How to Become a Certified Digital Leader
How to Become a Certified Digital Leader How to become an effective digital leader is something that many in senior positions are asking themselves. Because in recent years the world
Digital Transformation Course
Digital Transformation Course One digital transformation course and certification programme that has soared in popularity since 2017 is CXO Transform’s online course based on THRIVE. Based on six guiding principles
Digital Transformation Certification
Digital Transformation Certification By Rob Llewellyn Twitter Linkedin Digital transformation certification is now separating amateurs from professionals in a discipline that has swept through organisations across the planet. As in
THRIVE Digital Business Transformation
THRIVE Digital Business Transformation By Rob Llewellyn THRIVE is a practical digital business transformation framework, which provides leaders with a body of knowledge and roadmap to help them independently lead
What We Need in Our Programme Manager
What We Need In Our Programme Manager By Rob Llewellyn Programme management involves the coordinated organisation, direction and implementation of a dossier of projects and transformation activities to deliver
Next Economy Organisations
Next Economy Organisations By Rob Llewellyn Listen to the conversation (14 August 2017) between Clay Christensen, John Hagel, and Carin Watson on how large organisations will survive and thrive in
Transformation Management Capabilities
Transformation Management Capabilities By Rob Llewellyn Transformation management roles are different from operational management roles and they require distinct functions and capabilities. While it’s vital that transformation capabilities are not
Digital Business Transformation Tools
Digital Business Transformation Tools By Rob Llewellyn Executives striving to remain competitive in the digital economy need to invest more in digital business transformation tools and capabilities. Digital business transformation
Business Transformation Management with BTM²
Business Transformation Management By Rob Llewellyn The Business Transformation Management Methodology (BTM²) is a four-phase holistic and integrated business transformation management methodology developed by SAP Business Transformation Services and their extended
How to Select a System Integrator
20 Ways to Select a System Integrator By Rob Llewellyn Working with the right partner to ensure a successful digital business transformation is vital, but with so many system integrator
The 10th Business Delusion That Deceives Managers
The 10th Business Delusion That Deceives Managers By Rob Llewellyn A good deal of our business thinking is shaped by delusions, which are shaped by flawed judgments and errors of
Digital Transformation Risks
10 Key Digital Transformation Risks By Rob Llewellyn The journey of enterprise digital transformation is an ambitious one where teams encounter a new set of challenges and opportunities. For some,
Transformation Governance – Overlooked or Undermined
Transformation Governance – Overlooked or Undermined By Rob Llewellyn When transformation governance is overlooked or undermined, particularly in organisations where more than 1,000 people are employed across multiple countries, teams
The Digital Finance Imperative For CFOs
The Digital Finance Imperative For CFOs By Rob Llewellyn Leading CFOs who provide the tools and the acumen to architect business outcomes that generate value, are embracing the digital imperative. While
Digital Business Transformation Academy
Digital Business Transformation Academy The Digital Business Transformation Academy is a 5-day training event to take place in London, United Kingdom between 18 and 22 September 2017. Senior managers and
Competitive Intelligence in a Digital Economy
Competitive Intelligence in a Digital Economy By Rob Llewellyn Competitive intelligence is a prerequisite to remaining competitive in the face of disruption. It’s a CEO’s way of seeing what others
Competitive Strategy in a Digital Economy
Competitive Strategy in a Digital Economy By Rob Llewellyn Competitive strategy in a digital economy requires leaders to look at competitive strategy through a new lens. The books and tactics that
How to Respond to Disruption
How to Respond to Disruption By Rob Llewellyn Every CEO with a digital economy mindset will be considering how best to respond to disruption, and some have the foresight required
How to Capitalise on Disruption
How to Capitalise on Disruption By Rob Llewellyn Business disruption is unpredictable in one sense, but in another we know it’s coming. We just don’t know exactly what it will
Outcome Driven Innovation in Transformation
Outcome Driven Innovation is a strategy and innovation process built around the idea that people buy products and services to get jobs done. It does this by linking a company’s value
Digital Disruption S-Curve & Cheat Sheet
There’s no escaping the fact that most leaders who haven’t been living under a rock for the last few years, now understand that they need to protect their firms against disruption,
