanding of the inter-connectivity of both visible and invisible business success factors. However, in practice, the planning fallacy is common inside and outside of the organization at both strategic and operational management level. Here are some cause-effects of IT planning fallacy.

Explore People Dimensions of GRC at the Boardroom
The characteristics of digital business are interdependent, dynamic, volatile, uncertain, hypercompetitive, and people-centric. It requires interdisciplinary management practices and high-level GRC maturity. At the Board level, it requires a strategic and forward-looking perspective, dealing in “VUCA” new normal, “think the unthinkable,” “ask the unpalatable question,” and exploring the people dimension of GRC to accelerate business performance and maturity.

The “Logic” Behind Business Scenes Digital organizations are dynamic and ever-evolving systems with a set of interwoven threads. It is important to realize that there are basic principles and rules that make it work and there are different types of business logic and methodology behind business scenes.The logic was discovered, much as we discover mathematical truths. Logic is often nonlinear and multidimensional in today’s “VUCA” world.

Information Technology as a Systematic Business Value Generator
In today’s digital business ecosystem with the exponential growth of information and ever-evolving digital technologies, Information Management is a key differentiator between high-performing organizations and mediocre companies. The key to reinventing IT is about engaging the whole organization in knowing and understanding the direction and strategic planning of the business, handling concurrency, creating business synergy, and generating differentiated business value.

The Monthly Learning Summary: Knowledge Management on Demand July 2020
High organizational learning relates to high response in recognizing and addressing system constraints, and adapts to the ever-changing environment. With the increasing pace of changes and the cutting-throat competitions, to effectively respond to the digital dynamics, either individually or collectively, continuous learning becomes an important skill for capability building and prerequisite of developing changeability.

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