90% of strategic plans fail. Think about that. You do the hard work. You create an inspiring new strategy to deliver value to your business. You run it by everyone who needs to approve it. You manage to get a consensus. You finally receive sign-off. You launch your program to great applause, excitement, and expectation. […]
Digital transformation has been a good and bad thing for IT. On the one hand, digital transformation has moved technology front-and-center within every business function. On the other hand, 84% of these digital transformations fail, and when business leaders look for someone to blame for these failures, they often make IT the scapegoat. Why the […]
“Why do you want to become a more strategic IT leader?” “What is your biggest barrier to becoming more strategic?” “How is strategy currently handled in your IT org?” For the last few weeks, we asked our community of IT leaders these questions. Why? IT leaders are constantly being told they must “become more strategic”. Often, […]
(The following is an excerpt from our book The 11 Secrets of Highly Influential IT Leaders.) “You gotta understand the business!” In the IT world, we’ve been hearing this call, this commandment, to IT leaders for as long as I can remember. But despite constant repetition, it still seems to be a chronic problem for […]
Nearly every pharma company is in the app business. With a view toward engaging patients and providing value-added digital services to supplement the core therapy, pharma companies have embraced mobile apps with a gusto. The top 15 pharma companies have launched over 850 apps. And on average, these same companies have 65 apps each. Yup, […]
