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complexity, CRM, innovation, Management fad, Transformation

Is transformation doomed?

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The very nice folk at HP Business Value Exchange asked to me write a piece on transformation.  What emerged wasn’t really what they (or I) expected – but, very sportingly, they posted it anyway.

Transformation – to take advantage of Big Data or introduce cloud-based CRM or adopt Lean thinking or any of the other fashionable buzzword bingo terms –  is big business.  If we embark on a transformation initiative, we should be clear about whose agenda we are following if we are not to enter a world of pain.

Read more here. I’d really like to know your thoughts, so please add your comments there when you read it.

cycle time, Strategy

Clocks. Not Calendars.

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F18 breaking sound barrierThe Need for Speed, my latest guest post for HP Value Exchange, has just been published.  Read it to find out why I think that the speed of the technology organisation is a key factor in setting the competitive advantage of a business.

For customers, for colleagues, for growth: faster is better.

About the Business Value Exchange

The Business Value Exchange is an editorial Web site that focuses on presenting different perspectives on challenges faced by senior business and IT leaders, to help them drive more successful business outcomes.