How to Learn From a £100m Digital Disaster
This post not only demonstrates how too much focus on technology puts digital business transformation initiatives at risk of failure, but it enables executives to look for unwelcome parallels between
The Great Digital Illusion – Wake-up Call
The fourth industrial revolution is an exciting time to be alive and innovative start-ups are proving size doesn’t matter when you know how to put new technology to good business
Radical Transformation V Radical Disruption
Radical transformation may be the only way to save some of today’s most successful enterprises from radical disruption, accordingly to the authors of a new book called, “Dual Transformation: How
Digital Transformation and Business Value
Many companies have leaders who begin digital transformation with nebulous notions of a digitised enterprise, but fail to link their planned projects and programmes to business value. Unfortunately, when leaders
Deriving Value from the Internet of Everything
The Internet of Everything is connecting people, processes, and data in ways that we couldn’t do before, enabling us to see data and respond in different ways, access things in
Digital Business Transformation Guide
Digital Business Transformation Guide By Rob Llewellyn Digital business transformation is the innovative integration of digital technologies to orchestrate fundamental shifts in how a business makes money. In its purest
20 Must-Follow Digital Transformation Twitter Accounts
For forward thinking leaders, digital transformation isn’t just a priority on their to-do list; it’s a business imperative. As is the need for CIOs and other business leaders to stay
THRIVE Digital Transformation Course
THRIVE is a digital business transformation framework consisting of six principles and an extensive body of knowledge. The name THRIVE is an acronym made from six words which are: Transformation Holistic Response
Transform From Employee to Independent
There are those that are happy being an employee and those who prefer to take control of their professional life as an independent professional – and there are pros and cons
Digital Transformation Influencers
Onalytica analysed the data representing interactions between digital transformation influencers and brands over a 90 day period. In terms of the world’s top 100 individuals Brian Solis took the number one
The Art of the Digital Start
Many companies still struggle with the art of their digital start. They know they need to innovate, take risks, and help the business enjoy the value of a digitised enterprise.
Transformation Needs World-Class Execution
It’s often said that strategy is three times more difficult to deploy than develop, but leaders often engineer a strategy they are proud of, while grossly under-estimating the execution component.
Seeing the Symptoms of Digital Myopia
Leaders of firms that have done well over the last decade or more are often susceptible to Digital Myopia. Digitally myopic CEOs typically expect their CIO to manage the digital buzz.
Enterprise Architecture and Business Transformation Management
The management of Enterprise Architecture and Business Transformation have both similarities and differences, although confusion sometimes arises between the two. While Enterprise Architecture models the fundamental structure of an organisation’s business, information
Three Steps from the CIO to CEO Office
The most ambitious CIOs are not only committed to the business, but they are also dedicated to spending more time in boardroom conversations centred around strategic transformation, and less time bogged
Digital Minds and Fine Wines
The world is now rich in content, consultants and digital minds evangelising the prerequisites of digital leadership and transformation, along with what will happen to companies that fail to innovatively
Platform Revolution – Platform Value in The Digital Economy
Platform value is key to the digital economy, and in a new book called Platform Revolution, authors Geoff Parker, Marshall Van Alstyne and Sangeet Choudary provide a manual for creating a
How to Get Transformation Governance Right
One of the success factors of top transformation leaders who outperform most others is a solid understanding of how critical transformation governance is to the success of their initiatives. While
Combinatorial Disruption and Underdogs
Combinatorial disruption has seen the innovative use of convergent digital technologies present both risks and opportunities for established incumbents and start-ups. These different beasts live with their own set of upsides
Digital Transformation Middle East 2016
On 15, 16 and 17 April 2016, ancient history will meet the digital future, as Byblos in Lebanon hosts Digital Transformation Middle East 2016. The event is dedicated to digital business transformation
Automotive Digitisation and Business Model – Webinar Replay
Watch a replay of the April 2016 webinar during which the effects of digitization on mobility and business models of automotive OEMs were explored. Rob Llewellyn was joined by Prof.
