Back in the industrial era, business was much more straightforward. Choose a market based on either addressing an unmet need, or simply join the ranks of an established market. You might have offered a slight twist on that of the established players, but it was largely the same offering. Having started the business, you six […]
It is wonderful to live in the current period of technological growth. The gradient of the growth curve is literally rising before our very eyes. But it appears that many organisations are oblivious to this reality. Most established businesses appear to be actively sidestepping anything that might deliver exponential growth. Most likely, being established, and […]
T-Systems recently held two executive dinners in conjunction with the Financial Times. The first dinner was attended by CIOs and IT leaders from a variety of sectors. The second was attended by CFOs, similarly from a diverse range of sectors. Both dinners were highly interactive and thus enabling all participants to both share IT-related challenges […]
CFOs are nervous about innovation because they associate it with risk and therefore cost. They also probably get it muddled up with invention. There is a difference. Invention requires trial and error and involves creating something new. Innovation on the other hand takes what already exists and makes it better. So the innovation sales pitch […]
Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his 2007 book The Black Swan points out that almost all major discoveries were both unpredicted and undirected, eg. the PC and the Internet. The same applies to many major historic events. Black Swan events are typically deemed impossible prior to their occurrence and when they occur tend to be of […]
I was delighted to receive some very positive feedback from Bob Evans, Senior VP, Global CIO, Information Week in the US. He has picked up on my recent Financial Times piece – 'A call to arms for a 21st century CIO'. It riggered me to respond in turn: ———————————————– Thanks Bob. I really appreciate the […]