RetailROI and the essential retail technologies of 2019

Tony D'Onofrio·8 February 2019·Customer Engagement

...Each Saturday just prior to the January NRF Big Show, retailers, industry analysts and solutions providers gather in New York City for a unique IT conference. This fast-paced full day is a special blend of emotionally filled stories of the RetailROI (Retail Orphan Initiative) global charity work and… Read More...

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Ansoff Matrix: 4 key areas to understand marketing risks

Vinay Nagaraju·8 February 2019·Customer Engagement

...Almost everyone in the marketing field will have heard of Ansoff Matrix and many of you will have already used it in some context. In this article, we explore how best to utilise Ansoff Matrix to understand business risks. We further delve into the strategising process of countering these risks… Read More...

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Data centre design in a multi cloud world

Simon Ratcliffe·8 February 2019·Delivery

...IT Transformation projects are usually driven by the need to reduce complexity, improve agility, simplify systems, contain costs, manage ever-growing data and provide more efficient operational management. Arguably, for seasoned IT professionals, there is nothing new about the drivers for transformational change; it’s the velocity and scale of transformation today… Read More...

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Put ‘IT’ back into conversations about dig-IT-al

Salim Sheikh·8 February 2019·People & Change

...For a company to truly transform it requires greater collaboration than ever before. If traditionally siloed departments continue to have their own agenda, they will be unable to deliver the joined-up experience our customers now expect. IT needs to be engaged in the digital conversation with the C-suite… Read More...

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8 Design Thinking flaws and how to fix them

Braden Kelley·6 February 2019·Strategy & Innovation

...Design Thinking attempts to extract the mindset of a designer, an artist, a creator, or even a child into a series of steps that can be applied to any discipline (even business or politics) to solve human-centered problems. Its steps are so logical that we can’t imagine anyone opposing them. Read More...

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Why do we need a digital strategy?

Mark Warman·4 February 2019·Strategy & Innovation

...A digital strategy is a chance to bring clear direction and guidance to an organisation’s approach to digital. An approach that, without this direction, often finds organisations attempting to meet business objectives using the web at a tactical level, making decisions on the fly, based on little research and in… Read More...

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A tale of disruption, innovation, training and content marketing in the digital revolution

Phil Darby·1 February 2019·Customer Engagement

...If you are used to my other content you’ll know I work with senior management teams around the world, helping them build brands that align their organisations to the opportunities of the digital economy. To achieve this I introduce my clients to a process I call Brand-Led Business Transformation that… Read More...

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The impact of AI on the Future of Work and workplaces

Bhumika Zhaveri·31 January 2019·People & Change

...Do you sit on the fence with AI? Many who do not understand the role of AI, fail to grasp the impact of the same. As a technologist and a start-up founder, I am constantly meeting people who are either involved in the field or are the ones who want… Read More...

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Do machines deserve the same patience when learning as we allow humans?

Bhumika Zhaveri·31 January 2019·Enabling Technologies

...Recently, we have all been focused on digital ethics, especially in the wake of AI and its related technology. It has the power to do several tasks a lot quicker with greater accuracy (still questionable) than a human can. Whilst ethics is the right thing to be focused on to… Read More...

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Expertise interview: A communication plan to bring your digital vision to life

Andrew Salmon·30 January 2019·People & Change

...The ‘people’ element of digital transformation programmes – big or small – must not be underestimated. They are an organisation’s most important asset. Digital transformation can often involve a big change in the way things are done – moving to new systems, processes and way of doing things. Read More...

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Professional self confidence and how to build it

Bhumika Zhaveri·30 January 2019·People & Change

...Bhumika Zhaveri, company founder and entrepreneur in her first piece for The Digital Transformation People looks at self-confidence and how you can measure it. I have been eagerly waiting to talk about this topic which is key to understanding the actual self-confidence level in an individual. In this day and… Read More...

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Key technical architecture priority: Application modernization

Mark Hewitt·28 January 2019·Delivery

...Technical debt in the enterprise is deepening, and every codebase and digital product has its own collection of successes and challenges. There are several concepts that teams increasingly look toward to modernize and simplify development. Micro-services and modern front-ends are popular candidates to help make sense of development efficiency, while… Read More...

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