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2024-04-15 13:30
Ten years ago, it was less likely for CIOs and
Digitial Trailblazers
to form a partnership with their CHRO and human resources departments. At
that time, IT was largely focused o… Read More
2024-04-08 14:04
How to measure business value is a question many agile teams ask me, given
how much rigor I ask them to put into
estimating and capturing
story points. Should product managers an… Read More
2024-04-01 13:13
“Managing up is a career development method that involves working with your
boss to create value for both of you.” This is how Google’s AI explains
managing up, a s… Read More
2024-03-25 12:17
“The pace of technology change is increasing, and you must reevaluate your
digital strategy and priorities. Frequently. You will always be
transforming, and your organization m… Read More
2024-03-18 12:30
Manufacturing, construction, and other industrial businesses can leapfrog
from technology-lagging organizations to ones driving competitive
advantages. A chief challenge is escaping… Read More
2024-03-11 14:59
A couple of years ago, I led an agile transformation program for a major
hospital system. Their
vision statement
was to pilot process changes and new technologies to improve pati… Read More
2024-03-04 13:45
Digital transformation leaders – people I call Digital Trailblazers – wear
many hats, and one that’s come up several times during our
Coffee with Digital Trailblaze… Read More
2024-02-23 14:19
Ten years ago, I wrote an article for Engineering News Record on how
construction businesses underspend in technology. I referenced Gartner’s survey of technology spending by indus… Read More
2024-02-12 16:44
I invited several experts to my weekly
Coffee with Digital Trailblazers
to discuss change management, easing adoptions, and minimizing the
productivity dip. Participants heard a… Read More
2024-02-05 13:30
CIOs, CTOs, and Digital Trailblazers – we have a problem.
While many organizations have adopted agile methodologies, there’s a gap
between what leaders expect f… Read More
2024-01-29 15:29
Every year, a new round of surveys shows that 40-60% of organizations are
struggling with digital transformation.
One recent survey
shows that 51% of respondents have not seen an… Read More
2024-01-22 13:30
I’ve spoken with several CIOs who were the first to hold the role and title
at their organizations. It’s a unique experience, so I thought I’d share
some thoughts… Read More
2024-01-15 15:33
This is my fifth year of sharing my top book reads of the previous year, and
you can review my previous lists here:
2022,
2021,
2020, and
2019.
This year&rsquo&hell…Read More
2024-01-08 13:30
I just read about how
CIOs are taking it slow
regarding generative AI in the enterprise. “The hard thing about this is you
don’t have data on people’s level of… Read More
2024-01-02 13:30
You should evaluate your career progression and goals regularly, especially
in this super-charged world where generative AI impacts many job functions
and more businesses are acceler… Read More
2023-12-18 13:30
2023 is coming to a close. I’ve had a difficult year and won’t be able to
share details for a while, but I’ve had several close friends and colleagues
to support me… Read More
2023-12-11 13:33
Jamie knew she had plenty of work to do when she took the Director of IT
role at a midsize HVAC services company.
Over the last decade, the company grew organically and e… Read More
2023-12-04 18:56
A couple of weeks ago, I celebrated my
1,000th blog post, an achievement I am just as proud of as publishing my two books,
Driving Digital and
Digital Trailblazer.
In t… Read More
IT Turnaround: Know These 15 Signs + 15 Tactics To Transform From Floundering To Winning Departments
2023-11-27 14:22
“Look at your company as if it were your first day on the job. What would
your first impressions be of how your business is operating?”
That’s my opening sta… Read More
2023-11-20 13:30
I love this time of year in the United States when we have a brief pause
from our complex lives and get the chance to break bread with family and
friends. Thanksgiving means a lot mo… Read More
2023-11-13 14:38
Today’s post, my 1,000th published article, marks an achievement
I am tremendously proud of and excited to share.
Here’s the funny story of how I started writin… Read More
2023-11-06 13:30
When you meet Joe Puglisi, see him moderating a panel on stage, or
participate in his SIM members in transition calls, you instantly know he’s
someone you can learn a lot… Read More
2023-10-23 12:30
How should CIOs and IT leaders prepare their organizations to pursue
generative AI opportunities while mitigating risks and navigating cultural
and workforce impacts?
