Tag: Transformation
Digital strategy at the executive level
Business Growth, Change Management, Cybersecurity, Financials, Leadership, Risk, Strategy, Technology, TransformationI’ve sat in boardrooms on both sides of the table – as an internal Head of IT and as an external advisor. I’ve also completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors “Foundations of Directorship” course. The pattern is consistent: technology gets treated as operational support rather than part of digital strategy. IT appears on the…
Digital Transformation, the latest buzzword
With news last week of a decade-old incomplete $340m federal government transformation, let’s talk about Digital Transformation because it seems like every organisation is trying to do one these days. Talk about a buzzword! According to a 2022 McKinsey & Co study, a majority of transformation projects fall short of expectations, often with profound consequences.…
Embracing digital transformation
Artificial Intelligence, Business Growth, Change Management, Data Analytics, Financials, SEO, Technology, Transformation“We need to do digital transformation.” This statement usually means one of two things: the business has read articles about digital transformation and feels they should be doing it, or they’re experiencing specific problems and “digital transformation” sounds like the solution. Neither is a strategy. What digital transformation actually is Digital transformation means using technology…
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…