Aston Martin Enters Consulting Race Track
On 11 March 2016, the renowned British carmaker Aston Martin announced the formation of Aston Martin Consulting (AMC) – a new initiative to provide companies with the opportunity to engage
Watch the Leadership PQ Webinar Replay
No amount of technical subject matter expertise will make up for a lack of leadership political intelligence in a transformation environment. Learn more about the five facets of the PQ model:
What’s Your Digital Response Strategy?
Whether you lead a multi-national or run your own small business, you need to know what digital response strategy will shape your future. Because no one can escape the fact that the
In Digital: Value Creation vs. Competition
We hear it all the time – new startups competing with traditional businesses, if not replacing existing industries and categories altogether. Disruptive technologies like cloud computing and enterprise mobility have
Watch The Digital Economy Webinar Replay
With the Digital Economy developing rapidly, it is one of the most important drivers of the innovation, competitive advantage, and growth in today’s global economy. Hamed Motaghi is a post-doctorate
After the Digital Business Model Discovery Event
Last week we attended the Digital Business Model Discovery Event hosted by The Global Center for Digital Business Transformation (DBT) – an IMD and Cisco initiative. As some background – one of the early DBT Center
Your Company Mindset: A Barrier to Digital Transformation?
Let’s face it: there’s much talk and hoopla about digital strategy and disruption. And I stand guilty as charged. Yet, according to a study conducted by MIT Sloan Management Review
How to Win Buy-in Using the Persuasion Cycle
Whether we are dealing with our own teams or key stakeholders, to be successful in our work we need be to skilled at knowing how to win buy-in, which means getting through
Watch the FAST Leadership Webinar Replay
The health of many struggling transformation initiatives could be improved, by focusing on the four fundamental elements that many companies struggle with. Four elements that are so simple, and yet
How Manufacturers Become Digital Companies
While some manufacturers have made progress on the digital journey, how manufacturers become digital companies is unclear to many, despite the opportunity that some leaders know is there. If a
The One Reason to Disrupt Your Business
Many business leaders are at a loss. When do you disrupt your business? I stand and submit that a digital business is truly a people-driven business. In the age of digital
Watch a Replay of the Stakeholder Engagement at Scale Webinar
Everyone knows that engaging stakeholders in projects and across complex transformation programmes is a good thing to do, and that it is a major contributor to successful delivery. Everyone also
4 Traits of A Digital Business
What are the traits of an authentic digital business? If I made a dollar for every time I’m asked what a true digital business is, I’d be a millionaire. Alright,
Dangers of The Transformation Illusion
Transformation illusions occur when companies believe they are undergoing transformation, when in fact they are only making small changes. It’s not uncommon for Transformation to be confused with Change, and George
The Future of Work and Management
THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE PRESENT It’s 2016. What does the digital future hold? Sales of mobile devices (e.g. smartphones and tablets) have passed that of desktop computers. These devices have
Watch the Systems Thinking and Transformation Webinar Replay
Digital business transformation has become the most significant managerial challenge in an organisation’s development. Internally it impacts the entire organisation, while externally, it affects the organisation’s strategic position in the
The Leadership Team Is the Company Culture
Company culture is a critical success factor in digital transformation initiatives, and digital transformation impacts three areas of opportunities, in their order of importance: people, process and technology. Unfortunately, between
The Digital Discussion at Davos
What big bets are companies making in the digital transformation of their business models and organisational structures? That was a question posed during the WEF event in Davos in January 2016. Hear
Watch The Digital Business Model Webinar Replay
In January 2015, the Global Center for Digital Business Transformation (DBT) collaborated with CXO Transform in a webinar to share their research into three categories of digital business model. The DBT
Culture As Business Enabler
In my previous CXO Weekly article, I discussed the importance of strategy as the primary driving force in digital transformation. Strategy plays a critical role – it has potential to
Watch the Digital Business Transformation Iceberg Video
