Executives in all industries are using digital advances such as analytics, mobility, social media and smart embedded devices to transform their businesses. They are changing customer interactions, internal business processes and even their business models to take advantage of new technological capabilities. The constantly evolving digital landscape necessitates executives to dynamically design and govern their portfolio […]
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Can Our Organization Really Leverage Artificial Intelligence?
Artificial Intelligence AKA AI is here. All businesses are aware of AI and recognize the tremendous potential for AI. AI enables new approaches to existing business models, operations, and deployment of people. These changes can fundamentally alter the way our organization operates. However, if you’re not a high-tech company, are you really sophisticated enough to […]
Want to Evolve into the Next-Generation Learning Organization? Adopt These 5 Core Pillars
Transformation of an organization into a Next-generation Learning Organization (NLO) is a challenging endeavor. The main hurdles include convoluted hierarchies, bureaucratic red tape, delayed decision making, and complicated organizational systems and processes. To develop a learning organization, leadership needs to trim down bureaucracy and complexities. They should make the best use of technology to gather […]
COVID-19: 10 Trends in Consumer Behavior
COVID-19 has taken the world by a storm. Financial markets, manufacturing, services, and tourism have been hit hard. In fact, it has also changed the way we work, communicate, interact, and shop more than any other disruption in the decade. As a result, there have been key changes in Consumer Behavior. There is a growing […]
The Post-pandemic Organization: Does COVID-19 Level the Playing Field?
In the post 9-11 world, we saw organizations focus on Business Continuity. In the post-pandemic world, organizations will supplement Business Continuity with an emphasis on Business Resilience. This distinction may seem subtle, but it’s actually substantial. After 9-11, organizations recognized the threat of unforeseen disasters and engaged in BC/DR efforts. BC seeks to answer the question: in the […]
First Law of Digital Transformation: 3 Core Elements to Manage Digital Change
Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder, observed that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles about every two years. He projected that this rate of growth would continue for at least another decade. His observation, termed the “Moore’s Law,” has correctly predicted the pace of innovation for several decades and guided strategic planning and […]
Developing an Innovation Mindset: Investing on Technology is Never Enough
Organizations today are spending money on the latest technologies and working hard to solve problems as they arise. Yet, sad to say, this is simply not enough. Today, to get on top of today’s fiercely competitive business environment, organizations need to take a strategic move: Develop an Innovation Mindset. What is an Innovation Mindset? What […]
I Ain’t Blue, I am Different: The Innovation Leadership Mindset
Today’s C-suite is making a significant investment in new technologies. Yet, it is failing to achieve full value. Technologies are being deployed in pockets or silos without a Strategy for scaling the Innovation from these technologies across the enterprise. Unable to scale their Innovation, organizations are not realizing the full benefits of their technology investments. […]
Putting the Analytics Transformation into Our Digital Transformation
The huge benefits and insights derived from Big Data and Analytics is now accepted broadly across all industries. Analytics-driven decision making extends beyond corporate business decisions down to even tactical decisions in sports. As such, organizations are investing heavily in Analytics technologies and incorporating Analytics Transformation into their Digital Transformation efforts. Unfortunately, the experience and […]
When Creating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), What Areas Should We Focus On?
Creating a culture that measures productivity objectively is a sensitive matter. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are being employed extensively by organizations across the globe to monitor and track performance. KPIs provide valuable metadata to improve top-down and bottom-up vertical efficiency. Analytics-driven firms are aware that KPIs are much more than a tool to evaluate performance. […]
Where and How Does Digital Transformation Actually Create Value?
Most would agree there is tremendous potential for Digital Transformation initiatives to drive value within the organization. However, when we dig a little deeper, people may struggle in answering some basic, qualifying questions… How do our Digital Transformation initiatives drive value? (And, how much value?) Exactly where within the organization is the value coming from? […]
How to Use Leavitt’s Diamond to Achieve Change
“The only thing that is constant is Change.” – Heraclitus An epidemic of change is happening globally–reengineering, restructuring, and revamping! Workplaces seem to be launching one change initiative after another. Digital Transformation is happening everywhere. Yet, the hard truth is that many change initiatives fail. Change Management initiatives fail because of the way organizations view change. […]
