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It Innovation: Reinvent It for the Digital Age
The purpose of “IT innovation - Reinvent IT for the Digital Age” is to help business and IT leaders and digital professionals ride above the learning curve, reinvent IT as an innovation hub and game changer; reimagine IT as an innovation outlier; renovate a hybrid IT and digital organization; fine-tune IT as the digital whole brain of the organization; accelerate IT on the fast lane, rebuild IT as the business capability multiplier; empower IT as a digital change agent; and leverage the “alphabetic elements” to run a highly innovative IT organization for the digital age.
Chapter 1 Reinvent IT as an innovation game An innovative and value-driven IT organization needs to understand stakeholders’ expectations and propose an innovation solution portfolio that corresponds to both demand and cost drivers with a focus on business priority, and improve the overall business effectiveness, agility, and maturity.
Chapter 2 Reimagine IT as an innovational Visionary CIOs are often outliers who can step out of a conventional thinking box or linear patterns, to envision the future, help their organizations ride above the latest technology trend and leverage information for catching the new growth opportunity and delighting customers.
Chapter 3 Renovate a hybrid IT and digital Running a hybrid IT organization is about taking balance as a management philosophy. In order to make a solid digital transformation, there are many seemly paradoxical, but indeed coherent elements in running a high-effective IT organization today. IT should combine the next practices and the best practices, strike the right balance of traditional hierarchy and flatter structure; keep the lights on,” and “doing more with innovation” management practices.
Chapter 4 Fine-tune IT as the “digital whole brain” of the Because IT is the steward to manage business information, it is like the business’s nervous system to ensure the right information getting to the right people at the right time to make the right decisions. Digital IT needs to be the “Whole Brain” of the business. Be rational as the “left side of the brain,” and be creative as the “right side of the brain.”
Chapter 5 Accelerate IT on the fast IT plays a pivotal role in driving changes and leading the digital transformation, focus on the fastest speed available, because that is where the main threat to competitiveness. To speed up, IT needs to become an innovation engine of the business, as well as a business enabler to catalyze growth and improve organizational agility.
Chapter 6 Rebuild IT as business capability A highly capable IT organization is a business capability multiplier. IT is not just the sum of services or processes, but an enabler of business capabilities which can weave all necessary elements of the business into strategic capabilities and unique competencies of the organization.
Chapter 7 Empower IT as digital Change Change becomes a dynamic business capability in which IT is the key enabler. IT is not only the superglue but also an integrator to weave all important change elements seamlessly and make people change, process change, and technology change sustainable.
Chapter 8 Run a highly innovative digital-ready IT IT is the business, to unleash the digital potential of IT, organizations need to understand that IT is not just technical or scientific, but also artistic and delightful. At the dawn of the Digital Era, IT needs to become a strategic partner of the business, to unleash the full digital potential of the entire organization.
Chapter 9: The alphabetic elements in digital innovation and IT A Digital-ready IT organization is a threshold competency of the organization. IT can weave all necessary business elements, from A to Z, either hard or soft, to manage innovation and orchestrate a digital symphony.
Chapter 1 Reinvent IT as an innovation game An innovative and value-driven IT organization needs to understand stakeholders’ expectations and propose an innovation solution portfolio that corresponds to both demand and cost drivers with a focus on business priority, and improve the overall business effectiveness, agility, and maturity.
Chapter 2 Reimagine IT as an innovational Visionary CIOs are often outliers who can step out of a conventional thinking box or linear patterns, to envision the future, help their organizations ride above the latest technology trend and leverage information for catching the new growth opportunity and delighting customers.
Chapter 3 Renovate a hybrid IT and digital Running a hybrid IT organization is about taking balance as a management philosophy. In order to make a solid digital transformation, there are many seemly paradoxical, but indeed coherent elements in running a high-effective IT organization today. IT should combine the next practices and the best practices, strike the right balance of traditional hierarchy and flatter structure; keep the lights on,” and “doing more with innovation” management practices.
Chapter 4 Fine-tune IT as the “digital whole brain” of the Because IT is the steward to manage business information, it is like the business’s nervous system to ensure the right information getting to the right people at the right time to make the right decisions. Digital IT needs to be the “Whole Brain” of the business. Be rational as the “left side of the brain,” and be creative as the “right side of the brain.”
Chapter 5 Accelerate IT on the fast IT plays a pivotal role in driving changes and leading the digital transformation, focus on the fastest speed available, because that is where the main threat to competitiveness. To speed up, IT needs to become an innovation engine of the business, as well as a business enabler to catalyze growth and improve organizational agility.
Chapter 6 Rebuild IT as business capability A highly capable IT organization is a business capability multiplier. IT is not just the sum of services or processes, but an enabler of business capabilities which can weave all necessary elements of the business into strategic capabilities and unique competencies of the organization.
Chapter 7 Empower IT as digital Change Change becomes a dynamic business capability in which IT is the key enabler. IT is not only the superglue but also an integrator to weave all important change elements seamlessly and make people change, process change, and technology change sustainable.
Chapter 8 Run a highly innovative digital-ready IT IT is the business, to unleash the digital potential of IT, organizations need to understand that IT is not just technical or scientific, but also artistic and delightful. At the dawn of the Digital Era, IT needs to become a strategic partner of the business, to unleash the full digital potential of the entire organization.
Chapter 9: The alphabetic elements in digital innovation and IT A Digital-ready IT organization is a threshold competency of the organization. IT can weave all necessary business elements, from A to Z, either hard or soft, to manage innovation and orchestrate a digital symphony.
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Published November 8, 2016
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