Business Transformation Requires Transformational Leaders

With 2019 here and 2020 around the corner, it is time to recognize there are new rules in analytics and data management. These rules have created a wildly different analytics environment from the past. It’s time for organizations to embrace these new rules.

This article explores some of the ways in which effective risk management approaches, in particular the use of key risk indicators (KRIs) to drive proactive executive behavior, can reduce unnecessary risk exposure and minimize the potential for catastrophic events. We discuss the current state of risk-monitoring maturity in the business world, considerations for the selection of appropriate leading and lagging KRIs and their effective implementation, and then present insight for executives on what steps to take to improve risk monitoring.

As we begin a new year and the world accelerates and shifts around us, it is important to take an honest look at where we are with enterprise architecture (EA) today and where we are — or should be — going.

Cutter Consortium Senior Consultants Rick Eagar, Gregory Pankert, Raf Postepski, and Sean Sullivan discuss how the role of a CEO in 2019 is very different from that of a decade ago, primarily because traditional business boundaries are blurring while the pace of business continues to accelerate. The authors explore the changes in the CEO role and propose a new framework to help CEOs map the right strategic direction for their organizations.

This article describes some trends about technologies, technologists, and technoligarchs. First, we’ll look at the technologies with the most momentum. Next, we’ll examine the technologists escaping from data centers. Finally, we’ll round out the discussion by addressing the technoligarchs who control much of the digital landscape.

In this Advisor, the authors use the case of a fictitious financial company to take a detailed look at fintech and marketing and how a company can leverage big data, analytics, marketing, and financial services. 

In this Executive Update, we focus our attention on the intersection of design thinking (as a method for understanding opportunities through a different lens) and digital transformation (the use of technology to radically improve performance or reach). In many cases, digital transformation is employed in an effort to create a competitive advantage, which in today’s business environment can at best be considered a transient advantage because sustaining anything for a long period of time is highly unlikely. 

Creating your own How to be Successful with Breakthrough Innovation syllabus from our modular sessions will ensure that your program is right for your organization. No matter how you configure the series of sessions, you can be sure you’ll be getting strategy, insight, and advice that you can put to work right away. You’ll emerge with new ideas and strategies that have been tested and proven by innovative business leaders, and which you can put into action immediately.