It&rs&hell…Read More
2023-10-16 16:32
When interviewing for an entry-level role, would you know if you had a
future
Digital Trailblazer
sitting before you? That was the topic at a recent
Coffee with Digital Trail… Read More
2023-10-09 12:30
When I was CIO at a construction industry data, analytics, and media
company, I was deeply interested in how technology and sustainability would
drive the industry’s future. Co… Read More
2023-10-02 12:33
Many agile and scrum teams want to be left alone so that they can do their
work. The last thing they want is leaders looking over their shoulders and
overseeing their to-do lists, ev… Read More
2023-09-25 12:30
Digital transformation is hard work, from developing a strategy to leading a
culture change. CIOs, CMOs, and CDOs quickly realize that executing digital
transformations requires prio… Read More
2023-09-18 12:30
I can’t imagine guiding large-scale digital transformations without
knowledgeable and influential architects. Architects guide solutions, seek
standard practices, and target bu… Read More
2023-09-11 12:30
I’m a strong proponent of hybrid working.
Requiring a strict in-office presence can be hard on many employees with
long commutes, family caretakers, or people with physi… Read More
2023-09-04 12:05
At a recent
Coffee with Digital Trailblazers, a LinkedIn audio event I host on Fridays at 11am ET, we discussed
the topic of driving creativity and lifelong learning. I wrote i… Read More
2023-08-28 12:30
At some point in your career, you’ll be handed the microphone and asked to
deliver a presentation for a big investment. You may be a product manager
looking to develop a
ne… Read More
2023-08-21 12:30
I am writing today’s blog post from Tucson, where I wrote the epilogue to
Digital Trailblazer.
“I’m taking a different type of walk today, a hike actually… Read More
2023-08-14 12:41
We had an active conversation at last week’s
Coffee with Digital Trailblazers
on navigating the risks when experimenting with generative AIs and large
language models (LLMS… Read More
2023-08-07 12:30
Over the next few years, we’ll see a seismic shift in how devops
organizations, agile development teams, site reliability engineers, and IT
Ops will achieve an increasingly com… Read More
2023-07-31 12:00
Ask any
Digital Trailblazer, including CIOs and CDOs, about the most demanding aspects of leading
digital transformation, and they’ll respond with the challenges of leading… Read More
2023-07-24 12:30
Sponsored by Verizon
It’s 5 am, and Tina is soothing her six-year-old daughter, who’s suffering
from a moderate fever and other flu-like symptoms. She starts her remot… Read More
2023-07-17 12:30
Laura recently left her job at a fintech startup and is starting a new role
in the wealth management division at a large bank. Tracking company news,
the latest sales announcements… Read More
2023-07-10 12:30
Here’s how
Wikipedia defines the business analyst role, which I believe needs some deeper context and definition. “A business
analyst (BA) is a person who processes, inte… Read More
2023-07-03 12:13
Some context: I rarely blog about information security because it’s outside
my core expertise in digital transformation. It’s hard to drive
transformation and also have a… Read More
2023-06-26 12:30
As I board the plane from San Francisco to Newark, I make a stark
realization. Wow, it’s been a year since I received my author’s copies of
Digital Trailblazer
and ei… Read More
2023-06-19 12:30
Sponsored by Coveo
Even before ChatGPT and large language models (LLMs) leaped to the front of
emerging technologies, I advised CIOs, CDOs, IT leaders, and product
managers to… Read More
2023-06-12 12:30
Sponsored by Verizon
A successful hybrid work program includes effective online collaboration and
information sharing so remote workers can be productive at home and feel
like… Read More
2023-06-05 12:30
Two weeks ago, I published
three ways data governance leaders can promote their careers
and stated, “Seeing data governance functions pigeonholed into compliance
and… Read More
2023-05-30 12:30
Sponsored by Verizon
Recent reports show that
companies continue to embrace hybrid working and fully remote employees to
drive productivity and improve work-life balance… Read More
2023-05-22 12:30
Seeing data governance functions pigeonholed into compliance and data
security responsibilities drives me a little nuts.
First, it misses the key business value proposition… Read More
2023-05-13 16:07
One CIO shared this feedback with me after reading my book,
Digital Trailblazer. “Isaac, I wish you had written more about your experiences with the Board
and the strategic lea… Read More
2023-05-08 12:30
DevOps engineers have much to offer their organizations beyond developing
CI/CD pipelines, configuring infrastructure as code, enabling AIOps
capabilities, and other engineering prac… Read More
2023-05-01 12:30
In my recent post on
agile co-creation, I said, “Co-creation requires a shift in mindset, contracting, and
operating model.”
