First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 11, 2011

Change the Culture, Change the Game: The Breakthrough Strategy for Energizing Your Organization and Creating Accountability for Results Roger Connors and Tom Smith Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2011) A comprehensive, cohesive, and cost-effective methodology to achieve breakthrough results In Leading Change, James O’Toole suggests that much (most?)

Rogers 99

Rogers Review Resistance Books 99

First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Soon most of us will be exchanging holiday gifts and perhaps you’ll be asked what you would like to receive. Why not suggest some business books? In my opinion, whether as a gift from someone else or one you give yourself, these ten are among the essentials, listed in title alpha order: Beyond Performance: How [.].

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Books Execution Enterprise Architecture Christensen 110

First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Whenever asked to recommend business books, I immediately inquire, “What is the single greatest challenge that you and your organization now face?” ” Of course, responses vary but over time, these seem to be the ten challenges most frequently cited, followed by the book(s) I think will be most helpful.

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Books Consultative Course Enterprise Architecture 100

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 22, 2011

Army of Entrepreneurs: Create an Engaged and Empowered Workforce for Exceptional Business Growth Jennifer Prosek AMACOM (2011) How to grow great gardeners The title of my review refers to what I believe is Jennifer Prosek’s key point in this book: To paraphrase, Think like a gardener and decide what you want to grow, when and [.].

Entrepreneur 85

Entrepreneur Review Books Reference 85

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 22, 2011

Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement William Duggan Columbia University Press (2007) How and why “a modern discipline” can activate “flashes of insight” in a results-driven organization There is much to be said for eliminating waste throughout an enterprise without transforming it completely, at all levels and in all areas.

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Review Books Creativity Organization 80

First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 6, 2011

Doing Both: Capturing Today’s Profit and Driving Tomorrow’s Growth Inder Sidhu FT Press/Pearson Organizational transformation is not — repeat not – a zero-sum game One of the most self-defeating mindsets is suggested by the admonition, “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.&#

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Review Books Short-term Long-term 75

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2012

My strategy worked well, and I eventually found a position at Tata Consultancy Services , a leading multinational information technology firm. My job-search strategy was vastly different this time around not only because of the rise of social media, but also because of our current economic climate.

Enterprise Architecture 15

Enterprise Architecture Skills Information Technology Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

A second new component of the IT function should be dedicated to this category of work: the Enterprise Integration Group (EIG). EIG is responsible for enterprise architecture, the center of expertise for simplification and integration methods, process and program management. Participating in Strategy Formulation.

Enterprise Architecture 9

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

Lean "senseis" (teachers) say strategy deployment, executives as coaches, and front-line problem-solving sustain improvement. BPM missionaries say processes and process knowledge embedded in software, an enterprise architecture, and a central process management organization sustain improvement.

Six Sigma 15

Six Sigma BPM Process Hammer 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

There’s still much to learn when it comes to digitizing business processes, and in particular using automation sprints—those smart, fast, and small efforts you use to boost productivity when a change to enterprise architecture isn’t the right step. Take the subscriber-first strategy of The New York Times.

Strategy 8

Strategy Content Enterprise Architecture Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

But how can an enterprise standardize on a dimension like mobile that’s always one hardware cycle away from changing dramatically? Or how can an enterprise implement a mobile strategy leading with iPads, but continue to support software vendors that don’t play well with Apple? company.

CIO 9

CIO Information Technology Enterprise Architecture Software 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The CIO is becoming a strategic partner that is crucial to developing and executing marketing strategy.”. The BIO must understand and translate business strategy into an IT enterprise architecture strategy and help guide technology investments. Teams need to be explicit about who will make what decisions, when.

CIO 10

CIO Budgeting Enterprise Architecture Marketing 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

One of the common divides is that the former is focused on adopting the latest technologies, while the latter is focused on governance, security, and enterprise architecture. If the marketing team is developing a strategy to advance client needs, the IT team helps prioritize those needs based on the requirements of the infrastructure.

Marketing 8

Marketing Enterprise Architecture Technology Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2015

IT applications to support local or functional strategies and initiatives are provisioned directly from the cloud, often without the knowledge of the IT department. The discipline of enterprise architecture (EA)—creating and adhering to an overarching plan for building IT systems—has been around for some time.

System 8

System Enterprise Architecture Agility Operations 8