5 steps to turn around a Tech Team

Hutton Henry·19 November 2019·People & Change

...You’re managing a growing tech team and hiring some of the best people your firm can afford, yet it can often feel like “herding cats” especially if the team is growing and the number of products and services are constantly evolving. Accountability is becoming an issue, teams are in silos,… Read More...

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Why business strategy shouldn’t be “scientific”

Greg Satell·19 November 2019·Strategy & Innovation

...When the physicist Richard Feynman took the podium to give the commencement speech at CalTech in 1974, he told the strange story of cargo cults. In certain islands in the South Pacific, he explained, tribal societies had seen troops build airfields during World War and were impressed with the valuable cargo that… Read More...

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5 key IT due diligence questions for non-technical people

Hutton Henry·15 November 2019·Delivery

...Having worked primarily with and for technology leaders for decades, I’ve become fond of working with people in the investment world, particularly Private Equity. I think it’s because there’s a clear boundary between what we do when, in contrast, working for a technology leader means there can be some conflict… Read More...

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Cyber Security – a look across two decades

JC GAILLARD·15 November 2019·Cyber Security

...The Security industry talks a lot about what could go wrong … but not so much about how to improve things. Research released today by The Security Transformation Research Foundation, ahead of the Cyber Security Leadership Summit in Berlin on 12-14 November… Read More...

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Global Retail Shrink 2019 and the future of loss prevention

Tony D'Onofrio·14 November 2019·Customer Engagement

...My last article summarized the positive (green shopper) digital consumer transformation trends from the latest edition of the “Disruptive Future of Retail” presentation. As the audience from the recent keynote was primarily from loss prevention, in appreciation of their positive response and engagement, this post expands on the retail… Read More...

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Innovation is not about ideas!

Andrew Binns·12 November 2019·Strategy & Innovation

...One of the fondest wishes of a CEO is to create an innovation culture. They aspire to lead a vibrant organization, capable of beating the odds of disruption by learning and adapting to a changing world. They invest in innovation competitions, hackathons, ideas schemes, and similar high-participation events. They see… Read More...

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4 things to know about how technology will evolve over the next decade

Greg Satell·11 November 2019·Strategy & Innovation

...Take a moment to think about what the world must have looked like to J.P. Morgan a century ago, in 1919. He was not only an immensely powerful financier with access to the great industrialists of the day, but also an early adopter of new technologies. One of the first… Read More...

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Adaptive Leadership Teams

Karen Ferris·11 November 2019·People & Change

...In my last series of blogs, I explored the “Adaptive Leadership model”. In this series I am exploring Adaptive Leadership Teams. Leadership is a team effort. Everyone has to lead and be adaptive. The concept of Total Football encapsulates the concept of adaptive leadership teams. Total football Total football is… Read More...

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Layers of Change, a new perspective on change management: An Interview with Andrew Ward

Andrew Ward·10 November 2019·People & Change

...‘Leading Digital Transformation’ is a weekly podcast series produced in collaboration between The Digital Transformation People and Rob Llewellyn digital transformation advisor and founder of CXO Transform. During this series, Rob interviews experienced practitioners, authors and thought leaders whose stories and experiences provide valuable insights for digital transformation success. Read More...

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Making the Adapt Manifesto

Ian Patterson·7 November 2019·The Case For Digital Transformation

...What happens when two transformation specialists, from opposite sides of the Atlantic, ponder the sustainability of their own profession? In late 2018, Greg Verdino and I started a candid conversation about transformation. We had noticed the term becoming unpopular, losing momentum, with some voices wanting to move on and talk… Read More...

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Anticipatory organisations and the science of disruption: An interview with Daniel Burrus

Daniel Burrus·6 November 2019·Strategy & Innovation

...‘Leading Digital Transformation’ is a weekly podcast series in association with The Digital Transformation People and Rob Llewellyn digital transformation advisor and founder of CXO Transform. During this series, Rob interviews experienced practitioners, authors and thought leaders whose stories and experiences provide valuable insights for digital transformation success. In… Read More...

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Updating the Ulrich (conceptual/outcomes) Model – part 1

Jon Ingham·6 November 2019·People & Change

...During the last month, I’ve been reviewing new organisation models and have shown how the four main organisation forms – the traditional ones (vertical functions and horizontal teams) and newer, people-centred ones (communities and networks of… Read More...

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