Description
Business and IT executives are increasingly working side-by-side in an effort to strengthen their company’s strategic advantages, capture new markets that are often digital, and realize value from disruptive technologies. Many professionals responsible for defining and executing IT strategy are being continuously pressured to digitize their company’s business model and become more agile, innovative, and pro-active, yet they lack the knowledge and guidance to achieve results.
This powerful guide from IT executive and digitalization consultant François Zielemans provides a set of principles and practices that will help executives connect business and IT teams by adopting a shared belief system and business model, converge or even fuse business and technology life cycles, and increase the agility and effectiveness of the entire digital value chain. Digital Manifesto provides a road map for turning potential value into realized value.
About the author(s)
François Zielemans has over 20 years of IT management and international consulting experience. He is currently an IT executive responsible for the solution engineering business unit of the Centric organization, a European IT provider that delivers infrastructure and software solutions for a variety of markets. While planning and executing digitalization and other projects, Mr. Zielemans applied the principles and practices covered in this book, thus reshaping and further refining them in the process. Prior to joining the Centric organization, François advised numerous large multi-national organizations on the digitalization of their business models, leading several organizational transformations in complex and dynamic environments. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Science Degree in Business Administration. He is a prolific author and has a popular blog called The Digital Manifesto.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Thriving in Digital Markets
Capabilities to Lead in a Digital World
Interdependent Chapters
Independent Thinking
Chapter 2: Less Defensive, More Offensive
Why This Principle Matters
How to Become Less Defensive, More Offensive
IT Service Provider Adopts Agile
Chapter 3: Less Inside, More Outside
Why This Principle Matters
From Internal Focus to External Focus
Beginners’ Course: From Offline to Online
Advanced Course: Democratization of Electricity Market
Chapter 4: Less Uniform, More Differentiated
Why This Principle Matters
How to Become Less Uniform, More Differentiated
From Low to High Gear
Chapter 5: Less Static, More Flow
Why This Principle Matters
How to Become Less Static and Follow the Flow
Trading Flowers and Plants 2.0
Chapter 6: Less Isolation, More Cohesion
Why This Principle Matters
How to Become Less Isolated and More Cohesive
The Telco that Loved to Reorganize
Chapter 7: Less Cost, More Value
Why This Principle Matters
From Cost-Focused to Value-Focused
Second Round IT Outsourcing for a Pharmacompany
Chapter 8: The Digital Manifesto
The Digital Manifesto Is a Set of Interdependent Principles
The Digital Manifesto Encourages Diversity
The Digital Manifesto Is a Growth Path
Appendix A: Make-or-Buy Revisited
Appendix B: Wanted Alive: Architect Who Looks Beyond TOGAF
Appendix C: Glossary of Terms, Concepts, Methods, and Technology
Index
Reviews
“Being a successful IT service provider in today’s market is an almost impossible challenge. Compliancy, security, cost, recruitment, and constantly changing business demands make it a daily balancing act. This guide offers a great framework for dealing with constant change. It’s practical and spot-on!”
—Hans Janssen, CEO and co-founder of BFly Ventures
