Many organizations face cultural inertia against IT modernization. Companies typically treat IT as a cost center because of a history of expensive programs with cost overruns and missed deadlines. In a recent IDG survey, 64 percent of respondents cited outdated/legacy IT infrastructure among their top barriers to IT transformation. Therefore, implementing IT modernization strategies has […]
Posts Tagged ‘digital disruption’
3 Digital Transformation Strategies to Leapfrog Your Competition
Digital business is the way of the present and the future. However, many businesses own and operate so much technical debt that they face a long road of strategizing to remain competitive. The relentlessness of digital disruption makes it impractical for businesses to operate in the same way they have for decades. Consequently, digital transformation […]
3 Change Management Strategies to Drive Digital Transformation
Digital transformation causes disruption because it holistically changes an organization. It changes the way people work, a company’s essence, and how it operates. Consequently, it sometimes even changes the culture. Change management’s role is to help along the entire journey. More business leaders realize that change management needs to be incorporated in everything a company […]
4 Ways to Get a Successful Start in Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic. It’s everywhere, permeating culture well beyond the expected business settings. As a result, the increased visibility has created a general perception that AI is widely deployed and adopted today. But it’s actually not. Only four percent of CIOs have recently invested in or deployed artificial intelligence according to […]
[e-book] 10 Digital Transformation Strategies for 2019
Digital transformation is a high-stakes game. Business leaders often have lofty goals in the fight for survival. But big ambitions don’t always result in big wins. As a result, many decision makers are taking more pragmatic approaches in 2019 rather than trying to boil the ocean. A Shifting Approach to Digital Transformation Without a doubt, […]
How is Digital Disruption affecting the Retail Industry?
It has been 15 years since the introduction of eCommerce and mobile shopping is well underway with mainstream consumers. With fast changing behaviors and high demands of consumers, retailers are utilizing technology to help satisfy their customers, however, they are still trying to figure out how to best use technology while providing a superior customer […]
Digital Strategy in a Competitive World
Daniel Rabbitt blogged on Competitive Strategy in A Digital Age over on our Oracle Blog. He makes a lot of great points so it’s worth a read and that’s not just because he mentions my much more famous namesake, Harvard Professor Michael Porter. Here’s a couple thought provoking quotes Can leading players (in this case, […]
Don’t Underestimate The Power of Disruption
Today I received an email from Uber asking me to take an active part in Ubers now public fight with Mayor De Blasio of New York City. Anyone who knows Uber won’t be surprised at this and at the changes to the app they made for all NYC users. There’s another trend you can see […]
Don't Underestimate The Power of Disruption
Today I received an email from Uber asking me to take an active part in Ubers now public fight with Mayor De Blasio of New York City. Anyone who knows Uber won’t be surprised at this and at the changes to the app they made for all NYC users. There’s another trend you can see […]
Cisco’s Chambers: Digital Disruption is an Opportunity for CIOs
Thanks to Robert Hardin, who both saw the article and wrote up a quick response with his thoughts. The WSJ CIO Network (behind a paywall) recently published their top five initiatives for 2015. Outside of the growing concern around cyber security and the associated business risk, the next two focused on the impact that Digital Transformation is […]
The UK Gets Its First Digital Bank
Thanks Liza Sisler and Elizabeth Dias for pointing to the source articles. The flip side of Digital Transformation must be Digital Disruption. Probably no better example of that disruption exists than the Financial Services Industry where so much of the friction can be smoothed by digital technologies. On example of this is the UK first digital […]