PART 3: DELIVERING SUCCESS: 6 KEY FEATURES OF A MODERN IT OPERATING MODEL

Placing the value to be delivered as the central focus – the “why”, your programme of IT Operating Model transformation follows a defined flow through 6 dependent elements: Success only comes when the model is put into practice, so underpinning each step of the transformation programme is the clarity of outcome that each decision taken […]

PART 2: IMPLEMENTING AN IT OPERATING MODEL – GETTING IT DONE

At the end of each Vendee race most teams will be celebrating, some for winning but many just for successfully completing the gruelling race and the safe return of their boat’s skipper, but what the best teams will be doing is reflecting on the successes and failures from previous races, with everyone involved bringing the […]

PART 1: READY AND ADAPTABLE FOR THE UNKNOWN JOURNEY

This 3 part blog series unpacks the IT Operating Model playbook we created, first looking at the outline of what an IT Operating Model is and it’s value to your organisation, followed in part 2 by an introduction to the 4 cornerstones of implementation and why you would do it. In the final part of […]

LEAD OR FOLLOW – WHERE MILLISECONDS COUNT

1.86 seconds. That’s how fast Max Verstappen’s pit stop was at the 2020 Russian F1 Grand Prix. (all rights Formula One World Championship Limited) In a sport where fractions of a second make the difference between staying ahead of the competition or falling behind, huge amounts of time are focused on making sure the pit […]

A TWINGE IN YOUR TECH

Not sure about you, but on the odd occasion I get a twinge in my body or wake up having had a bad night’s sleep because of a sore back and I think “I wonder what caused that?”. It might have been that I lifted something a bit heavy a few days ago, or I’d […]

TECHNOLOGY: THE ENABLER OF CHANGE

Are you positioned for successful change? Our experience, as well as the success stories of many, many companies across all industries, shows that your IT operating model and the technology infrastructure you’re running are critical to your performance and key enablers to successfully changing tack when you need to. As with the set-up of top […]

THIS IS NOT NEW OR UNIQUE

The impact of Covid-19 on business and markets may seem unique because of its health/pandemic angle, but in reality, when you take the cause of the impact away from the conversation, you’re reminded that the issues organisations are currently facing are the same issues that have caused many business to fail for decades and centuries. […]

NEW RULES, NEW CHALLENGES. READY FOR THE UNKNOWN

Formula 1 has long been looked upon as an industry where the teams thrive or fail based on their ability to continuously identify and deliver the smallest of improvements in performance. But there is an external force that acts as a leveller across the paddocks; every season the F1 governing body applies new rules and […]

“HIC SUNT DRACONES”​ – NAVIGATING OUR NEXT IMPERATIVE

As a young child I was always fascinated by maps, old and new. They seemed to spark hope, inspiration and excitement of journeys as yet to begin, and at the same time offer some reassurance about our own place in the big wide world. Today, with a deeper appreciation of art and history, early maps […]

WITHOUT TECHNOLOGY WE WOULD BE….FINISH THE SENTENCE

We can make a good guess at how you would end that sentence, but if we put it another way, maybe your response would be different. “Without the latest technology we are…” Inefficient? Lagging behind? Missing opportunities? Wasting money? Slow to adapt? Technology is one of the two biggest influencers that determine how successful your […]