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In a major new research report, The Technology-Augmented Employee, I take on a problem that’s vexing CIOs and government leaders alike. In aggregate, US companies face a productivity paradox: Despite billions of dollars invested in technology, gr…
You are able to watch a presentation by Dave Snowden regarding complexity and how not to manage complexity. Complexity is a core concept in Enterprise Architecture and Coherency Management, and these concepts are to be managed well in order to achieve coherence. Advertisements
Culture remains the No. 1 barrier to successful digital transformation. Every time we survey business executives about digital transformation, they tell us that their organizational culture is a problem. After years of looking at data and interviewing …
As enterprises strive to stay on a path of digital evolution, the consulting and systems integration marketplace is rapidly transforming as well to deliver a new generation of digital services. Forrester data shows that services buyers are focused on t…
That is the question! If you’re the CEO of your business, or maybe the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) responsible for digital business strategy, it’s the central question you need to be asking of your leadership team. A platform business can t…
Question: Should you build a platform business? Answer: Maybe. Let’s go beyond the ecosystem hype and figure this thing out together. But first, what is a platform business? I think of it as a company that exposes its capabilities in ways that cu…
From twenty years of trying, I know this about covering Amazon: It’s tricky. Our report process can take months during which we comb through our extensive Technographics data to find patterns or we interview executives. Not to mention the time it…
A survey conducted by The Open Group in cooperation with BiZZdesign and other partners found that the largest difficulty in strategy process (for over half of the 500+ respondents) is bridging the gap between strategy development and implem…
Mind The Gap There’s a widening digital gap between digitally advanced companies and their less digitally mature counterparts. And the risk for companies just starting their digital journey is that they may have left it too late to catch up (see …
I have a good friend that has a small business (roughly 100 employees and 2 office locations, everything lives in the cloud, no real “network” to speak of) that is doing well. A few weeks ago, over barbeque and range time (some folks play golf, we sho…
Is there a quick way to become an Enterprise Architect? Probably not! But if you know the best ways to become an Enterprise Architect, your chances of success will be much higher. And if you know what is involved in being an Enterprise Architect then y…
This is a guest post by Sarah Dawson, a Research Associate on the Application Development & Delivery (AD&D) team. Your customers are walking, talking contradictions. Forrester data shows that more than half of them want you to value their time,…