The underlying premise of any organization is to create value. Historically, firms have done so through engineering ever greater efficiency. By honing internal processes, optimizing the supply chain and…
Companies without effective PPM are in a precarious situation. Many of the problems overwhelming product development initiatives are directly related to poor portfolio management. If any of the following…
For a company, product, or service to be disruptive, it takes more than technology. Analytics can point you to your opportunities. There are two things that distinguish companies: what…
In the twenty-first century we are all requiring more reliance on social technologies that are designed to allow the different technologies to emerge and be allowed to integrate, due to…
how to improve a signal and hopefully eliminate or at least mitigate noise. The noisier the communication is, the more difficult it is for the sender and the receiver to…
Speed in developing and delivering applications has obvious benefits, but IT leaders have to know when to move fast and when to proceed with care. Speed is good, but it…
Legacy companies like Apple, Xerox and IBM have transformed their organizations over the past 30 years to stay competitive in an ever-evolving market. This kind of transformational change is…
Many U.S. companies are battling persistent economic headwinds as they strive to attain profitable growth. Executives are finding that the growth levers that have traditionally served them well —…
When Steve Jobs was trying to lure John Sculley from his lofty position as CEO at Pepsi to Apple, he asked him, “Do you want to sell sugar water for the…
The age of digital disruption is here, and no company is immune. Leaders who believe their companies can afford to be cautious in their digitization overhaul should think again. While…
Only 60 percent of the organizations surveyed have a documented disaster recovery plan in place, and just 40 percent of them test the plan annually, according to a new survey.…
It’s certainly not news that cloud computing has become a standard tool for the enterprise. Clouds have introduced a level of agility and flexibility that would have been unimaginable in…
If you thought creating a new strategy for your business was tough, that’s probably the bad news-because you’ve only just begun. While you and the rest of the leadership team…
The most effective way of driving innovation at an organization, while ensuring employees are engaged, is by providing them with a platform where they can share their feedback and…
Welcome to 2017. It is going to be an interesting year. We have not seen so much creativity, innovation and evolution before in history. Trend watchers go berserk with…
The use of Robotic Process Automation, using concepts such as software bots, is emerging, but its use can’t succeed in isolation. The CIO needs to get involved to implement…
The following excerpt is from Richard Koch and Greg Lockwood’s book Simplify. Proposition-simplifying can make life easier and more pleasant for consumers, and it can make a fortune for…
“We’d love to have a best-selling author write for us. We don’t pay writers but you’d gain a lot of exposure.” I receive invitations like that all the time. I…
While a execution of a digital mutation has emerged as a tip vital priority for many organizations, stability dependencies on bequest technologies emanate barriers to such efforts, according to a…
Analytics is popping up in more functional areas of businesses, outside of IT’s control. Like BYOB, the trend is inevitable. How will your organization manage it? Businesses are under…