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The Chief Transformation Officer Paradigm
Something that has gained traction in the past few years is the concept of a C-Suite level influencer that spearheads the large scale Digital Transformation and Business Transformation projects that are being implemented now. An article by McKinsey stated the CTO role...
Football & Digital Transformations: Being a True Team Leader
For those of you who don’t know. I was born in Chicago, was raised in the Chicago suburbs and raised my family in the Chicago suburbs before moving to beautiful Hot Springs Village in Arkansas. For you football fans out there who watched the Bears lose a...
Having A Trusted Advisor
Something that is overlooked in the earliest and more important stage of planning for a digital business transformation is acquiring an independent consultant or firm that can advise companies on the prep work needed in getting ready for the digital transformation in...
Thoughts from the Panel Discussion
This week I had the privilege of being a guest panelist at the Stratosphere Digital Transformation conference in Denver Colorado. It was so great to meet so many people who are now embarking on their own digital transformation journeys as well as a few of...
Keep Them Doggies Rolling
So, you’ve selected your system integrator partner, third-party vendors, and independent consultants. The contracts are ready and being reviewed, and the troops are already arriving at your organizations campus reporting for duty. Wait… Wha? But the...
Year-End Holidays: What to Expect and Plan For
So there is a large crawl through the US holiday season near year-end that program leadership tends to desire a push through, or schedule deadlines in, and can at times overlook the realities that the holidays create for digital business transformation...
Organizational Change and Its True Impact
Organizational change management (OCM) is a framework for managing the effect of new business processes, changes in organizational structure or cultural changes within an enterprise. Simply put, OCM addresses the people side of change management (business...
Digital Transformation Success: Two Key Steps
Recently there was a very good, yet sobering article on organizational success-to-date with digital transformations. The numbers presented did not show positive. There were, however, a good number of key takeaways from this article on how to improve your odds with...
Developing Your Digital Use Cases
In continuation of our series, we will focus on the Digital Use Case Mapping process in creating a viable program roadmap for success of a Digital Transformation Initiative.Once you know where you are and where you want to go the question arises: how do...