Avoiding the Alignment Trap
This comprehensive discussion provides fresh perspectives on the alignment trap in IT and offers innovative approaches to redefine IT strategy and drive business growth. Don’t just align – innovate and lead.
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Don Tapscott takes on Nicholas Carr
Don Tapscott takes issue with Nicholas Carr of the "IT Doesn’t Matter" fame. Mr. Tapscott makes a solid case for why IT still matters.
Use true IT costs to engage apathetic business managers in IT planning
According to this study, Business Unit Heads are not concerned about IT Costs as they represent only 2-5% of their budgets. Really?
Realizing the Power of Innovation Webs
Once again, Don Tapscott talks about the imperative of collaboration. This time, it is with Optimize Magazine.
An Emerging IT Ecosystem
Today, IT products and services are delivered to the customer for them to assemble and deploy. Is this paradigm shifting?
Bridging the Strategy-Execution Gap
Great Strategy + Lousy Execution = failure. No exceptions to this rule. Don Tapscott argues that one can have them both. If only they tried.
Lessons For Post Merger Integration
The merger of Daimler and Chrysler made perfect sense on paper. Now that there is talk of Chrysler being on the block again, did they forget to put critical things on that paper?
IT Alignment Maturity Model
One of the toughest questions to answer is: is my business is alignment with IT?<br />Prof. Luftman tries to answer this question in this paper originally published in 2000.
Are Your Customers Dissatisfied? It May Be Time to Check-out Your Salespeople
Customer service can make all the difference in a commodity market such as retail. This key differentiator is often ignored. This article provides an important reminder.
The Discipline of Business Model Innovation
A good primer on Business models and their importance to competitive differentiation.
