The blurring lines of Adtech, and why you should be hyper-focussed

Miles Pritchard·19 April 2017·Customer Engagement

...The adtech ecosystem is becoming increasingly convoluted and as a result, it’s getting more and more difficult to identify where one technology platform ends and another one begins. This trend is set to continue as adtech vendors try to grow into new markets, become more diversified, and try to offer their clients a one-stop shop solution. But is this a positive thing? Or is the increasing homogeneity of the adtech space doing more harm than good? Should tech providers be trying to “fill gaps” in their product suite, or should they instead become hyper-focussed on their core competencies? Read More...

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4 Tips for CIOs to Deal Efficiently with Shadow IT

JC GAILLARD·17 April 2017·Cyber Security

...Dealing with Shadow IT embodies the evolution of the role of the CIO, from being primarily a technologist and a problem solver to being an influencer and a risk manager. Thinking about Shadow IT as a “problem” and something that should be banned is not the right start. Embracing it without controls as the way forward is equally wrong. This is just part of a different way of working around technology and security. Read More...

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How can we Transform Digital Transformation?

Simon Ratcliffe·17 April 2017·Enabling Technologies

...Organisations have been on a steady march towards the cloud for some time now, with a recent Cloud Industry Forum survey showing nearly 90% of organisations having adopted multiple cloud based services.  Interestingly, 72% of organisations have sought to move to cloud in search of cost savings and 36% are using the approach to replace legacy systems.  Only 29% cite enabling innovation and 27% business agility as their primary objective in making the change. Read More...

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What is the role of machines in the future of Procurement?

Bertrand Maltaverne·14 March 2017·Enabling Technologies

...Artificial intelligence, machine learning, bots... are all terms that recently appeared in the mainstream media. Beyond repeatedly winning at the game of Go against the best players, intelligent machines penetrate our work environment.  Read More...

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Procurement’s technological insanity — The psychology of change…

Bertrand Maltaverne·14 March 2017·People & Change

...This is the second post in a series of four that focuses on the adoption of Procurement technologies. It will highlight some important aspects of the psychology of change because: Read More...

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Steve Jobs We Salute You

Simon Ratcliffe·24 February 2017·People & Change

...Steve Jobs would have been 62 today, but in the short time he was alive he changed the way people thought about technology, perhaps more than any other individual.  Not only did he change the perception and use of technology, he also had some very strong views on innovation and the role technical innovators have in the modern World. Read More...

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We need more 90-day reviews

Ted Bauer·23 February 2017·People & Change

...I am a big fan of this idea of the 90 day review. Let's think about this logically for a hot second. Per employee loyalty statistics, average job tenure is about 4.6 years. Let's say 4.5, right? That's 54 months. In the grand scheme of your life, that's not a huge amount of time. Most onboarding processes are friggin' horrible, if they exist at all. Read More...

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Bitcoin: The Best Thing Since The Internet?

Dhruv Chopra·1 February 2017·Enabling Technologies

...In his January 2014 NY Times article, Marc Andreessen, co-founder of VC firm Andreessen-Horowitz and widely recognized as a key figure in Silicon Valley, stated that “Bitcoin offers a sweeping vista of opportunity to reimagine how the financial system can and should work in the Internet era, and a… Read More...

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What is Structural Equation Modeling?

Kevin Gray·31 January 2017·Data & Analytics

...Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) is an extremely broad and flexible framework for data analysis, perhaps better thought of as a family of related methods rather than as a single technique. Its origins can be traced back to Psychologist Charles Spearman at the turn of the 20th century and Geneticist Sewall Wright in the immediate aftermath of WWI. Read More...

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Five ways to disrupt your business model

Ripu Daman Singh·31 January 2017·Strategy & Innovation

...Burberry has become a Digital Master by transforming its customer experience. Codelco has become a Digital Master by transforming its operations. And Uber has become the epitome of Digital Mastery by transforming its customer experience, its operations and its business model. Read More...

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3 Cyber Security Governance Challenges of the CIO

JC GAILLARD·25 January 2017·Cyber Security

...How does information security end up in the portfolio of the CIO?Historically, the CIO has ended up in charge of information security in organisations because many tactical measures required to deal with cyber threats lie in the IT field. For decades, executive management has lived with the perception that information security breaches have a low frequency and a low impact. Read More...

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White Paper: Automation – Here we Go Again?

Simon Ratcliffe·25 January 2017·Enabling Technologies

...Automation has long been a topic of interest within Information Technology as the general perception that a significant proportion of IT tasks are essentially repetitive and, therefore, ideal candidates for some form of automation.  Despite the belief that many tasks can be automated, in many IT organisations there is actually only a small proportion of tasks that are.  This White Paper explores the history of automation, how it impacts the workforce and examines the impact of human factors in a bid to determine why IT is one of the slowest adopters of automation compared to many other areas of business. Read More...

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