The New IT: How Technology Leaders are Enabling Business Strategy in the Digital Age

ISBN: 0071846980

Author: Dyche

Condition: New

Introducing a Powerful New Business Model for Todays ITBlogger, speaker, software executive, and bestselling author Jill Dyché has been thinking about leadership a lot lately. Having consulted with business and IT executives with Fortune 500 companies for most of her career, she has heard a common refrain: What should we do about shadow IT? Shes decided to address the answer head-on.With the onslaught of cloud solutions, consumerization of technology, and increasingly tech-savvy business people, its time for a manifesto for leaders who recognize-and are nervous about-the demands of the digital age. Whether youre an executive, department head, or IT manager, The New IT provides an action-ready blueprint for building and strengthening the role of IT in your company-and prescribing ITs future. Learn how to: ASSESS your current and future IT profile ALIGN your IT organization with business priorities MAP technology delivery plans according to business priiorities ORGANIZE IT according to your companys culture and strengths REDEFINE innovation and talent management practices BUILD a stronger and enduring role for IT as a business partnerBy using field-tested techniques to align your IT department with your corporate objectives, you can leverage the power of technology across the entire company. The New IT provides a set of tactical and experienced-based frameworks to help you and your colleagues conceive a new roadmap. It also includes real-world case studies and best practices from successful, technology-enabled companies such as Toyota, Merck, Brooks Brothers, Union Bank, and many others. Youll hear from major industry pioneers, IT thought leaders, and other change agents who are leading the way in this new frontier. And youll learn how to bring your business and IT together in a way that is truly transformative.The new IT is more than computing power. It balances strategy and delivery. Its interactive and inclusive. Its as omnipresent as the smart phone and just as revolutionary. It equips you with the tools you need to succeed in reframing the IT conversation and propelling your business forward.