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
4d ago
Sponsored by Verizon Recent reports show that companies continue to embrace hybrid working and fully remote employees to drive productivity and improve work-life balance. Gartner forecasts that 51% of U.S. knowledge workers (39% globally) will work in hybrid mode by the end of 2023, and 20% will be fully remote. In another study, 65% of managers believe their ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
1w ago
Seeing data governance functions pigeonholed into compliance and data security responsibilities drives me a little nuts. First, it misses the key business value proposition of data governance, which should be on helping people in the organization, customers, and partners leverage data in decision-making in reliable and compliant ways. I advise chief data ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
2w ago
One CIO shared this feedback with me after reading my book, Digital Trailblazer. “Isaac, I wish you had written more about your experiences with the Board and the strategic leadership team (SLT),” she said. Even seasoned CIOs, CTOs, and CDOs want advice on navigating their CXO/SLT and CXO/Board responsibilities because even with some experience, it never ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
3w ago
DevOps engineers have much to offer their organizations beyond developing CI/CD pipelines, configuring infrastructure as code, enabling AIOps capabilities, and other engineering practices that align with dev and ops objectives. If you’re an ambitious DevOps engineer, I’ve already published a career checklist to help you roadmap learning ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
1M ago
In my recent post on agile co-creation, I said, “Co-creation requires a shift in mindset, contracting, and operating model.” The shift can be paradoxical for business leaders who view partnering as a tool for throwing problems over the fence and managing a project or service at arm’s length. I’ll tackle how to partner with solutions and service providers ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
1M ago
Just over ten years ago, the CEO of Atos proclaimed an end to internal emails and began shifting collaboration to new social networking tools they were developing internally. Even before then, when I was CIO at Businessweek, I heard about a similar program at TCS from their CTO, Ananth Krishnan, and wrote about how CIOs must put Enterprise 2.0 high on their agenda ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
1M ago
Chapter 8 of my book, Digital Trailblazer, is titled “Transformative Culture, Empathetic Teams, Diverse Leaders,” and I went through several rewrites and revisions to get the stories and lessons right. I just released the Driving Digital Standup video on this chapter, as it’s one of the most important reads in the book. Here’s a quote from the ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
1M ago
Experienced technology and data leaders shared their experiences establishing data-driven organizations during a recent Coffee with Digital Trailblazers episode. I host the event Fridays at 11 am ET, and while we’ve discussed many leadership topics tied to digital transformation over the weeks, this was our first episode where we focused on data practices ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
2M ago
I start my day by asking ChatGPT questions about an upcoming trip I am planning, including where I am heading, with whom I am traveling, and the expected weather. ChatGPT provides an itinerary of where to visit, places to eat, and what to bring on my trip. Five minutes later, I visit several ecommerce websites to find and buy the recommended ..read more
Social, Agile, and Transformation
2M ago
I recently shared recommendations with over 100 CEOs and Board of Director members on how they should prepare their businesses for the impacts of ChatGPT and Generative AI. The Driving Digital Standup video embedded here has some background, including several ways I use ChatGPT today. I tell these executives, “Ignorance is not bliss” because of the major ..read more