Tag: Risk
IT Current State Assessment
Business Growth, Change Management, Cybersecurity, Governance and Compliance, Not-for-Profit, Project Management, Risk, Strategy, TechnologyI’ve worked with not-for-profit and community organisations for years. The pattern is relatively consistent: technology initiatives operate separately from organisational strategy, creating inefficiencies that compound over time. Recently I worked with an NFP to deliver a comprehensive Current State Assessment for their IT function. The process revealed where things were working, where they weren’t and…
Effective business analysis techniques
“Can you run Google Ads for us?” “We need a new website.” “Our competitor just launched on TikTok – should we be there too?” These are tactical requests masquerading as strategy. They skip the fundamental questions: where are we now, where do we want to be, who are our customers, who are our competitors and…
Governing through a cyber crisis
This morning I attended the AICD’s “Governing Through a Cyber Crisis” because I was interested to see what strategies for building a cyber-resilient organisation would be covered at a board level. As a 30-year tech professional, I reckon there’s a difference between governing through a crisis and building a cyber-resilient organisation – but it depends…
The benefits of IT strategy
Business Growth, Change Management, Cybersecurity, Financials, Risk, Strategy, Technology, TransformationMost mid-sized businesses treat IT as “the person who fixes computers.” Technology decisions get made reactively: something breaks, buy a replacement; a vendor pitches new software, evaluate whether budget exists, implement if it does. This isn’t strategy. It’s firefighting. After 30 years in IT including roles as Head of IT for major organisations, the pattern…
