These posts focus on the disrupted nature of leadership as we transition to the age of disruption.
The IT department is the lynchpin that turns technology vendor offerings into value for business, individuals and society. The CIO is the most critical person in this most critical of junctures. That’s how I see it. However, many organisations sit on a spectrum, where this is one extreme and the other being that the CIO […]
The primary difference between industrial age and digital age leadership is that the former is assigned to you by the HR department and the latter is conferred on you by the people. Leadership was easier in the industrial era because the workers had no choice but to obey orders. This is changing. Whilst the robots […]
I was delighted to be invited to lead a series of private fine-dining events on behalf of RingCentral for IT leaders in Denver, Minneapolis and Miami respectively. The guests included a variety of CIOs and senior IT executives from a wide range of organizations spanning the public and private sectors. Local representatives from RingCentral were […]
Many parents lament at their children’s distractibility. Their ability to play Call of Duty in team mode, whilst catching up on Netflix is both amazing and bewildering to witness if you are above a certain age. That they are concurrently keeping track of their social feeds on another device is incredible. How shallow! One might […]
Digital fatigue? I would not be surprised if you are suffering from digital fatigue. Digital this, digital that. Disrupt here, transform there. My sense is that we are hitting ‘peak digital’, a result brought about by over-usage of the term coupled with under-execution by those in positions of authority. This is exacerbated by a general […]
I recently conducted research into the current options leaders have in respect of preparing for the digital age. In the main I have focused on educational options. Some of the more amusing pieces of advice include: Appoint a Chief Digital Officer (CDO). Create a digital strategy. The first of these might be a good idea […]
Quiz time Before I answer the question, ‘what is digital strategy?’, let’s start with a quick quiz. What do the following have in common? Mobile phone. Airplane. Pianoforte. Digital strategy. Each of these terms has an in-built degree of redundancy. For example, are there any other types of plane beyond airplanes? ‘Plane’ covers it. And […]
Business agility is a concept that has been around for a while. Agility is good. But it has a heat of the moment reactive feel to it. Agile fighters will always outperform sclerotic opponents. Though it is not usually a good idea to wait until the opposition is throwing punches at your head before responding. […]
Let’s first take stock. Here are three signs, your leadership style is no longer fit for purpose: You enjoy the sensation of your edicts cascading down the steep hierarchy of the org chart. You feel you are uniquely placed to make the big decisions, and so are fully signed up to the ‘command and control’, […]
