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IT needs to change!
They’ve been saying this for years.What’s different now?
Social Mobile
Cloud Big Data
There are also trends affecting the fundamentals of business - & thus IT.
“Many of these ideas shun ownership for rent on those elements of the enterprise not tied directly to value creation, suggesting a rethink in how IT is delivered.” – Jim Stikeleather, Executive Strategist, Innovation, Dell Services, Harvard Business Review blog
Management’s
Newest Star:
Meet the
Chief
Information
Officer
1986
• Many CIOs are a C-level in title only
• Only 17% of CIOs were on Executive Team
• Other C-suite members see IT as back office function & cost center
“The executive team often holds little expectation of the CIO. This is a risk, both for the CIO’s role and for the business.” – The DNA of the CIO – Ernst & Young
What Happened to the New Star of the C-Suite?
What one word best describes your corporate IT department?
What one word do you wish described them?
• 50% of CEOs demand more of the IT function than what it is currently doing. In return, only 10% of CIOs believe they have an execution problem. - Peter Sondergaard, Gartner global head of research
• Almost half of CEOs feel IT should be a commodity service purchased as needed . In addition, they do not feel that their CIO understands the business nor how to apply IT in new ways to the business. - Jim Stikeleather, Executive Strategist, Innovation, for Dell Services
• 86% of CEOs believe that technology advances will transform their business by 2019. 67% say their IT department is ill-prepared for the change. – 2014 PWC CEO Study
We Have a Disconnect!
Re Imagine
IT
“IT as we know it is dead.” - Charles Araujo - The
Quantum Age of IT – Why everything you know about IT is about to change
GAME OVER
What would you do with a
FreshStart?
From this:• Controlling• Resistant• Roadblock• Tactical• Primarily Cost-Cutting• Technology-focused• Costly• Reactive• Sole-source Provider• Slow• Supply-driven
To this:• Enabling• Flexible• Driver• Strategic• Difference Maker• Business Champion• Great Value• Proactive• Broker / Orchestrator• Faster than Rest of Org• Demand-driven
• Use the model of a Professional Services Organization• Consulting• Business Requirements• Find Solutions• Integration• Quality Assurance
• Enterprise Architecture• Security• Program/Project Management• Vendor Management
Solutions
• Change the Mindset• Increase Demand• Change the governance model• Radically increase Speed/Flexibility
Solutions
Barriers
• Current culture• Lack of corporate
strategy / vision• Legacy systems• Politics /
relationships• Budget
• Not the right staff/training
• Not enough time• Sense of urgency• Afraid to rock the
boat• Lack of know-how
Practical StepsTo
Get StartedNOW
5th Annual Digital IQ Survey: Digital Conversations and the
C-suite
Companies with collaborative C-suites are 4X more likely to be a top performing company
CIOs are the catalysts for the conversation
Loosen Control
Get Strategic
Learn to Excel at Leading Change
Quic
k
flexible
Focus on value
Aggressively address ktlo
Get Your TeamOn Board
BeCourageous
Don’tGo ItAlone
“It is quite startling how few CIOs have taken steps to reinvent themselves within their business.” - Maureen Osborne, Global CIO for E&Y
Conclusion
Maintaining status quo is not an option.
You can make the difference!
Go Get ‘em, Tiger!
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