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Oct
The Hidden Benefits of a Customer-Focused Culture
Being focused on customers isn’t a unique organizational trait. Almost everyone in business claims to be customer-focused in one form or another. Some even consider...
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30
Oct
Being focused on customers isn’t a unique organizational trait. Almost everyone in business claims to be customer-focused in one form or another. Some even consider...
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May
Standardized reporting is an intricate type of reporting process that aims to produce consistent, reliable, actionable information from disparate systems or sources. A reporting process...
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Apr
Even if you’re not a superstitious person, it’s likely at one point in your lifetime you knocked on wood in an attempt to appease the...
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Jun
As with most significant changes, digital transformation can elicit both passive and aggressive reactions. In the correct context and with the right audience, both perspectives...
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Jun
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast,” is a famous quotation attributed to the late business management guru Peter Drucker. While a debate continues as to whether Mr....
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May
While IT implementation challenges may seem similar across industries, it often takes a deeper dive into a profession’s nuances and specific constraints to fully understand...
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May
The promise of Agile is speed to market for delivering incremental value to the customer, but why is the adoption of Agile in organizations so...
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Apr
An Agile transformation is a journey. A journey has many ups and downs, and an Agile journey is no different. Another way of thinking about...
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Apr
Today, headlines about digital transformation dominate blogs and journals. IT leaders feel that they should have already started their organization’s transition into the digital age....
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Mar
A Center of Excellence—such as an OSM (Office of Strategy Management), PMO (Project Management Office), IT Governance, Continuous Improvement, or similar task force—is usually established...
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Mar
Leadership requires taking risks. But technology must work reliably. How do IT leaders square these two realities? CIOs are driving organizational strategies now more than...
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Feb
There are dozens of definitions for “IT governance” out there. They use words like efficiency, effectiveness, alignment, control, and strategy—which are all valid terms. But...
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