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dmendyk
7/19/2016 9:24:39 AM
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Too generalissimo
Mike -- It's not surprising that a vaguely defined concept like "digital transformation" would elicit such spongy survey results. Digital transformation began when businesses started swapping out ledger books for computers -- which means this process is now almost 60 years in the making. The truth is that everyone in every organization has some involvement in "digital transformation." And as far as evolutionary processes go, having a completely defined blueprint or roadmap is far less important than identifying and then implementing new processes as they make sense for the business.
Re: Too generalissimo
Thanks for the comments Dennis. In another survey I was reading yesterday, "going paperless" was the top initiative for IT decision makers while "cultural transformation" came in dead last. Whatever the definition of digital transformation is, it will be hard to achieve without cultural transformations.
dmendyk
7/19/2016 10:12:35 AM
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Re: Too generalissimo
Cultural transformation -- the king sponge of spongy terms. Here, we enter chicken/egg territory. From my limited experience, business transformation drives cultural transformation, rather than the other way around.
culture club
I guess I see it the other way: cultural transformation is a big component that involves changing the way businesses work. Don't we need cultural transformations for new services and technologies, such as SDN/NFV, DevOps, big data analytics, web scale operations and services? For breaking down those silos?
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dmendyk
7/19/2016 10:38:26 AM
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Re: culture club
The most effective way to achieve cultural transformation is through wholesale change and replacement, which can be achieved faster with new processes rather than retrained mindsets. CSPs are painfully aware of this, especially the ones that are having to modernize operations with a last-generation workforce. Some companies are trying to buy their way to cultural transformation, but those results are mixed at best.
clrmoney
7/19/2016 10:58:39 AM
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digital transformation
I'm not sure why some business don't all want to go digiital, I think some are old fashion in a way or will that cause some problems for them in the long run.
srufolo1
7/19/2016 11:50:20 AM
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Re: digital transformation
It seems to me there has always been a disconnect as far as whose responsibility was what in enterprises. It's that way for security concerns and beyond. In addition, when doing business with a company, it has been historically confusing for solution providers about who the go-to person was. It used to be the IT guy. Then it was the CEO. So this disparity is not unusual. Maybe some job titles ought to be combined.
afwriter
7/19/2016 12:23:33 PM
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Too many cooks
I think it is interesting that they would be fighting over who has to have more on their plate. Especially when it seems that not a lot of higher ups even understand a lot of this technology that is rolling out.
dcawrey
7/19/2016 2:01:34 PM
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Re: Too generalissimo
I'm always a bit wary when the CFO is driving technical change. Often this means he or she is tasked with restraining spending.
For some IT projects that are needed at these businesses, big bucks will be spent. Having a CIO that recognizes this and acts as an agent of change is important – that's how innovative things will get done.
pierre999
7/19/2016 3:38:45 PM
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Re: Too generalissimo
yes ! that's exactly what I'm thinking!
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