The Art And Craft Of Insight-Driven Transformation: An Interview With Dr. Mark Powell
Forrester IT
APRIL 16, 2024
Data-driven insight is the key to unlocking reliable value generation with business transformation.
Why YOU Should be Driving Digital!
Social, Agile and Transformation
JULY 10, 2017
On August 24th, my book Driving Digital: The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology will be available! You probably guessed that I would eventually author a book.
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12 ways to accelerate digital transformation
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 31, 2025
But Ari Lightman, professor at Carnegie Mellons Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, says its time to retire that term and the mindset it engenders and instead recognize that the goal is straightforward transformation. Transformation is transformation, says Lightman, author of a forthcoming book on the subject.
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20 powerful women shaping the networking industry
Network World
MARCH 25, 2025
You wont learn how to effectively manage a team just by reading a book, but one key element for you to learn is you cant lead if people wont follow, and the key element to that is building trust. Fun fact: She wrote a book called, Experience, Inc.: And thats when its actually the most critical time.
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10 ways Digital Organizations are Smarter Faster than their Peers
Social, Agile and Transformation
MAY 28, 2018
A quote from my book, Driving Digital: The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology Here's how digital organizations are smarter and faster - They change their culture by developing "bottoms up" practices like agile, ideation, relationship developing CRM, and citizen's development.
My Most Challenging Tech Presentation Was to Middle School Teenagers
Social, Agile and Transformation
JUNE 26, 2017
I've been to several conferences the last few months sharing my insights on digital transformation, agile culture, and enabling the data driven organization - all key practices that I cover in my book, Driving Digital: The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology.
Driving Digital by Isaac Sacolick – a book review
Eric D. Brown
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
I just finished Driving Digital: The Leader’s Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology by Isaac Sacolick. Note: I received a free copy of this book for review. The short review: Excellent…the best book I’ve read on the subject. Go buy it if you want/need to transform your business.
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Driving Digital in the News!
Social, Agile and Transformation
AUGUST 28, 2017
Long time readers of Social, Agile, and Transformation know that I've recommended going on vacations to help clear the mind and having fun as a key tenet of your organization's culture.
Three Factors to Better Understand Digital Transformation
Social, Agile and Transformation
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
Digital transformation is not just about applying cloud, mobile, and social technologies or experimenting with emerging technologies like AI, blockchain, or IoT. Here's me talking about.
Product-based IT fuels Lufthansa’s digital CX transformation
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
His team has already found success in harmonizing and standardizing the web portal, the booking engine, and the app, says Rückert, noting that the team has just started a large-scale alpha test for the latest app versions. “In To his peers, Rückert says, “don’t underestimate how difficult business transformation is.
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Driving Digital Smarter and Faster - Because Everybody is a Technology Company
Social, Agile and Transformation
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
I hope you will listen to my recently recorded podcast at AMA Edgewise on my book, Driving Digital: The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology.
Driving Digital is now an Amazon Best Seller
Social, Agile and Transformation
OCTOBER 15, 2018
One year ago my book Driving Digital: The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology published and I officially launched my business StarCIO. Two years ago I was just coming out of my last CIO role and started my new role as a consultant.
5 Reasons Why Marketing Organizations Must be Driving Digital
Social, Agile and Transformation
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
Why marketing organizations are transforming their organizations with driving digital practices Last week I had the privilege of speaking at KintoneConnect on Driving Digital: Key Practices to Lead a Smarter and Faster Transformation.
Microsoft and Cognizant team up to boost enterprise Copilot adoption
CIO Business Intelligence
APRIL 24, 2024
The partnership between Cognizant and Microsoft may help ease some of that, as Cognizant’s consulting services can help enterprises find ways to leverage copilots as part of their business processes.
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CIOs step up to fill plus-size leadership roles
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 23, 2023
Sathish Muthukrishnan, chief information, data, and digital officer, Ally Financial Ally Financial Muthukrishnan says many CIOs orchestrating digital transformation don’t also spearhead business transformation, which is where he and other CIO-plus candidates stand apart from the pack.
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CIO Advice for Taking Summer Vacations
Social, Agile and Transformation
JULY 2, 2013
I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. Tuesday, July 02, 2013. CIO Advice for Taking Summer Vacations.
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The end of digital transformation and the rise of business model innovation
CIO Business Intelligence
AUGUST 20, 2024
Automation simply scales business as usual. The lack of ROI and meaningful outcomes from digital transformation investments means that technology leaders are going to have to think bigger and differently. With a changed mindset and concrete actions, true business transformation is possible.
