CEOs and CIOs – what’s your “techquisition” strategy?
I am intrigued when I see a company in a traditional industry, acquire some kind of digital or information technology business. It’s a very modern M&A sub-trend I’ll call “techquisitioning”. We...
View ArticleCEOs and Boards: think hard about what “core” means in the digital business age.
Two very different business examples of recent times have started me thinking about the dilemma business leaders face when tying to tell the difference between a strategy that is cleverly shifting to...
View ArticleMight 2015 be the year of “peak digital” ?
Last year, our CEO survey showed that digital and IT was 4th in chief executives business priorities – up from 11th place in 2013. I have no doubt, this represents the highest visibility for technology...
View Article“Re-materialization” is what digital business might do to your product.
People as old as me can remember when the internet arrived and when companies created their first websites. Very quickly, it became obvious that some big companies could sell their stuff directly to...
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Is the latest C-tech-O role needed … or even real?
From time to time CEOs do create new C level roles and titles. Trends break out and copying happens. Some of this is very real and important – but some of it is entirely imagined. In today’s online...
View ArticleBusiness has a technology language shortage
A traditional view holds that information technologists generate way too much jargon. It irritates business people; a source of friction that impedes progress. As an analyst I have certainly seen that...
View ArticleWhy I find it hard to doubt drone delivery will be big business.
Like many analysts, I have been fascinated by the prospects of aerial drone use in everyday business. My first moment of awakening was seeing the famous UK Dominoes pizzadrone PR experiment video in...
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Paris demonstrates that CEOs and regulators must weigh the consequences of...
Yesterday, 25 June, I experienced the wrath of digital backlash – first hand. French taxi drivers did everything in their power to disrupt me. Any business person flying into or out of Paris was the...
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CEOs should heed this Audi, BMW & Daimler digital leadership example
A recent Wall Street Journal article revealed that three competing car companies have agreed to acquire the digital mapping services of Nokia. The article goes on to suggest that these initial buyers...
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Bracken’s digital leadership: legacy beats longevity
Yesterday, July 3rd, came the news that Mike Bracken, head of the UK Government Digital Service (GDS) will be leaving. During his 5 years in post, he revolutionized the way government thinks about...
View ArticleThe analyst job is cool sometimes – have you ever considered it?
I just got back from Gartner Symposium in Orlando. It’s a huge event – many thousands of clients interacting with analysts to help solve real world technology and management problems. The energy is...
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CEOs take note – Walmart and GE show what’s needed to take digital to the core
This week, two major business news stories provided evidence of the massive investment and strategic change needed to take digital to the core of a business. CEOs in all kinds of companies should watch...
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Digital to the Core – Why we wrote this book for you
(October 20 2105 is the official publication date for Gartner’s latest co-authored book. Website here. This post appears on both Graham’s Blog and Mark’s Blog ) If you are anywhere near the...
View ArticleThe three forces taking digital to the core
In our new book “Digital to the Core” Graham and I argue that digital change has become an external factor, driving or even dictating some of the direction in corporate strategy. Gone are the days when...
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Perhaps digital is the new China
In our annual CEO survey (paywall), we always ask “what are your top business priorities?” for the coming two years. Respondents provide answers in their own words, which we then categorize. ‘Growth’...
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Every CEO and chairman should ensure the board includes a tech savvy director
In our 2014 CEO survey we discovered that business leaders see tech trends as the third most important of all the external macro factors that frame their business strategies today (behind economies...
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Three forces taking Digital to the Core – Force 1 : The Resolution Revolution
In Digital to the Core, Graham and I describe three technology enabled macro trends that are so powerful, they act as external forces on companies – compelling action. The first of the three, we call...
View Article“Re-materialization” is what digital business might do to your product.
People as old as me can remember when the internet arrived and when companies created their first websites. Very quickly, it became obvious that some big companies could sell their stuff directly to...
View ArticleBusiness has a technology language shortage
A traditional view holds that information technologists generate way too much jargon. It irritates business people; a source of friction that impedes progress. As an analyst I have certainly seen that...
View ArticleWhy I find it hard to doubt drone delivery will be big business.
Like many analysts, I have been fascinated by the prospects of aerial drone use in everyday business. My first moment of awakening was seeing the famous UK Dominoes pizzadrone PR experiment video in...
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