In the close to 60 years that I have been working in and around the information technology (IT) space, we have experienced, and are continuing to experience extraordinary advances in computing power, storage and communications capabilities, and in how we interface and interact with all this. In today’s digital world, technology is no longer aContinue reading “The Digital Transformation Stalemate”
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Portfolio Management – The Bridge to Value
This article originally appeared as an April 8, 2021 blog at amplify-now.com. “There is nothing worse than doing well that which should not be done at all.” Peter Drucker “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” Lewis Carroll At the heart of creating value from our investments in digitalContinue reading “Portfolio Management – The Bridge to Value”
Changing Culture to Maximize Enterprise Value
I recently gave a webinar to the Association for Project Management (APM) in the UK on this topic. I’m providing a brief summary of the webinar in this post, and you can watch the actual Webinar here. The webinar starts ~ 2mins 35 secs into the recording and is ~50 mins long. At the endContinue reading “Changing Culture to Maximize Enterprise Value”
Moving Beyond Words to Action – Part 3
Part 3: Time for Action Taking action to address the problem The previous two articles in this series discussed the problem of realizing value from IT-enabled change, and the underlining causes of the problem. This final article in the series discusses the path forward. When there is understanding of the problem, and the desire andContinue reading “Moving Beyond Words to Action – Part 3”
Moving Beyond Words to Action – Part 2
Part 2: Underlying Causes Governance as a panacea Whilst IT governance has come to prominence over the last few years, the current approach to IT governance will not address the question of value. Recent research from UAMS[1] suggests that the focus of IT governance continues to be on the more operational IT issues with littleContinue reading “Moving Beyond Words to Action – Part 2”
Moving Beyond Words to Action
“After all is said and done, there is more said than done” This material was originally posted ~10 years ago. I lost it when my website imploded a few weeks ago. A colleague sent me a copy of this post, saying that it was still really relevant today. Having read through it, I agree with himContinue reading “Moving Beyond Words to Action”
Beyond “Make it So” – Finding the Value in IT
As a number of you reading this may know, I have, over the last few weeks, had to rebuild my website. In the process of doing so, I reached out to a colleague in Australia to see if he had any copies of the material that I lost from my old site. The title ofContinue reading “Beyond “Make it So” – Finding the Value in IT”
Beating the Odds at the Digital Casino
Note: This post originally appeared on the Institute for Digital Transformation Site in February – I have updated it slightly to include here. We are living today in the middle of a “perfect storm” of digitally-enabled business, societal and individual transformation. The pace and reach of this transformation has accelerated exponentially since 1963 when IContinue reading “Beating the Odds at the Digital Casino”
Digital Transformation – Guiding Principles
Digital Transformation is an evolving journey – a journey without end. The Guiding Principles below are intended to help organizations successfully navigate that that journey. Culture and Mindset: Digital transformation is about much more than technology – it is fundamentally about culture and mindset and requires moving beyond a technology mindset to a business valueContinue reading “Digital Transformation – Guiding Principles”
Breaking Free of the Industrial Age Mindset
A search for Digital Transformation on Google finds ~500,000,000 results, which is likely close to ~500,000,000 more than would have been found only a decade ago. However, finding a clear, let alone consistent definition is more difficult. The term is not well understood, and all too often grossly misused. Part of the reason for thisContinue reading “Breaking Free of the Industrial Age Mindset”