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What Data Scientists Can Learn From Moneyball
Social, Agile and Transformation
MAY 8, 2013
I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. " The movie is nothing more than a pale shadow of the book.
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The Monthly “CIO Master” Book Tuning: IT Management Dashboard Apr. 2020
Future of CIO
APRIL 1, 2020
IT Management Dashboard Three Essential Information from an IT Management Dashboard Due to fast-growing information and emergent digital technologies, IT becomes more significant in driving organizational changes and catalyzing business transformation.
The Monthly “Change Agent CIO” Book Tuning: Change Agent CIOs Mar. 2020
Future of CIO
MARCH 7, 2020
In a business scope, there are some of the “significant bits and bytes of information” needed to make cognitive connections when evaluating a new market, new technology or any business growth opportunity. But how to run IT as a change agent for business transformation. Here comes both opportunities and responsibility.
The CIO Paradox - A Must Read - Social, Agile, and Transformation
Social, Agile and Transformation
OCTOBER 23, 2012
I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. Tuesday, October 23, 2012. The CIO Paradox - A Must Read.
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The Monthly “Digital Master” Book Tuning: The Tale of Digital Transformation Dec. 2019
Future of CIO
DECEMBER 1, 2019
Here are three crucial points of digital transformation. Digital Playbook vs. Cookbook: What’s your Hand Book to Make a Leap of Digital Transformation The purpose of going digital is to make a significant difference in achieving high performance and unlocking the full potential of the business.
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The Monthly “Change Agent CIO” Book Tuning: “Change Agent” CIO Jan, 2019
Future of CIO
JANUARY 21, 2019
A digital transformation is achieved via dynamic Strategy-Execution-Change lifecycle management, though it is not all linear steps, but an iterative, ongoing and upgoing change continuum. But how to run IT as a change agent for business transformation. Here comes both opportunities and responsibility.
The Monthly “Performance Master’ Book Tuning:The Performance Management Dashboard Aug. 2019
Future of CIO
AUGUST 26, 2019
Typically, CIOs would need to remain on top of various parameters such as costs, production Issues (especially business-critical applications), risks, technology, customer, long-term business transformation, etc. To put simply, the scoreboard is strategy focused, and the dashboard is operation oriented.
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The New Book “IT Innovation” Introduction Chapter 7 Empower IT as Digital Change Agent
Future of CIO
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
The business transformation should not be undertaken lightly because it must align diverse and divergent stakeholders’ interests toward a common goal. "IT
The Monthly “12 CIO Personas” Book Turning: Reinvent IT as Innovation Hub Mar. 2020
Future of CIO
MARCH 23, 2020
This book “ 12 CIO Personas: The Digital CIO’s Situational Leadership Practices” is the extensive brainstorming and logical content expansion of my book “ CIO Master: Unleash the Digital Potential of IT ,” to reimagine and reinvent CIO leadership via practicing multitudes of digital influence.
The Monthly “Digitizing Boardroom” Book Tuning: The Corporate Board’s Digital Playbook in the New Year Jan. 2020
Future of CIO
JANUARY 2, 2020
Digital boards co-develop the digital vision and oversee the business strategy, and recommend comprehensive digital playbooks to guide the business through the journey of digital transformation. Digital playbook vs. cookbook: what’s your hand book to make a seamless digital transformation?
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The Monthly “Performance Master’ Book Tuning: The IT Performance Scorecard Sep. 2018
Future of CIO
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
The IT Performance Scorecard & Dashboard The Digital CIO’s Scoreboard Due to the overwhelming growth of information and the disruptive nature of technology, IT becomes more and more significant in driving organizational changes and catalyzing business transformation. Three Essential Information from an IT Management Dashboard ?
The Monthly “Change Insight” Book Tuning: Reboot IT to Get Digital Ready Dec. 2018
Future of CIO
DECEMBER 12, 2018
Thinkingaire Effect” in IT Transformation: Reboot IT Mindset IT plays a significant role in digital transformation. IT transformation is an integral part of the business transformation. They need to deal with constant ambiguity and digital disruptions for rebooting IT to get digital ready.
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45 "CIO Master" Book Tuning: XXXXXVIIII: Three Dimensions of IT Digital Transformation
Future of CIO
AUGUST 5, 2016
Unfortunately, more than two-thirds of changes and business transformations fail to achieve the expectation. Running IT as a change organization, how can CIOs drive such a multidimensional digital transformation effortlessly?
