Digital has transformed – have you and your organization?

Mark Hewitt·16 July 2017·The Case For Digital Transformation

...It is widely accepted that in order to remain relevant and competitive in today's marketplace, individuals and organizations must embrace change and be open to perpetual learning and improvement. Read More...

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Tap into your imagination, make decisions, create change, move at pace

Peter Abraham·16 July 2017·People & Change

...Big change is hard and rarely works and trying to change a culture takes a very long time. Breaking change down into smaller more achievable stages e.g. eating the elephant one bite at a time, feels like common sense and more achievable. Not unlike anything in life where you get better at something step by step.   Read More...

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Bitcoin and Blockchain – Digital Future…

Sandeep Raut·10 July 2017·Enabling Technologies

...Bitcoin is a form of digital currency, created and held electronically. It was first created in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto.  In this era of Internet and digitization, we’ve moved from phone to VoIP calls, face-to-face meeting to video conferencing, fax to email, cable television to IP TV, and the list goes on. Bitcoins are gaining popularity as a new way to purchase goods or services. Read More...

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Managing Uncertainty

Nigel Tebbutt·3 July 2017·The Case For Digital Transformation

...It has long been recognized that one of the most important competitive factors for any organization to master is the Management of Uncertainty.  Uncertainty is the major intangible factor contributing towards the risk of failure in every process, at every level, in every type of business – Social, Public and Private Enterprise.    Read More...

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Trinity of systems

Peter Murchland·3 July 2017·Strategy & Innovation

...There seems to be an increasing lack of understanding and subsequent appropriate analysis and design to the distinctions and relationships between: Business Systems, Information Systems and IT Systems. Read More...

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Social Media Versus Social Business

Rachel Mezzatesta·3 July 2017·Customer Engagement

...In conversations with senior organizational leaders, there is often disdain expressed for the term social media. In some cases, the disdain is rooted in fear of the unknown, but more often reflects the overuse of what is becoming a meaningless term of business Read More...

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Anyone Can Do Marketing Research

Kevin Gray·3 July 2017·Data & Analytics

...I sometime hear people say that Marketing Research is easy now with all the new technology we have, and that anyone can do it. On the other hand, we could make the case that it has become more sophisticated and increasingly requires highly specialized skills. Read More...

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All hail the disruptive revolution

Richard Chiumento·3 July 2017·The Case For Digital Transformation

...At Rialto, we have always been keen to highlight the opportunities as well as the threats that come amid the current economic and political uncertainty, as well as those arising from digital disruption and transformation. Read More...

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Which metrics assist in DevOps proving its ROI? (With assistance from academia). Part Four.

David Linwood·3 July 2017·Delivery

...In Part Two, the most cited Return on Investment ("ROI") attributes listed by DevOps Commentators were gathered together to create a list of the most popular metrics by which to measure DevOps success. The research also identified groups of metrics which could be more popular at different levels of the organisation. These "lenses" were CEO level, CIO level and Manager/Team (see Part Two for details). Read More...

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How to implement Agile Scrum from scratch, in a climate resistant to change, and live to tell about it!

Jeremy Harris·2 July 2017·Delivery

...It all started with a desire to change the way we supported a Commercial Marketing application deployed in over 50 markets. The Commercial Marketing IT Center of Excellence had a lot of talented associates with deep knowledge and institutional history, but change had been slow to come, and we were… Read More...

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Instant Feedback and Pervasive Connectivity.

Burke Turner·2 July 2017·Customer Engagement

...We live in an age of instant feedback due to the drivers of changing consumer behaviour that include pervasive connectivity and a greater propensity to share. Read More...

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Skills Gap or Cultural Naivety?  What’s Stopping us Transforming?

Simon Ratcliffe·2 July 2017·People & Change

...A recent Cloud Industry Forum survey illustrated that 25% of organisations believe that a digital skills shortage is preventing or delaying them from successfully executing their digital transformation strategy.  A staggering 81% of CIOs believe that they need to recruit new staff to obtain the skills that they require.  But is this really a valid issue or is it symptomatic of a wider problem within organisations today? Read More...

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