IT Innovation

Reinvent IT for the Digital Age

Pearl Zhu

The Author of “Digital Master” Book Series (10 Book & “Future of CIO” Blog

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Title: IT InnovationSub Title: Reinvent IT for the Digital Age

Author:Pearl Zhu

ISBN: 978-1-4835857-4-1

Copyright Date:Nov. 2016

About “IT Innovation”

Digital Master Book Series (10 + Books)

IT Pillar in Digital Transformation

Summary IT plays a significant role in managing

information life cycle and fostering

innovation.

● Reinvent IT as an innovation game changer.

Reimagine IT as an innovational outlier

● Renovate a hybrid IT and digital organization;

Fine-tune IT as the “digital whole brain” of the

organization.

● Accelerate IT on the fast lane. Rebuild IT as business

capability multiplier

● Empower IT as digital Change Agent. Run a highly

innovative digital-ready IT organization.

Chapter 1 Reinvent IT as an innovation game changer

An innovative and value-driven IT

organization needs to understand

stakeholders’ expectations and propose an

innovation solution portfolio that

corresponds to both demand and cost drivers

with a focus on business priority, and

improve the overall business effectiveness,

agility, and maturity.

Chapter 2 Reimagine IT as an innovational outlier

Visionary CIOs are often outliers who can

step out of a conventional thinking box or

linear patterns, to envision the future, help

their organizations ride above the latest

technology trend and leverage information

for catching the new growth opportunity

and delighting customers.

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Chapter 3 Renovate a hybrid IT and digital organization

Running a hybrid IT organization is

about taking balance as a management

philosophy.

In order to make a solid digital

transformation, there are many seemly

paradoxical, but indeed coherent elements

in running a high-effective IT

organization today.

Chapter 4 Fine-tune IT as the “digital whole brain” of the organization

Because IT is the steward to manage business

information, it is like the business’s nervous

system to ensure the right information getting

to the right people at the right time to make

the right decisions. Digital IT needs to be the

“Whole Brain” of the business. Be rational as

the “left side of the brain,” and be creative as

the “right side of the brain.”

Chapter 5 Accelerate IT on the fast lane

IT plays a pivotal role in driving changes and

leading the digital transformation, focus on

the fastest speed available, because that is

where the main threat to competitiveness.

To speed up, IT needs to become an

innovation engine of the business, as well as

a business enabler to catalyze growth and

improve organizational agility.

Chapter 6 Rebuild IT as business capability multiplier

A highly capable IT organization is a

business capability multiplier.

IT is not just the sum of services or processes,

but an enabler of business capabilities which

can weave all necessary elements of the

business into strategic capabilities and

unique competencies of the organization.

Chapter 7 Empower IT as digital Change Agent

Change becomes a dynamic business

capability in which IT is the key enabler.

IT is not only the superglue but also an

integrator to weave all important change

elements seamlessly and make people

change, process change, and technology

change sustainable.

Chapter 8 Run a highly innovative digital-ready IT organization

IT is the business, to unleash the digital

potential of IT, organizations need to

understand that IT is not just technical

or scientific, but also artistic and

delightful.

At the dawn of the Digital Era, IT

needs to become a strategic partner of the

business, to unleash the full digital

potential of the entire organization.

Chapter 9 The alphabetic elements in digital innovation and IT maturity

A Digital-ready IT organization is a

threshold competency of the organization,

it is an enabler of business digital

capability, goes beyond IT-business

alignment, and move up to integration

and engagement stage. IT can weave all

necessary business elements, from A to Z,

either hard or soft, to manage innovation

and orchestrate a digital symphony.

Conclusion Reinvent IT for the Digital Age

Strengthen IT for Digital Ready

Author: Pearl Zhu Digital Master Book Series

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