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The Monthly “Digital Master” Book Tuning: What’s Your Digital Playbooks to Drive Transformative Change Aug. 2019
Future of CIO
AUGUST 2, 2019
What’s Your Digital Playbook to Drive Transformative Change Digital Playbook vs. Cookbook: What’s your Hand Book to Make a Leap of Digital Transformation The purpose of going digital is to make a significant difference in achieving high performance and unlocking the full potential of the business.
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Social, Agile and Transformation
NOVEMBER 18, 2008
I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. Tuesday, November 18, 2008. Waited five minutes.
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185 The Monthly “IT Innovation” Book Tuning: Running IT as Innovation Accelerator July 2019
Future of CIO
JULY 6, 2019
Ironically, often technology is the disruptive force behind the business transformation and information is one of the most invaluable assets businesses need to invest in. Thus, running faster IT becomes a prerequisite of operating a highly adaptive and high-performance business.
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45 The Monthly “CIO Master” Book Tuning: The Multifaceted Digital CIO Oct. 2018
Future of CIO
OCTOBER 13, 2018
Digital CIOs, are born to change, how they overcome the digital transformation challenges depends on their ability to think, adapt, proactively plan and execute, as well as their multifaceted leadership capacities.
The Monthly “Change Agent CIO” Book Tuning: IT Led Digital Transformation Sep. 2019
Future of CIO
SEPTEMBER 21, 2019
The Promises and Perils of IT-Driven Digital Transformation In today's world, information & technology is driving the digital paradigm shift. Unlike previous eras during which business transformation was driven by business ideas.
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56 The Monthly “Digitizing Boardroom” Book Tuning: Board Directors as Digital Practitioners Nov. 2017
Future of CIO
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
In short, digitizing the boardroom is inevitable, because as the top leadership team, the board just has to step into the digital vision, exemplify digital leadership effectiveness, and walk the talk in driving the business transformation.
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The Monthly “CIO Master” Book Tuning: The Multifaceted Digital CIO Mar. 2019
Future of CIO
MARCH 12, 2019
Digitalization is the evolutionary business transformation which evolves production, adoption, assimilation, exploitation, and exploration of value-added novelty in the business. Great CIOs have multiple personas, varying personalities, and impressive leadership profiles.
The Monthly “Performance Master’ Book Tuning: Leverage Dashboard to Make Continuous Improvement May 2019
Future of CIO
MAY 25, 2019
Typically, CIOs would need to remain on top of various parameters such as costs, production Issues (especially business-critical applications), risks, technology, customer, long-term business transformation, etc.
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40 How the iPad could be a Game Changer - Social, Agile, and.
Social, Agile and Transformation
JANUARY 28, 2010
I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. I dont read a lot of books. Thursday, January 28, 2010.
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The Popular Quotes of “Digital Master” Book Series III
Future of CIO
MAY 10, 2018
"Digital Master” is the series of guidebooks (23+ books) to perceive the multi-faceted impact digital is making to the businesses and society, help forward-thinking organizations navigate through the journey in a systematic way, and avoid “rogue digital.” They are fundamental building blocks for business transformation.
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40 The Monthly “Digitizing Boardroom” Book Tuning: The Digital Competency of the Board Mar. 2019
Future of CIO
MARCH 13, 2019
They also set the tone for digital leadership and business transformation. A Board with High Changeability Contemporary corporate boards play a critical role in overseeing strategy, advising management, and monitoring performance. Change is the new normal, the speed of change is increasing in the digital era.
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40 The Monthly “CIO Master” Book Tuning: The CIO as Digital Modernist Dec. 2018
Future of CIO
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Contemporary CIOs should be capable of evolving leadership skills to not only match pace with the changes in technology and the pace at which an organization can effectively manage these changes but also proactively drive changes in business transformation based on their vision, passion and leadership practices.
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The Monthly “CIO Master” Book Tuning: The Digital CIO’s Dynamic Role Sep. 2018
Future of CIO
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Contemporary CIOs should be capable of evolving leadership skills to not only match pace with the changes in technology and the pace at which an organization can effectively manage these changes but also proactively drive changes in business transformation based on their vision, passion and leadership practices.
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40 The Monthly “12 CIO Personas” Book Tuning: CIOs as “Chief Interpretation Officer” Aug. 2018
Future of CIO
AUGUST 18, 2018
Contemporary CIOs should be capable of evolving leadership skills to not only match pace with the changes in technology and the pace at which an organization can effectively manage these changes but also proactively drive changes in business transformation based on their vision, passion and leadership practices.
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