In the war for business supremacy, the old management models and stereotypes pitting suits against nerds must be thrown out. Instead, business leaders looking to lead their company into the digital age must learn to harness the expertise and innovation that is already under their roof: IT. Thought leader and author Mark Schwartz provides clear context and strategies for business leaders to create new strategies for business leaders looking to unlock their enterprise's digital transformation.
The Business-IT Wall Must Come Down
With A Seat at the Table, thought leader Mark Schwartz pulled out a chair for CIOs at the C-suite table. Now Mark brings his unique perspective and experience to business leaders looking to lead their company into the digital age by harnessing the expertise and innovation that is already under their roof: IT.
In the war for business supremacy, Schwartz shows we must throw out the old management models and stereotypes that pit suits against nerds. Instead, business leaders of today can foster a space of collaboration and shared mission, a space that puts technologists and business people on the same team.
For business leaders looking to unlock their enterprise's digital transformation, War and Peace and IT provides clear context and strategies. Schwartz demystifies the role IT plays in the modern enterprise, allowing business leaders to create new strategies for the new digital battleground.
It is time to change not only the enterprise's relationship with technology, but its relationship with technologists. To accelerate, enterprises must bring technology to the heart of their work, for just as technology is causing this disruption, it is technology that provides the solution. Unlike Napoleon, it is time for business leaders to come down from the hill atop the Battle of Borodino and enter the fray with the technologists, for that is where the war will be won or lost.
Foreword by N.B. Himself
Preface
Introduction
Part One: Principles
1. The Business and IT
2. Complexity and Uncertainty
3. Agility and Leanness
Side Glance: Graphs
4. The Business Value of IT
Part Two: Particulars
Side Glance: Humility and Hubris
5. The Off-Balance Sheet Asset
6. Risk and Opportunity
7. Governance and Investment Management
Side Glance: Innovation
8. Bureaucracy and Culture
Side Glance: Security
9.Planning and Reporting
Side Glance: The Cloud and the Future
Part Three: Prescriptions
10. Action Plan
11. The Leadership Team
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Notes
About the Author