Business Transformation Requires Transformational Leaders

Leadership and teaming skills are front and center in times of rapid change. Meet today’s constant disruption head on with expert guidance in leadership, business strategy, transformation, and innovation. Whether the disruption du jour is a digitally-driven upending of traditional business models, the pandemic-driven end to business as usual, or the change-driven challenge of staffing that meets your transformation plans—you’ll be prepared with cutting edge techniques and expert knowledge that enable strategic leadership.

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In this Advisor, the authors examine prevailing concepts of trust in the context of AI applications and human-computer interaction. They emphasize that trust building is a dynamic proc­ess and outline how to build initial trust in AI systems.

In this issue, you'll discover why it's survival of the fittest in the digital game, why software delivery talent is so hard to find, how to meet the challenges of the skills shortage, and more!

To incorporate a software delivery capability, your team should thrive on adopting new technology, practices, and processes. There are three primary ways companies can do this effectively, as we explore in this Advisor.

While the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) are incredibly useful and offer business and government the opportunity to solve knotty problems, a common question is, “Does this capability pose threats to humans?” Are the sci-fi scenarios of malevolent robots or killer software pro­grams a real concern?

In this Advisor, we discuss several steps senior leaders and managers need to take to avoid the curse of ignoring the need for transformation that afflicted incumbents like Borders and Blockbuster.

Most organizations will start with a shell of an IRP and then start filling in the operational details. Typically, this effort begins with a security incident where the response goes horribly wrong. In this Advisor, we describe some of the task areas that add the most value to an organization.

The IT skills shortage has been around long enough for some to have proposed solutions. Will these ideas work for Industry 4.0? In this Advisor, we explore some past approaches to the skills crisis and see if we can glean any lessons from them.

While the world is enjoying the benefits of the fourth industrial revolution, the risks to businesses from cyber threats are increasing in both sophistication and frequency. What can business leaders do to strengthen their resilience to cyber threats? Leaders must first recognize that the risks in the digital space present as real a threat to the success of the business as do the more familiar risks in the physical world. To build effective digital resilience, leaders must adopt a C-suite response, embracing both robust technology and organizational culture approaches.