Download - Fostering a Culture of Innovation with Cloud
Recovering Chief Information Officer, energetic leader, and obsessive cloud computing advocate
2013
Benefits
2005
100% on-premise
90% Cloud based
Drivers: • Agility & Continuity • Scaling • Mobile • Innovation
Results: 300% growth in Revenue 466% growth in Patients Served Diversified from 1 service line to 5
Reframe the “Cloud Strategy” conversation from a technology debate into a business leadership opportunity.
Past • Hardware & Software • Custom code/
Programming • Departmental solutions • HelpDesk • Closed Systems
Now • Data Center Management • Addressing legacy code • Data governance • Security & Compliance • Enterprise standards • Mobility • Traverses every aspect of
business • Philosophical division around
cloud computing • Outsource management
2020 • Leadership alignment on business and
culture imperatives • Fluid business objectives • Increased empowerment of business
decision makers • Multiple user experiences • Hardware/processing viewed as a utility • Business enablement with flexible
enterprise standards • Increased agility w/ shorter cycle times • Applying technology instead of creating
customization • Disposable technology • Massive datasets from multiple sources
We know a paradigm shift is occurring:
To address this ever evolving paradigm, it is critical for all levels of IT to emerge from the shadows of our predecessors and lead a new approach to solving business challenges through innovation.
Mission Leadership Principles Business Objectives
Why in business
Transformational Functional Strategic Survival
Business focus
Board of Directors C-Suite Executives Managers Partners Employees
Collaborators
We traverse every aspect of an enterprise
“Earth's Most Customer Centric Company”
Leaders clearly understand and articulate how they directly or indirectly impact their company’s MISSION.
Embrace The Mission
1
Leaders embrace and influence their company’s overarching business objectives.
Business Objectives
2
• Agility • Flexibility • Elasticity • Cost Reductions
• Alignment • Availability • Security • Innovation
For large enterprises, embracing the mission and being aligned with business objectives is sometimes easier said than done.
Time
Agility
Functionality
Complexity
Cost
Enterprise widecloud adoption inflection point.
Leaders are leveraging the .
On-Premises Resources
Cloud Resources
Integration (“Hybrid”)
Corporate Data Centers
The Cloud Isn’t An All-or-Nothing Choice
Leaders drive change through transparent broad reaching proactive conversations with multiple stakeholders.
Drive Change
3
C-suite: Leadership, vision, enterprise communications, business objectives
Adjacent Departments: Collaboration with finance, HR, legal, risk, & LOB decision makers
Info Security & Compliance: Proactive approval of policies and procedures.
Core & LOB IT teams: Gap analysis, change management, investigation, acquire cloud experienced talent
Individual member of IT: Individual exploration and embraced contribution to the vision
Prioritization Teamwork Organizational awareness Problem solving Self-awareness
Proactivity Influence Decision making Learning agility Technical expertise
Drive Change
3
Leaders are building the next generation of employees by focusing their staff on a diverse set of new skills.
To drive a culture of innovation, leaders realize they have to let go of the past. “Today’s problems can not be solved if we still think the way we thought when we created them.” - Albert Einstein
Letting go of the past is the hardest part of any type of transformation.
Let Go
4
Perspective Change How to deliver?
Risk Tolerant When to deliver?
Active Engagement Who to engage?
Mission Obsessed Why to invest?
Benefit of Department
Operational Experience
Immediate Adjacency
Cross Section
Solution Description
Technical Design
Core Competencies In the business of?
Tactical Strategic Execution
Individual Goals
Company Results
Departmental Focus
Enterprise Value Current
State
People Process
Technology
Envisioned State
Mission focused
Business Aligned
Strategic
Dynamic
Words to Action
5
Full Integrated Exploring Interfacing
Apply business value as the primary driver to the journey.
Value = Benefits - Detriments (Speed + Agility) (Risk) + (Cost)
Letting go of the past is the hardest part of any type of transformation.
Embrace The Mission
1
Business Objectives
2
Drive Change
3
Let Go
4
Drive change through transparent broad reaching proactive conversations with multiple stakeholders.
Embrace and influence the overarching business objectives which need to be accomplished.
Clearly understand and articulate how you directly or indirectly impact the mission of your company.
Words to Action
5 Apply business value as the primary driver to the journey.
Reframe your “Cloud Strategy” conversation from a technology debate into a business leadership opportunity.