In this article, I discuss key drivers for adoption of digital business, propose a framework organizations can use to guide their digital transformation efforts, and consider the value digital transformation is delivering in areas of healthcare, travel, and government. 

In this article, I discuss key drivers for adoption of digital business, propose a framework organizations can use to guide their digital transformation efforts, and consider the value digital transformation is delivering in areas of healthcare, travel, and government. 

This article examines the impact of digital technologies, including virtual reality (VR), on the sharing and archiving of life events and explores the potential business opportunities that are apt to arise from these technologies. It also seeks to illustrate, through exploring the impact of disruptive technologies on the photographic industry, the lessons to be drawn when either tackling the technological challenges in a long-established traditional business or seeking to create a new market opportunity enabled by disruptive technologies.

This article examines the impact of digital technologies, including virtual reality (VR), on the sharing and archiving of life events and explores the potential business opportunities that are apt to arise from these technologies. It also seeks to illustrate, through exploring the impact of disruptive technologies on the photographic industry, the lessons to be drawn when either tackling the technological challenges in a long-established traditional business or seeking to create a new market opportunity enabled by disruptive technologies.

As an executive coach, I continuously hear new clients say, "All I want are results. Is it too much to expect people to deliver on their commitments?" After a few minutes of additional dialogue, we typically discover several organizational, technical, and managerial challenges that have culminated in some noticeable and negative result. In other words, I'm being asked to fix a problem that has escalated to a level that is no longer tolerable to those in leadership.

This is the first in a series of three Advisors on poorly managed and executed government IT systems and their effects on citizens.

Business people judge services by making sense of what they experience relative to their needs. Most business decisions about IT are, and will continue to be, made in this way. This is in contrast to the current IT delivery model and the product-centric process of “define, build, and operate,” which will become less relevant as future technology and increased complexity make defining and testing product requirements difficult, if not impossible, except at runtime.

Business people judge services by making sense of what they experience relative to their needs. Most business decisions about IT are, and will continue to be, made in this way. This is in contrast to the current IT delivery model and the product-centric process of “define, build, and operate,” which will become less relevant as future technology and increased complexity make defining and testing product requirements difficult, if not impossible, except at runtime.

When everything connects to everything and new value systems emerge, a number of things will start to accelerate disruption in society: the speed of change, the growth of data, and the number of innovations. For businesses, traditional models may suddenly be swept away by disruption, but this disruption can also introduce new opportunities. The proliferation of technology and the new value systems that emerge from it are driving changes in business strategies and IT strategies. A new style of IT has come to the forefront, and it is becoming one of the main drivers of change.

The information dysfunction endemic to politics does not stop or start with politics. It is deeply rooted in our human behavior. It is present in every aspect of our lives, starting with our own inner monologues that make up our consciousness, and extends to our families, our friends, our social networks, our organizations, our countries, and yes, to our global village.

In this on-demand webinar, you'll discover how a shift in perspective and reassertion of some key principles of EVM can make it a successful tool for managing performance on Agile projects.

Digital transformation requires investing early in digital technologies and involves organization-wide changes that pose significant challenges and uncertainties to business leaders. There are many research reports available today on digital transformation technologies, business models, and potential strategies. This Executive Update complements such efforts by assessing the enabling factors, organizational readiness, and skills gaps in Asia-Pacific for 2017. This research was undertaken in conjunction with the IT Conclave organized by the SP Jain School of Global Management in Mumbai, India; Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE); Singapore; and Sydney, Australia, in February 2017. The survey involved more than 150 leaders and business professionals from over 120 organizations. The results were further discussed at IT Conclave events, and inputs were considered in drafting this Update.

Digital transformation requires investing early in digital technologies and involves organization-wide changes that pose significant challenges and uncertainties to business leaders. There are many research reports available today on digital transformation technologies, business models, and potential strategies. This Executive Update complements such efforts by assessing the enabling factors, organizational readiness, and skills gaps in Asia-Pacific for 2017. This research was undertaken in conjunction with the IT Conclave organized by the SP Jain School of Global Management in Mumbai, India; Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE); Singapore; and Sydney, Australia, in February 2017. The survey involved more than 150 leaders and business professionals from over 120 organizations. The results were further discussed at IT Conclave events, and inputs were considered in drafting this Update.

The search for the ideal instantaneous speed to transmit information is well underway; it is already influencing the way we build computers and promises to revolutionize computing speed in both processing and information transmittal. This achievement has been in the making since the beginning of the 21st century: it is called quantum ­computing and is based on the principles of the most impacting and yet least understood branch of science, quantum mechanics, more broadly referred to as quantum physics.

The guiding Lean principle is a focus on consumer value. This compels everyone to clearly understand how (or if!) their efforts contribute to consumer value. This can be a challenge, since many functions interact only with internal customers or intermediaries, having little or no line of sight to the consumer.

Cutter Consortium has been conducting a survey to gain insight into how organizations are adopting — or planning to adopt — blockchain technology. We are also seeking to identify important issues organizations are encountering or foresee encountering in their blockchain efforts. This Executive Update, Part I in a series, examines initial survey findings pertaining to the general status of blockchain in the enterprise as well as whether enterprises have dedicated groups to lead the blockchain initiative. 

Cutter Consortium has been conducting a survey to gain insight into how organizations are adopting — or planning to adopt — blockchain technology. We are also seeking to identify important issues organizations are encountering or foresee encountering in their blockchain efforts. This Executive Update, Part I in a series, examines initial survey findings pertaining to the general status of blockchain in the enterprise as well as whether enterprises have dedicated groups to lead the blockchain initiative. 

IT is often highly complex and difficult for nonspecialists to understand, yet it is crucial for business executives to understand enough about IT to make far-reaching strategic decisions. IT portfolio management (ITPM) forges a critical link between the strategic planning process and the PM process, enabling management to reach consensus on the best use of resources by focusing on projects strategically aligned with the goals of the business.

Today, big data platform providers and third-party security vendors offer enterprise-grade security solutions designed specifically for protecting and securing data maintained in Hadoop and other big data environments.

To gain insight into the various trends and issues impacting enterprise data security and protection practices, and the extent to which organizations employ data-centric security practices and tech­nologies, Cutter Consortium surveyed 50 organizations worldwide. This Executive Update examines problems and considerations surrounding the protection of sensitive data in Internet of Things (IoT) devices, platforms, and applications.

The impact that providing a capability catalog and roadmap for the portfolio would have on Agile leaders is significant. Linking this portfolio catalog and roadmap to other efforts and capabilities across the enterprise ensures that there is continued alignment to the enterprise’s strategic direction and that teams are not recreating redundant capabilities but rather leveraging and reusing current capabilities in new, innovative ways.

Beyond buzzwords, what we are seeing is a seismic shift in the role of technology in organizations. Technology is more and more embedded in everything we do as we move into an increasingly hyper-connected digital world, a world in which technology is driving significant social, organizational, and industry change.

The discipline of business architecture, which sits between strategy and execution, interprets the strategy to identify tangible changes to the business and guide design that will realize the desired future.

Digital transformation leaders and enterprise architects have a choice to make in developing their digital backbone. The digital backbone can be an asset in ensuring that digital transformation efforts are carried out in such a way that they align to the enterprise and its approach to transformation. This Executive Update explores how it is essential to ensure that the methodologies, skills and talent, and technology tool chain and infrastructure are created in such a way that they can be easily consumed and adjusted as the company changes.

Because of its capabilities in security, privacy, and data management, blockchain has captured the interest and resources of the financial industry as well as numerous other major sectors — from music to healthcare and even governments — around the globe.