Michael Earl discusses three major challenges facing CIOs today, namely the use and convergence of social media, consumerisation of IT and cloud computing. He argues that the name of the game in IT is changing and that it’s time for CIOs …
Peter Cochrane argues that our world is essentially non-linear and becoming more complex. This complexity is visibly pervasive in our workplace, government and everyday living. Furthermore the thinking and models of the past industrial revolution and experiences of past centuries …
David Trafford discusses the challenges faced by those responsible for delivering change and asks whether sufficient attention is given to putting the necessary conditions for change success in place.
It is widely acknowledged that only a very small proportion of …
Peter Boggis discusses five questions that are central to the development of strategy. He argues that strategy is really about making choices that are impossible to reverse or un-do, and that the greatest risks to implementing strategy often rests in …
Peter Turgoose discusses how senior and experienced managers, who feel that classroom-based programmes have little to offer them, can continue to grow and develop through alternative models of experiential learning. He argues that for experiential learning programmes to be effective …
IT organisations have changed, are changing and will continue to change. This is not in question. What is different today is the pace and significance of change, whether it is driven by a move to shared services, offshore development, cloud …
David Trafford discusses the challenges facing organisations that aim to be more horizontally integrated. He argues that whilst many leadership teams see the benefits of horizontal integration, they don’t fully understand the implications of the resultant changes and what needs …
Peter Turgoose argues that change programmes will not achieve their intended business outcomes if sufficient attention is not given to changing peoples’ mindsets. And, as mindsets become embedded over time, it is important that we fully understand why they exist …
One of the most challenging aspects of running an IT organisation today is improving the delivery of IT services. Not only is there the ever-present need to improve service quality and reduce cost, but the expectations of IT users are …
Vaughan Merlyn argues that the goal of IT-enabled enterprises is no longer Business-IT Alignment, but Business-IT Convergence. He not only gives an historical perspective to this argument, but discusses the implications of this trend for business and IT leaders alike.
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