Adopting an Ecosystem View of Business Technology
To fully benefit from new business technology, CIOs need to adapt their traditional IT functions to the opportunities and challenges of emerging technology “ecosystems.” Here’s how it’s done.
Content: Article | Authors: Driek Desmet, Niels Maerkedahl, Parker Shi | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business
Driek Desmet, Ewan Duncan, Jay Scanlan, Marc Singer
While companies often obsess about the “boxes and lines” of organizational structure, it’s more important—and significantly more difficult—to focus on processes and capabilities.
Content: Quotation | Authors: Driek Desmet, Ewan Duncan, Jay Scanlan, Marc Singer | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior
Six Building Blocks for Creating a High-Performing Digital Enterprise
Digitization affects almost everything in today’s organizations, which makes capturing its benefits uniquely complex. Here are the most important aspects that winning companies consider.
Content: Article | Authors: Driek Desmet, Ewan Duncan, Jay Scanlan, Marc Singer | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business
Memo to the CEO: Why We Need an Annual Report for Technology
Although most companies realize that business units and the technology organization must be much more integrated, many don’t know how to make this happen. Leaders of business units sometimes have only a vague sense of technology’s value, while technology executives often fail to address issues in terms that businesspeople find meaningful. In an imaginary memo to a CEO, a chief technology officer proposes a solution: … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Driek Desmet, Tor Mesøy | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business