Weekly Download 14.8
Posted: May 27, 2014 Filed under: Business, Change, Technology, Weekly Download | Tags: Deloitte Consulting, emergent architecture, Microsoft Leave a comment
Here’s a recap of news and notes from around the Web that caught my attention over the past week or so.
Emergent architecture might be the key to closing the gap between business and IT. See Pragmatic new models for enterprise architecture take shape.
Ecosystem View of the Next Generation Enterprise | Circa 2014. Amazing that a single chart can say so much.
25 years of Microsoft Office roadkill. This article’s subhead says it all: “Love it or hate it, Microsoft Office has torn up the competition, leaving all manner of software carrion in its wake.”
Deloitte Consulting picks the brains of three diverse CIOs. CIOs Take Steps to Increase Business Value of IT.
Everyone is jumping on the theme of transformation:
- IT Leadership 2.0: Transform Yourself or Fade Away
- Businesses have digitized, but not transformed
- The Changing DNA of Technology and Business
Weekly Download 14.7
Posted: May 19, 2014 Filed under: Business, Change, Technology, Weekly Download | Tags: Accenture, Christine Comaford, digital decade, Forbes, McKinsey & Company Leave a commentHere’s a recap of news and notes from around the Web that caught my attention over the past week or so.
An oldie but a goodie. How Change Fails: CEOs Focus On Symptoms NOT The System. Click “next post” on the right of the screen for more from Forbes.com contributor Christine Comaford. Good stuff.
Accenture’s take on the digital decade. A summary of twelve truths and a closer look at truth #4.
McKinsey & Company looks at Ten IT-enabled business trends for the decade ahead.
- Social
- Big data
- Internet of things
- Anything as a service
- Automating knowledge work
- Global digital citizens
- When digital and physical worlds collide
- Personalization and simplification
- Digital commerce
- Transforming government, healthcare and education
Weekly Download 14.6
Posted: May 12, 2014 Filed under: Business, Change, Demographics | Tags: Berkshire Hathaway, change, diversity, leadership, McKinsey & Company, Millenials, National Geographic, Pew Research, The Economist, Warren Buffet Leave a commentHere’s a recap of news and notes from around the Web that caught my attention over the past week or so.
Berkshire Hathaway. Warrant Buffet is 83. His partner Charlie Munger is 90. Berkshire Hathaway has a market value of over $300B. They have a succession plan, but very much still run this holding company. With their recent annual meeting (attended by over 30,000 people in Omaha), there has been some interesting recent reading.
It also reminds me that many of us will continue to work later in life—regardless of our financial situation.
Change leader, change thyself. How we examine our own “profile” and understand our modes of operating to help effect larger change.
Millennials in Adulthood. What a fascinating generation. Detached, yet networked. Distrustful, yet optimistic. Disaffiliated and digital. And more racially diverse than any previous generation.
The Changing Face of America. A visual depiction of how the U.S. population is broadening from its original European roots.
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