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View ArticleReflections on Gartner’s first CIO Leadership Forum in the Gulf Region
I am flying back from Dubai as I write this post following Gartner’s first CIO Leadership Forum held in the Gulf Region last week. It was a successful event by just about every measure: attendance,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The three C’s of effective change adoption and how you keep them in balance
A while back I wrote a few posts about how the “Changing nature of change” and it discussed how traditional change management techniques were evolving in the face of new models and ideas about personal...
View ArticleWhat is the difference between remaking and re-imagining IT?
CIOs see the need for change but it’s often difficult to describe the type of change required. Without a clear description of the particular type of change, we too often fall back to defining change...
View ArticleThree things required to re-imagine benefits realization
Benefits realization is rapidly becoming the critical business process for CIOs and IT as organizations call the value of IT into question. Traditionally, benefits realization has been assumed to be...
View ArticleThe difference between migration and transition
We are all sometimes loose with terminology. Just consider terms like architecture, value, strategy and the like and its easy to see how the same words can have slightly different meanings. However...
View ArticlePick up your heels — a new stance for IT
Most likely you are reading this sitting down. If you could indulge me for a few minutes I would like to illustrate the need for IT to change in a physical way. While you are sitting, put both feet...
View ArticleSocial Organizations transform culture from a constraint to a capability
Culture can be your organization’s greatest strength. Too often it is the most powerful source of rigidity as cultural change takes time, disrupts operations and can be difficult. This leads many to...
View ArticleWe are addicted to change
Change is a constant. That apparent contradiction makes perfect sense and is the foundation for many business strategies. But if everything can change and does change on a regular basis, then how...
View ArticleMcKinsey Report Highlights Failure of Large Projects: why it is better to be...
A recent set of studies published by McKinsey Quarterly provides further evidence that the bigger they are the harder they fall. Given that the McKinsey Quarterly’s audience is predominantly business...
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