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Research Report: Inside The 2015 Boardroom Priorities (Parts 1 & 2)

Research Report: Inside The 2015 Boardroom Priorities (Parts 1 & 2)

By R "Ray" Wang on December 17, 2014

Boardrooms In Market Leader And Fast Follower Organizations Rapidly Take Action To Address the Digital Chasm Ahead Constellation Research surveyed over 200 CXO’s and identified 10 board room priorities for 2015. As anticipated, digital transformation has emerged as a significant board room topic and market leaders and fast followers seek guidance on what elements are […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged #techoptimization, 2014, application development, Apps Strategy, Architecture, best practices, board room, Business Transformation, BYOD, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CoIT, CoIT and the New CSuite, Constellation Research, Customer Experience, CXO, CXP, Digital Marketing Transformation, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, disruptive, disruptive business models, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise mobile, Enterprise Mobile Management, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, five generations of mobile, future of work, mass personalization, Mass Personalization At Scale, mobile, Mobile Biz, mobile device management, mobile enterprise, Mobile Management, Mobile OS, Mobile strategy, mobility, Monday's Musings, R "Ray" Wang;, research, Research Report, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, strategy, Technology Optimization, user strategy, vendor strategy | 1 Response

Social Business and Digital Strategy

Social Business and Digital Strategy

By Michael Fauscette on November 12, 2014

Social business, collaboration, community and content, is there real business value tucked away in those words? Digital transformation, digital strategy and digital disruption, are businesses really feeling the pressure to do somethings differently and by changing can they be more competitive, grow faster and be more successful? What’s different today that would help businesses unlock […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged collaboration, Community, content, Customer, CX, digital, employee, ESN, internet, networks, socbiz, Social, strategy, transformation, work, Workforce

Unified Collaboration: How Social Business and Other Forms of Digital Engagement are Intertwining

Unified Collaboration: How Social Business and Other Forms of Digital Engagement are Intertwining

By Dion Hinchcliffe on November 12, 2014

The rich history of digital collaboration in the last 30 years has been a long and winding one. Fortunately, it’s also been a highly rewarding story that has led to literally historic advances in workforce productivity and efficiency for most organizations. Along the way, many of these advances have led to and made possible entirely […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analysis, collaboration, communication, Convergence, events, social business, social collaboration, Social Media, strategy, The Enterprise, Trends and Statistics, ucaas, Unified Communications | 2 Responses

Secrets of When and How to Talk to Customers at a Startup

Secrets of When and How to Talk to Customers at a Startup

By Bob Warfield on October 10, 2014

Jason Lemkin says forget building wireframe UI’s and start out interviewing 20 customers, because you just won’t understand your customers until you do.  Here’s the gist of why you need 20 interviews before you do anything else: And you have to do 20.  I know it’s hard to get to 20.  But it’s the right […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged bootstrapping, enterprise software, interview, J&Bshow, SaaS, Siebel Systems, startups, Steve Jobs, strategy, user interface, venture | 1 Response

23 Great Websites for Entrepreneurs:  Plus Some Radical Advice from an Entrepreneur-Bootstrapper

23 Great Websites for Entrepreneurs: Plus Some Radical Advice from an Entrepreneur-Bootstrapper

By Bob Warfield on September 25, 2014

I recently came across two giant lists of websites for entrepreneurs, courtesy of Jason Lemkin (whose blog is listed in both): Inc.com 50 Forbes 100 Now for some radical advice: the vast majority of the sites listed in those publications won’t help the vast majority of entrepreneurs at all.  In fact, many of them will […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged bootstrapping, Entrepreneurship, J&Bshow, startups, strategy, venture

Smarter Innovation: Road Map to the Future

Smarter Innovation: Road Map to the Future

By Susan Scrupski on September 18, 2014

Last spring, we were approached by the Academic Director of Columbia University’s Graduate Information and Strategy program, Katrina Pugh.  She had received word about the innovative way our Change Agents work out loud in the cloud.  We were asked to contribute to a management book published recently by ARK Group, “Smarter Innovation: Using Interactive Processes to Drive […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged change, change agents, Change Agents Worldwide, Digital Workplace, future of work, innovation, Leadership, Management consulting, Organizational Change, strategy, Working Out Loud | 1 Response

Let The Network Do The Work

Let The Network Do The Work

By Dion Hinchcliffe on August 4, 2014

One of the most striking things I seen when watching organizations make the transition from legacy industrial models of working to new network-based models, is that we keep trying to employ the new tools and ideas in the same old ways. Certainly, it’s quite hard to unlearn the old methods, so deeply instilled are they […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analysis, Crowdsourcing, peer production, social business, strategy, The Enterprise

Best Way to Succeed as a Solopreneur:  Go For Fewer Customers

Best Way to Succeed as a Solopreneur: Go For Fewer Customers

By Bob Warfield on July 29, 2014

I’m reading with interest some posts that are hot on Techmeme at the moment from Jared Sinclair and Marco Arment about succeeding with iOS apps and as a Solopreneur.  Jared’s blog post is a cautionary tale for those who would like to bootstrap a small venture well enough to quit their day jobs. Many weigh in […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged bootstrapping, CNCCookbook, iOS, Marco Arment, marketing, strategy

Microsoft:  World’s Worst Customer Service? (Walmart, Amazon, GE, BestBuy, MacMall, and Paypal Not Far Behind)

Microsoft: World’s Worst Customer Service? (Walmart, Amazon, GE, BestBuy, MacMall, and Paypal Not Far Behind)

By Bob Warfield on July 28, 2014

I recently tried and failed for the fifth time to buy a Microsoft Surface Pro 3.  It’s been a real comedy of errors, but the latest attempt has been by far the most spectacular failure. Let me start out by saying I really like the Microsoft Surface Pro 3.  I am a perfect candidate for […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Amazon, apple, customer service, Gadgets, marketing, Microsoft Surface, mobile, strategy

News Analysis: Going Deeper Into The Apple And IBM New Business Model Alliance

News Analysis: Going Deeper Into The Apple And IBM New Business Model Alliance

By R "Ray" Wang on July 23, 2014

 Global Partnership Signals Expansive View Of Digital Business Disruption On July 15th, 2014 IBM’s Ginni Rometty and Apple’s Tim Cook announced in Cupertino, CA a strategic partnership to transform enterprise mobility (see Figure 1).  IBM has committed up to 100,000 employees to the initiative.  Apple has not disclosed its investment effort.  The announcement, made at […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 2014, Alliances, analytics, apple, Apple Care, Apps Strategy, Big Data, Big Data Business Models, BigData, BPO, Business Models, business process outsourcing, CDO, CEO, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Security Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CoIT, CoIT and the New CSuite, Constellation Research, CTO, customer service, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, disruptive business models, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, ibm, IBM Global Business Services, IBM Global Services, IBM Mobile First, ibm software group, it Services, IT services firms, mobile, Mobile Biz, mobile device management, mobile enterprise, Mobile Management, Mobile OS, Mobile strategy, mobility, News Analysis, partner ecosystems, partners, partnerships, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, strategy, vendor strategy | 1 Response

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