The Biggest Innovation Hurdle: Getting to Why
When you are driving to innovation, target key stakeholders (like Customers and your internal Front Line) and address their concerns. This approach will help pull change through the organization.
The Spark to Ignite Your Innovation Ideas
To effectively introduce change to a team, an organization, a customer, or a market, there has to be a compelling reason. Early adopters have it easy - how can established organizations, teams, products see the same results?
Shadow IT is Digital Transformation Trying to Break Free
Over the years, the slow growth of Shadow IT has really been the canary in the coal mine, the formative stages of an organization's Digital Transformation - people using Information and Technology to automate internal processes, get closer to the customer, and transform products and services.
May you live in interesting times …
(mythical Chinese curse) We truly do live in interesting times; world, political, and economic events over the past days, weeks, and months have impacted us all. Some may see these as exciting and positive - others see fear, uncertainty, and doubt. But it is no doubt interesting. Truth be told, in our world of Information and Technology, there is a similar high level of "interesting things" happening; mega-shifts that impact peoples' lives and livelihood, due to advances in technical capabilities:…
IoT Field Notes: Whose Cloud is it Anyway? (part 2)
To understand who should take a leadership role in defining and building an ecosystem of data for your products, understand the roles in the Value Chain.
IoT Field Notes: Whose Cloud is it Anyway? (part 1)
Who should take the leadership and ownership role for defining your "ecosystem of data"? This simple story illustrates the challenge for complex value chains.
The Subtle Power of Design: Making Something Happen
A discussion of a simple pattern for success when introducing new ideas; what does success looks like? Understand the outcome you want to create, and figure out a path to get there.
The Subtle Power of Design: A Case Study
A review of the Design decisions made when creating a particularly complicated diagram that communicates a significant shift in thinking.
IoT Field Notes: How to Identify Customer Value (Original)
A practical method for zeroing in on where value is created by digital products and services; it depends a lot on the Value Chain (how products eventually get to the End Customer).
The Internet of Things and Applied Digital Strategy
The IoT presents companies with a choice - top line revenue growth or bottom line earnings improvement. Which is the right focus for your organization? Let’s start by figuring out how to connect this new-wave “digital thinking” to your enterprise strategy.