Social, Agile, and Transformation

Even if you’re not a C-level company executive, you might find opportunities to speak with board directors and develop a meaningful and valuable relationship with them. You may get lucky and ha...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2024/04/relationships-with-board-directors.html

Ten years ago, it was less likely for CIOs and Digitial Trailblazers to form a partnership with their CHRO and human resources departments. At that time, IT was largely focused on run and grow in...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2024/04/cio-chro-experimental-cultures.html

How to measure business value is a question many agile teams ask me, given how much rigor I ask them to put into estimating and capturing story points. Should product managers and product owners ...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2024/04/product-managers-agile-business-value.html

“Managing up is a career development method that involves working with your boss to create value for both of you.” This is how Google’s AI explains managing up, a set of career management p...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2024/04/introverted-digital-trailblazers.html

“The pace of technology change is increasing, and you must reevaluate your digital strategy and priorities. Frequently. You will always be transforming, and your organization must establish tra...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2024/03/genai-leadership-trends.html

Manufacturing, construction, and other industrial businesses can leapfrog from technology-lagging organizations to ones driving competitive advantages. A chief challenge is escaping legacy mindse...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2024/03/technologies-industrials-poc.html

A couple of years ago, I led an agile transformation program for a major hospital system. Their vision statement was to pilot process changes and new technologies to improve patient experiences w...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2024/03/experts-change-management-transformation.html

Digital transformation leaders – people I call Digital Trailblazers – wear many hats, and one that’s come up several times during our Coffee with Digital Trailblazers is the role of vision ...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2024/03/digital-trailblazers-vision-painters.html

Ten years ago, I wrote an article for Engineering News Record on how construction businesses underspend in technology. I referenced Gartner’s survey of technology spending by industry, showing ...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2024/02/construction-no-code-dynamic-work.html

I invited several experts to my weekly Coffee with Digital Trailblazers to discuss change management, easing adoptions, and minimizing the productivity dip. Participants heard a change management...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2024/02/change-management-digital-transformation.html

CIOs, CTOs, and Digital Trailblazers – we have a problem. While many organizations have adopted agile methodologies, there’s a gap between what leaders expect from these practices and what th...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2024/02/cio-state-of-agile.html

Every year, a new round of surveys shows that 40-60% of organizations are struggling with digital transformation. One recent survey shows that 51% of respondents have not seen an increase in perf...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2024/01/failures-success-drivers-digital-transformation.html

I’ve spoken with several CIOs who were the first to hold the role and title at their organizations. It’s a unique experience, so I thought I’d share some thoughts. When a new CIO comes on b...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2024/01/digital-transformation-cio.html

This is my fifth year of sharing my top book reads of the previous year, and you can review my previous lists here: 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019. This year’s list includes my usual mix of leaders...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2024/01/7-must-reads-for-digital-trailblazers.html

I just read about how CIOs are taking it slow regarding generative AI in the enterprise. “The hard thing about this is you don’t have data on people’s level of productivity,” said Sharon ...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2024/01/how-innovative-saas-ctos-use-gen-ai.html

You should evaluate your career progression and goals regularly, especially in this super-charged world where generative AI impacts many job functions and more businesses are accelerating digital...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2024/01/it-career-digital-trailblazer.html

2023 is coming to a close. I’ve had a difficult year and won’t be able to share details for a while, but I’ve had several close friends and colleagues to support me. Many of them join my we...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2023/12/entrepreneur-architect-digital-leadership.html

Jamie knew she had plenty of work to do when she took the Director of IT role at a midsize HVAC services company.  Over the last decade, the company grew organically and expanded regionally ...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2023/12/machine-learning-dynamic-work.html

A couple of weeks ago, I celebrated my 1,000th blog post, an achievement I am just as proud of as publishing my two books, Driving Digital and Digital Trailblazer. In the post, I shared three tim...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2023/12/best-starcio-digital-transformation.html

“Look at your company as if it were your first day on the job. What would your first impressions be of how your business is operating?” That’s my opening statement to Chapter 1 of Driving D...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2023/11/it-turnaround.html

I love this time of year in the United States when we have a brief pause from our complex lives and get the chance to break bread with family and friends. Thanksgiving means a lot more for me thi...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2023/11/innovation-lifelong-learning.html

Today’s post, my 1,000th published article, marks an achievement I am tremendously proud of and excited to share. Here’s the funny story of how I started writing. My journey into blogging and...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2023/11/lessons-digital-transformation-leaders.html

 When you meet Joe Puglisi, see him moderating a panel on stage, or participate in his SIM members in transition calls, you instantly know he’s someone you can learn a lot from. Joe was on...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2023/11/puglisi-digital-transformation-leaders.html

How should CIOs and IT leaders prepare their organizations to pursue generative AI opportunities while mitigating risks and navigating cultural and workforce impacts? It’s a top-of-mind questio...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2023/10/gen-ai-innovation-cio.html

When interviewing for an entry-level role, would you know if you had a future Digital Trailblazer sitting before you? That was the topic at a recent Coffee with Digital Trailblazers, where we dis...

https://blogs.starcio.com/2023/10/digital-trailblazers-hire-high-potentials.html