The shift can be paradoxi… Read More
2023-04-24 12:30
Just over ten years ago, the CEO of Atos proclaimed
an end to internal emails
and began shifting collaboration to new social networking tools they were
developing internally. Eve… Read More
2023-04-17 12:30
Chapter 8 of my book,
Digital Trailblazer, is titled “Transformative Culture, Empathetic Teams, Diverse Leaders,”
and I went through several rewrites and revisions to get… Read More
2023-04-10 12:30
Experienced technology and data leaders shared their experiences
establishing data-driven organizations during a recent
Coffee with Digital Trailblazers
episode. I host the event… Read More
2023-04-03 12:30
I start my day by asking ChatGPT questions about an upcoming trip I am
planning, including where I am heading, with whom I am traveling, and the
expected weather. ChatGPT provides an… Read More
2023-03-27 12:30
I recently shared recommendations with over 100 CEOs and Board of Director
members on how they should prepare their businesses for the impacts of
ChatGPT and Generative AI… Read More
2023-03-20 12:30
I’ve led many successful application development, cloud migration, and
data/analytics programs over the years, and I staffed most of them with a
mix of employees, freelancers… Read More
2023-03-13 12:30
It’s fairly common for CIOs and
Digital Trailblazers
to be handed an inflight program that’s stalled or completely derailed.
Is the DevOps program for modern… Read More
2023-03-06 16:13
You won’t transform a business model, redesign a customer experience, or
automate a complex business process without facing some resistance. And if
leaders and employees line u… Read More
2023-02-27 13:30
I wrote the post the
#1 reason digital transformations fail
nearly five years ago. I shared, “The number one reason digital
transformations fail is because executives… Read More
2023-02-20 13:30
More companies have embraced citizen data science and have deployed tools
like Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Qlik, Domo, KNIME, Sisense, Google Data
Studio, Amazon QuickSite, and othe… Read More
2023-02-13 13:31
Over the last few years, we’ve entered a new wave of AI-enabled marketing
capabilities. What were easy-to-implement point solutions for generating
headlines, prioritizing adver… Read More
2023-02-06 13:30
I despise the yearly performance management process.
Once a year, managers and leaders care enough about their employees’ goals
and development plans and must ceremonially r… Read More
2023-01-30 15:42
Around this time of year, one of my bosses used to say to me, “Isaac, read
the tea leaves.”
I was a CIO at the time, and he wanted me to review the economic forecas… Read More
2023-01-23 13:30
“Some are true collaborative geniuses. These maestros win over
stakeholders to buy into visions and customer value propositions without
getting sucked into appeasing ever… Read More
2023-01-16 13:30
In Chapter 5 of my book,
Digital Trailblazer, I share several of my stories of helping organizations define their
agile ways of working. If you’re married to a framework, it&rs&hell…Read More
2023-01-09 13:30
New year’s resolutions help you reflect on the past and think about some
objectives and changes you want for the upcoming year. I think they are
useful tools for self-reflectio… Read More
2023-01-02 13:30
I know
Digital Trailblazers
commit to lifelong learning, and recent Pew research shows that
75 percent of adults read books
in any format - either print, digital, or both. So… Read More
2022-12-26 13:35
Before I say goodbye to 2022, I want to thank the people and companies that
contributed to my successful year.
In 2022, I published over 130 articles, and my top subjects were about da… Read More
2022-12-19 14:52
A few weeks ago, I reviewed my son’s C code that he and a classmate
developed for their college first-year computer science class. The
assignment required them to use a linked… Read More
2022-12-12 13:32
I learned two truths this week.
During the
Coffee with Digital Trailblazers, a LinkedIn audio event that I host most Fridays at 11 am ET, Jay Cohen
shared that January was a g… Read More
2022-12-05 14:17
CIO and IT leaders are frustrated about “not having a seat at the table”
when the executive committees debate important strategic decisions.
But when I speak to… Read More
2022-11-28 13:30
A few weeks ago, I suggested
three questions
that could spark a discussion and debate over your organization’s agile
principles. But I didn’t go as far as sugge… Read More
2022-11-21 13:30
Tis the season to feel scared for tech jobs. According to
Layoffs.fyi, as of today (Nov 20, 2022),
849 tech companies have laid off nearly 137,000 jobs in 2022. This list
include… Read More
2022-11-14 13:30
I recently started a new program called
Coffee with Digital Trailblazers
on LinkedIn. We typically meet on Fridays at 11am ET and discuss a selected
topic on leading digital tran… Read More
2022-11-07 14:51
I am close to completing my keynote at ETx Canada, a conference for Canadian
CIOs, CISOs, and
DigitalTrailblazers, and developed in partnership with the CIO Association of Canad… Read More
2022-10-31 12:30
It was once a sacrilege to even talk about tearing down Yankee Stadium, the
house that Ruth built, and building a new and better version.
