The strategic CIO’s first day: In search of IT operational excellence
It’s your first day as CIO. You have a real office with glass walls, a door that closes, a hyper-adjustable ergonomic chair and a desktop that moves up and down…
How to Do DevOps in Old-School Organizations
The best approach to DevOps is one step at a time, and that is particularly true for a well-established enterprise. Your organization may not fit the definition of a…
What Every CEO Should Know for Successful Change
Your organization has embarked on a new venture which is going to require a lot of change. Of course everyone is hoping for the best – but please allow…
The Hardest Part of Digitization: Cultural Change
Companies that fail to come up with a clear strategy and roadmap face the risk of being stranded in organizational inertia. Digitization is a global megatrend, causing shock waves…
Keys to a Successful Cloud Adoption for CIOs
Many CIOs are shifting their company from legacy systems to cloud technology to reap wide-ranging IT infrastructure benefits, including increased agility, scalability to support growing demands, better embedded security…
Poor Data Quality Is Harming Companies
Only a minority of IT and business professionals said they trust their organization’s data to make key business decisions, according to a recent survey from Experian Data Quality. The accompanying…
The New Rules Of Employee Performance Management
When I say the words “Performance management,” what’s your first reaction? Maybe you immediately flash back to uncomfortable annual reviews you’ve had – ones where you sat, pensively, opposite an…
What a Sales Team From Any Industry Can Learn From Innovative SaaS Companies
Considering that SaaS companies, in their current form, are a relatively new phenomenon, it’s astonishing to see how important their services have become to businesses around the world. The best…
CIOs Should Make 5 Changes to IT Funding in an Age of Digitization
Historical approaches to IT funding and the mechanisms used to prioritize and track technology spending do not support the changes that new technology initiatives require. Most organizations realize that digitization…
4 Things You Need To Do Before You Launch A New Product
You’re going to launch a new product, but you’re not sure how to get started. Product launches can be hectic, and can easily go haywire if you don’t plan them…
How Blockchain Technology Is About To Change Your Life
The terms “trust” and “cyber technology” are not often used in the same sentence. The past year has seen an onslaught of cyber hacks, forcing everyone to question security on…
The Complexities of Digital Transformation
Premise: Everywhere you go on the internet, there is one thing that is prevalent. No, I am not talking about Donald Trump, though he seems to be prevalent almost…
Why You Need a Personal Innovation Strategy
It’s not too early to polish up your personal strategic plan. Recently, I delivered the keynote address to 500 credit union executives in Maui and that was my message.…
Data-driven decision-making, American Express style
Creating a data-driven culture Companies that strive to inculcate data-driven decision-making often believe that if leadership understands the value of data, it will all work out. But that is not…
Big Data Has Broken Its Promises
by Greg Satell Because We Need To Fix Our Data Systems FIRST A data scientist, it’s been said, is a statistician who works in Silicon Valley, which is another way…
Why Cultivate Innovation Agility?
How to make fast instant decisions without taking time (even just 5 minutes) to reflect on and inquire, verbally with the team, or even internally, on the three “R’s”…
IoT is critical to enterprise digital transformation
For a successful enterprise digital transformation, IoT is key Typically, when a group of people meets in a conference room, the entire process of starting and conducting a meeting is…
OpenStack platform deployments: Not every app is a candidate
As more IT organizations move to OpenStack platform to help them build and manage their private cloud environments,… Continue Reading This Article Enjoy this article as well as all of…
Break the bottleneck with this new IT/business engagement model
All hands on deck, checks and balances These five activities are too much for any one individual or team to take on, and giving each to a different owner doesn’t…
Internet Disruptions Can Cripple a Business
The immeasurable infancy of organizations have gifted a poignant internet intrusion within a final 12 months, according to a new consult from Dyn. The concomitant report, a “Internet Disruption Study,”…