Jim Maholic > Quotes

“value velocity, an idea which emphasizes that value must happen quickly to be perceived as value. The more time that passes, the more diluted the sense of the value becomes.”
― Jim Maholic, IT Strategy: A 3-Dimensional Framework to Plan Your Digital Transformation and Deliver Value to Your Enterprise

“Here’s the simplest way to define strategy: A planned, doable sequence of actions designed to achieve a distinct, measurable goal.”
― Jim Maholic, IT Strategy: A 3-Dimensional Framework to Plan Your Digital Transformation and Deliver Value to Your Enterprise

“If the strategist tries to placate all voices or even the few loudest voices, he will have diluted the exercise of prioritization.”
― Jim Maholic, IT Strategy: A 3-Dimensional Framework to Plan Your Digital Transformation and Deliver Value to Your Enterprise

“And remaining steadfast to the cause requires committed, executive leadership, motivation, organizational change management and above all, perseverance and resolve.”
― Jim Maholic, IT Strategy: A 3-Dimensional Framework to Plan Your Digital Transformation and Deliver Value to Your Enterprise

“Outside of IT, executives are laser-focused on four things—increase sales, reduce expenses, optimize assets and mitigate risks. The successful CIO must become conversant in these things.”
― Jim Maholic, IT Strategy: A 3-Dimensional Framework to Plan Your Digital Transformation and Deliver Value to Your Enterprise

“A tactician does things right. The strategist does the right things.”
― Jim Maholic, IT Strategy: A 3-Dimensional Framework to Plan Your Digital Transformation and Deliver Value to Your Enterprise

“A business case, therefore, is much more than a single spreadsheet or a diagram of a future business process. A business case is the entire story. A business case makes the case for change.”
― Jim Maholic, Business Cases that Mean Business

“The savvy CIO influences performance by understanding how outcomes can be achieved and how technology can assist key leaders in achieving outcomes.”
― Jim Maholic, IT Strategy: A 3-Dimensional Framework to Plan Your Digital Transformation and Deliver Value to Your Enterprise