The Digital Business Transformation Iceberg helps to show how the conscious mind of digital leaders should be focused on far more than the tip of the iceberg. Listen to Rob
12 Quotes About Digital Transformation
Digital Transformation Quotes By Rob Llewellyn “Silicon Valley is coming and if banks don’t up their game, then tech companies will take over the industry’s business. There are hundreds of
Digital Business Transformation Iceberg Ahead
The Digital Business Transformation Iceberg uses Sigmund Freud’s iceberg analogy to illustrate how the conscious mind of digital leaders should be focused on far more than the tip of the digital
Understanding Digital Business Models Event – 25 & 26 Feb 2016
Understanding digital business models is vital to the survival of all companies. In 2015 we wrote about a study entitled”Digital Vortex: How Digital Disruption is Redefining Industries“, which was published by the
In Digital Transformation, Strategy is King
I would like to invite you to walk across the “Valley of Tech Death” – a technology wasteland where many businesses have poured millions of dollars, culled irreplaceable human energy
Digital Organisation Characteristics
Back in late 2014, the authors of Leading Digital described the digital organisation characteristics that helped some companies become Digital Masters. Fast forward to 2016 and more has been learned. But
Start Your Digital Transformation in 6 Steps
Current and future technologies (Mobility, Cloud Computing, Social Media, Crowdsourcing, Internet of things, Industry 4.0, Big Data, 3D printing) allow companies to create competitive advantages. Digital transformation (DX) is one
Digital Workforce Transformation is Coming
While many digital leaders are caught up with the notion that digital is all about the customer, digital workforce transformation is set to take work away from everyone, right up
How Political Intelligence Sets Leaders Apart
No amount of technical or functional capability will make up for a lack of leadership political intelligence (PQ) in a transformation environment, and many transformations run into trouble for this
Transition From An Expert To An Authority
One of the most common questions I get asked about working as an independent professional is; “What’s the one thing you suggest an independent professional focuses on to attract more
Chief Digital Officers in 2016
The Chief Digital Officer (CDO) role is growing in popularity to facilitate the strategic business model implications of digital business transformation and make digital integral to strategy. While bridging the innovation
The Transformation Readiness Challenge
Transformation readiness can be compared to preparing for other major undertakings. The details might be different but the fundamental principles of preparation and readiness remain the same. For example, an Arctic
Value Metrics and Digital Transformation ROI
Digital transformation ROI is vital to a company and mapping value metrics against the entire digital business transformation portfolio will highlight overlaps, conflicts, gaps, or synergies, enabling informed decision making at the
Transformation Constrained by Legacy Process, Plans & Culture
While all companies need to see digital technologies become an integral part of their business, this needs to be done in an innovative and integrated manner, as opposed to simply
Leading Digital Business Transformation in 2016
Leading digital business transformation is something that has to be learned by many executives. We hear a lot about the need for companies to transform themselves digitally to remain relevant
Independent Professionals Confidence
Brexit has caused concern for thousands of British independent professionals but the dust does seem to have settled somewhat. The 2016 Q3 IPSE Freelancer Confidence Index reported that while sentiment
Get 1,600 Pages of Digital Transformation Intelligence
Through 2015 via CXO Weekly, we have sourced synthesised and sent our thousands of transformation professionals some of the finest and latest digital business transformation intelligence available. Our aim has
Heidi Furuheim Wins Digital Business Transformation Giveaway
On 1st December 2015 we launched the £840 Digital Business Transformation Giveaway which ran until yesterday. From the number of entries it’s clear that a huge number of people are keen
Doing Away With Digital Silos
Siloed projects are nothing new, and most people who have been in the business of change or transformation for more than a few years will have tasted their unsavoury consequences. In
10 Worldwide CIO Agenda 2016 Predictions
Prediction 1: Leading in 3D — Through 2018, Two-Thirds of CIOs Will Have Embraced Leading in 3D, Which Requires Them to Simultaneously Innovate, Integrate, and Incorporate Prediction 2:
What is The Right Time to Get Transformed?
