by Mark P. McDonald | September 20, 2012 | 2 Comments
Technology, innovation and information (Tii) how about that for the name of a re-imagined IT organization? It’s a response to the question what should IT be called in the future? I offer this one as a concept that brings together a deeper response to the future of the resources, responsibilities and contribution of the construct that [...]
Category: 2013 Management Re-imagine IT Tags: Future of IT, IT organization, IT strategy, RE-imagine IT, symposium
by Mark P. McDonald | September 7, 2012 | 19 Comments
In a prior post — When Frugality Fails — the topic was what do you do when just cutting costs is not enough to define success. This topic looks at what a decade of flat IT budget investments really means. IT budgets have been essentially flat according to the results of the Gartner Executive Programs [...]
Category: 2013 Amplifying the Enterprise budgets Re-imagine IT Strategic planning Tags: 2013 Planning, Finance, Future of IT, IT budgets, Strategy and Planning, symposium
by Mark P. McDonald | July 25, 2012 | 4 Comments
Conventional wisdom, beliefs and ideas concerning information technology crumble in the face of fundamental technology innovations such as Mobile, Social, SaaS, Big Data and the like. Removing the fundamental logic creates an opportunity for new ways of thinking – reimagining – IT, its value and role in the organization. The question is, will this change [...]
Category: 2012 Amplifying the Enterprise Strategic planning Strategy Tags: 2012 planning, Business Strategy, Future of IT, IT strategy, Strategy and Planning
by Mark P. McDonald | March 31, 2010 | 1 Comment
In the prior post, I used the analogy of the newspaper industry to discuss on how technology could render some of IT’s greatest assets into their greatest liabilities. Technology has changed newspapers by rendering their capital-intensive investment in print and distribution operations worthless. The same can happen for IT, which according to analyst constitutes at least [...]
Category: Leadership Strategy Technology Tags: Future of IT, Innovation, IT Leadership, IT management, IT organization, Strategy
by Mark P. McDonald | March 29, 2010 | 6 Comments
I was in London last week and I read that the British Newspaper the Independent was sold for 1 £. The Independent is not the only newspaper that is in trouble and it will not be the last. However the idea that one of the U.K. national news paper/publishing companies can be bought for less [...]
Category: Strategy Technology Tags: Business Strategy, Economy, Future of IT, IT strategy, Technology Leadership
by Mark P. McDonald | August 13, 2009 | 4 Comments
Recently I led a discussion with an IT executive team about the future of IT. The goal of the discussion was to stretch executive thinking about the possibilities for IT in the future. It was a great discussion and the CIO made an interesting remark. “I am so glad that issues of risk and security [...]
Category: CIO Leadership Tags: Future of IT, IT Leadership, Security and Risk Management
by Mark P. McDonald | January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
The role of IT has changed considerably over the past twenty years, yet if you ask people to describe an IT person the description includes references to pocket protectors, glasses, social awkwardness and other less flattering terms. Such characterizations include the CIO who is often seen as being somewhat separate from the rest of the [...]
Category: CIO Leadership Uncategorized Tags: CIO, CIO Leadership, Future of IT, Myth of CIO
