Social, Agile, and Transformation
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Topics for CIO CTO CDO and CMO covering Agile, Bigdata, DevOps, Dat Management, Data Visualization and Digital Transformation. Isaac Sacolick is a successful CIO who has led digital transformation, innovation, agile, and data science programs in multiple organizations.
Social, Agile, and Transformation
23h ago
Ten years ago, it was less likely for CIOs and Digitial Trailblazers to form a partnership with their CHRO and human resources departments. At that time, IT was largely focused on run and grow initiatives with little focus on transformation – and the term digital transformation was in its infancy. Meanwhile, many employees perceived HR as untrustworthy and only ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
1w ago
How to measure business value is a question many agile teams ask me, given how much rigor I ask them to put into estimating and capturing story points. Should product managers and product owners have an equivalent responsibility to define a business value metric, use the metric for prioritization, and be held accountable for actual business value delivered versus ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
2w ago
“Managing up is a career development method that involves working with your boss to create value for both of you.” This is how Google’s AI explains managing up, a set of career management practices for developing relationships with your manager and other higher-level executives. I confess – I sucked at managing up during my days as CTO and CIO. From my naïve ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
3w ago
“The pace of technology change is increasing, and you must reevaluate your digital strategy and priorities. Frequently. You will always be transforming, and your organization must establish transformational practices as essential core competencies.” It’s been just over two years since I finalized the Digital Trailblazer manuscript, my book of stories and 50 ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
1M ago
Manufacturing, construction, and other industrial businesses can leapfrog from technology-lagging organizations to ones driving competitive advantages. A chief challenge is escaping legacy mindsets, especially in small and medium businesses where technology is a commodity component that’s bought once and used well past its depreciation date.   ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
1M ago
Digital transformation leaders – people I call Digital Trailblazers – wear many hats, and one that’s come up several times during our Coffee with Digital Trailblazers is the role of vision painter. As a vision painter, we must understand business strategies, learn market needs, capture customer feedback, and identify technology opportunities. Our objectives include ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
1M ago
Ten years ago, I wrote an article for Engineering News Record on how construction businesses underspend in technology. I referenced Gartner’s survey of technology spending by industry, showing construction dead last, which was the same ranking it held the previous year. Back then, the construction CIOs I collaborated with were moving from 2D CAD ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
2M ago
I invited several experts to my weekly Coffee with Digital Trailblazers to discuss change management, easing adoptions, and minimizing the productivity dip. Participants heard a change management playbook. We used the productivity dip (illustrated below) as a reference model as it’s a useful tool to illustrate desirable versus problematic change ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
2M ago
CIOs, CTOs, and Digital Trailblazers – we have a problem. While many organizations have adopted agile methodologies, there’s a gap between what leaders expect from these practices and what they deliver. This year’s State of Agile report (the 17th of their annual reports) shows the gap is widening and points to some of the underlying issues for technology ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
2M ago
Every year, a new round of surveys shows that 40-60% of organizations are struggling with digital transformation. One recent survey shows that 51% of respondents have not seen an increase in performance or profitability from digital transformation investments. Other early surveys quote that 70-90% of digital transformation initiatives have underperforming results ..read more