At a gathering with the theme of business transformation, a delegate said; “Transformation never truly can work. Take a gander at me: I am fat, however that is me, it
Five Big Digital Transformation Challenges
Almost 130 years after Arthur Dehon Little and Roger Griffin founded the world’s first management consultancy, Arthur D. Little has distilled the findings of 120 hours of interviews across 7
Is Your Organisational Health Fit For Transformation?
Any serious competitor in sport knows that if they, or their team, are not in top condition, they have very little chance of sporting success. Similarly, a company’s organisational health
Transform Your Business in 2016 With IDC FutureScape
IDC FutureScape Forward-looking framework for evaluating IT initiatives based on their value to business strategy. IDC FutureScape – is used to shape IT strategy and planning by providing a framework for evaluating IT initiatives
Digitization Piano Plays Business Transformation Music
The Global Digital Business Transformation Center has released its “Digitization Piano”, which can help firms answer the question, “what should we transform?” With an IDC report predicting that by 2018,
How to Prepare for Blindspot Digital Invaders
Not so long ago, CxOs could see the competition coming and they knew who and what to look out for. But that was yesterday’s world and things have changed. Now the
Business Transformation and Disruptive Technologies
Life is all about continuity and flow (transformation), Late Dr. Wayne Dyer beautifully mentioned that “Transformation literally means going beyond your form”. On the other hand disruptive technologies: Advances that
How to Leap Into Digital Dexterity
As the digital era takes shape, executives are faced with strategic challenges, which they are unaccustomed to dealing with. It is clear that simply adopting digital technology in a siloed manner
10 Secrets to be Digitally Transformed in 2016
Digital transformation (DX) is not only an innovation trend – it is at the focal point of business strategies across all industry sectors and markets. Top-down strategy by top leaders:
Digital Transformation Skills Shortage Report
In collaboration with SAP SE, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) published a skills for digital transformation report in November 2015 after gathering data from 81 executives around the world.
9 Digital Transformation Predictions From IDC
Here’s how IDC predicts digital transformation will shape up in the coming years Source: CIO.com
Design Digital Transformation Strategy Using IDC DX MaturityScape Benchmark
Digital Transformation – is a specialised type of business transformation where IT plays a dominant role. In the digital age, new business opportunities arise and enterprises transform their strategy, structure,
Transformation Strategy and The Digital Vortex
To explain how the Digital Vortex is the inevitable movement of industries toward a “digital center” in which business models, offerings, and value chains are digitised, the Global Center for Digital Business Transformation
Business Transformation Enabled by IDC DecisionScapes
The future of business will be technology fuelled and driven. Future technologies (Mobility, Cloud Computing, Social Media, Crowd-sourcing, Internet of things, Industry 4.0, Big Data, 3D printing) or the 3rd
How Mobile Can Help CIOs Keep Their Jobs
The most visionary and transformational CIOs are incorporating mobile into their digital enterprise transformation. After all, with mobile being the consumer’s medium of choice, any company wishing to engage them
3 Steps to Comprehend Your Enterprise Digital Footprint
It is difficult to set the direction of the future’s digital organization and to comprehend and choose which present and future technologies (Mobility, Cloud Computing, Social Media, Crowd-sourcing, Internet of
Disruptive Innovation Clarified by Christensen
In 1995, Clay Christensen and Joe Bower published the HBR article Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave, which introduced the notion of disruptive technology. As Clay states on his web site these days, “disruptive innovation
How to Survive The Great Transformation
In the 1990s and early 2000s, leaders focused on cost control and operational efficiency, and encouraged a culture described using words such as reliable, stable, consistent, repeatable. In today’s world,