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Making Artificial Intelligence Real
“We need to be an AI-enabled company.” Replace the “AI” with any technology from history and this comment becomes a common refrain across businesses lured by the promises of new technology and fuelled by FOMO (a fear of missing out). As enterprise strategists and former CXOs who have lived through many “technology is the solution, […]
Database Freedom Is Real: The Autodesk Story
As a previous customer and current enterprise strategist for Amazon Web Services (AWS), I’ve seen that although no two companies are the same, IT challenges are extremely similar across the industry spectrums. One of those challenges I faced in my past roles was the sheer amount of time, cost, and frustration of managing database software […]
Guts
Can I speak frankly? Leadership requires guts. There comes a time when a leader has enough information and has mitigated enough risks to move forward with any urgent decision. That’s the moment when the leader must proceed boldly and inspire the rest of the organization to act.
Guest Blog: Raising the IT IQ – Insights from Kmart
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. —Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
Guest Blog: The Consolidated Audit Trail and the Cloud
As an Enterprise Strategist at Amazon Web Services, I have spent the last 3 years of my professional life talking to leadership teams of financial services institutions (FSI) from across the globe. It’s always of great interest to me that while no two customers are alike, the challenges are near-identical the world over. From my […]
Considering Size and Scope of Services
There is an undeniable push in tech to build microservices—and for good reason. Smaller components pair well with modern delivery practices and objectives. According to Gartner, two out of three business leaders believe that they must pick up the pace of digitalization to remain competitive. In turn, businesses are working to pick up the pace […]
Governance in the Cloud and in the Digital Age: Part One
Governance must balance two objectives: it must control, and at the same time it must enable.
Surviving Digital Disruption: Transforming Without Rebooting
Think of an industry that isn’t affected by the digital revolution in any way. One that can keep operating as it has been without any fear of disruption or need for change. When we tried this exercise at a workshop, we also couldn’t think of many. Funeral homes sprang to mind, but managing a person’s […]
Surviving Digital Disruption: Buy Yourself Some Options
Every Board of Directors should be asking their executive team how they plan to deal with digital disruption. Even if a company is not yet facing disruption, it surely soon will be. And leaving it up to chance or just proceeding with the status quo is not a viable alternative.
Surviving Digital Disruption: Resilience in the Face of Change
The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived. —Robert Jordan “Survival” is a reoccurring word in the lexicon of change management. It implies a fight to the death, an existential mission against overwhelming odds and adversary. It’s not a bad metaphor for what we call digital transformation […]