But that’s exactly what the… Read More
2022-10-24 12:30
Are we heading for a recession?
I’m not an economist. I’ll let these professionals forecast and characterize
the state of global economies and the financial market… Read More
2022-10-17 12:30
CFOs are the most important ally to the CIO, and the CIO should be the CFO’s
strategic planning, delivery, and transformation partner. They should
collaborate on a portfolio of… Read More
2022-10-10 12:30
CIOs, CDOs, innovators, and IT leaders have many technology investment options
to consider. How should you prioritize dollars, agile teams, and
transformation programs, given how all bus… Read More
2022-10-03 12:30
You’ve heard the somewhat dated term, “Make IT part of the business” or
“Align IT to the business,” but I have a better question for you.
How can… Read More
2022-09-26 12:30
Take a quick survey of how many search interfaces you have running in the
organization. Count every content management system, all the customer-facing
applications, and the portfolio of… Read More
2022-09-19 13:33
I leave fifty transformation leadership lessons for
Digital Trailblazers, my name of aspiring transformation leaders, in
my new book with that title. It has
ten chapters of in-th… Read More
2022-09-12 12:30
Tech companies often have the people and skills to fully operationalize
DevOps practices (CI/CD, IaC, AIOps, etc.). They generate revenue from
technology services, so there’s a… Read More
2022-09-05 12:30
Two disciplines, becoming a “data-driven organization” and enabling the
“future of work” are related objectives, and excelling at one can accelerate
the other… Read More
2022-08-29 13:02
As we're winding down till the end of summer, the beginning of the school
year, and the start of the very busy Q4/budgeting season, I thought to take
a break from writing. … Read More
2022-08-22 12:30
I am getting ahead of the curve and sharing with CIO and IT leaders several
priority investments they should consider for 2023.
My perspective: Many SMBs and large enterprises have inv… Read More
2022-08-15 12:30
You have a big idea - maybe for a customer-facing application that will
drive revenue, an analytics dashboard to help operations reduce quality
issues, or a marketing campaign that m… Read More
2022-08-08 14:32
Are we in a recession or a correction? Anthony Juliano is the CTO and General
Partner at Landmark Ventures,
and we debated this question a few weeks ago. Every week, new economic data… Read More
2022-08-01 12:30
Earlier this summer, I rebranded my YouTube channel from 5 Minutes with
@NYIke to the
Driving Digital Standup.
The change reflects a broader mission that includes sha… Read More
2022-07-25 12:30
Here’s a question I think about a lot when leading digital
transformations and guiding agile teams.
“How should I think about team happiness? Why and how… Read More
2022-07-18 12:30
It was just over twenty years ago when I was a startup CTO. We spent the
late 90s building our platform, customer base, and brand during the
internet's growth years. Then in 2000, th… Read More
2022-07-11 12:30
"Let me tell you about one colossal coding mess that I created. It was an
Italian restaurant filled with bowls of spaghetti code held together with
duct tape and Band-Aids."… Read More
2022-07-05 12:58
“The pace of technology change is increasing, and you must reevaluate your
digital strategy and priorities. Frequently. You will always be
transforming, and your organization m… Read More
2022-06-27 12:30
During the summer, it’s important to take a step back and reflect on goals
and priorities when there are often fewer pressures and stresses. Breaks are
especially helpful for l… Read More
2022-06-20 12:30
Our greatest thinking moments for developing ideas, innovations, and
inspirations occur when we take three steps away from our daily grinds.
On some days, you achieve this by t… Read More
2022-06-13 12:30
The premise of my new book, Digital Trailblazer, is that
organizations need a growing number of people ready to step up and lead
digital transformation initiatives. If it's just the… Read More
2022-06-06 12:30
Picture yourself presenting a minimally viable product to executives, business
stakeholders, and other subject matter experts to develop enthusiasm and
garner their support for a new cus… Read More
2022-05-31 21:22
Do you have a partnership with business colleagues and stakeholders aligned
to agile practices, culture, and mindset?
This question comes up a lot when speaking to product mana… Read More
2022-05-24 13:25
This article was written by Ginny Hamilton.
As the CIO role continues to evolve, there’s one constant: The MIT Sloan CIO
Symposium. Known for blending academic insights with the r… Read More
2022-05-19 18:57
“CIOs today are caught in between a rock and a hard place. The rock is
maintaining high availability while doing that as cheaply as possible. The
hard place is enabling digital… Read More
2022-05-16 12:30
Technology, digital, and data organizations focus on delivering business
impacts by improving customer experiences, increasing deployment
frequencies, developing machine learning mod… Read More
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