Last year, my predictions for digital transformation were focused on the core DNA that organizations needed to put into place to achieve world-leading performance and results in digital transformation. In addition to perennial themes such as leadership, people and cultural competencies, these new strategic themes for digital transformation included disruptive technologies, platform business models, digital…
Platform business models allow enterprises to set up powerful industry-focused, cloud-based ecosystems for value exchange and innovation among participants. After their initial debut in the tech sector, they’re now appearing across almost all industry verticals, including finance, healthcare, manufacturing, public sector, telecom, transportation and utilities. In “Platform business models: A primer”, I wrote about how…
What started as a role close to that of the CMO has now evolved into something far-more expansive – reaching into corporate strategy, innovation, technology and operations. With many organizations now three to five years into their digital transformation strategies, the role of the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) has been rapidly evolving and maturing alongside.…
We’re at the beginning of another “Kodak moment” as the world shifts more and more towards bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. As the world transforms, the lessons from the California gold rush may help you put your best foot (or shovel) forward. With bitcoin crossing the $4K mark and the market cap for cryptocurrencies currently residing around…
While there are perennial capabilities and skills that are required for business success – investment, leadership, culture, change management, governance – digital transformation requires new capabilities that organizations need to acquire and develop mastery around. With most organizations now several years into their digital transformation journeys, many are looking to measure progress, gauge maturity, and…
While there are perennial capabilities and skills that are required for business success (e.g. investment, leadership, culture, change management and governance), digital transformation requires new capabilities that organizations need to acquire and develop mastery around. With most organizations now several years into their digital transformation journeys, many are looking to measure progress, gauge maturity, and…
If you’re leading a corporate innovation program for your organization, or you’re part of the core innovation team, one of the key considerations after it’s been up and running for a while is how to continuously improve and refine the program over time. While there’s a lot of attention paid to how to design and…
In recent years, we’ve started to see terms such as “innovation antibodies” and “innovation theater” being used to describe some of the challenges in managing innovation, particularly in larger organizations trying to find their own innovation culture. Today, many innovation leaders must carefully navigate the waters between too much resistance to innovation from corporate antibodies…
Every business is now a digital business in one form or another. And in the spirit of “making IT good for society” (in the words of the British Computer Society), there’s a tremendous opportunity for the technology community to make a difference. The scope of this opportunity now extends well beyond green IT to focus…
A new golden age of innovation is happening right now in financial services. When we think of digital disruption, while all industries are affected in one way or another, some of the largest disruptions ahead may well be experienced within financial services. Of course, bitcoin and blockchain come to mind right away, as well as…