As technology has evolved IT has transitioned from a background support function to a core driver of value creation and competitive edge. This shift has placed senior technologists at the heart of the organisation where they are increasingly critical to decision making, strategy and leadership.
The DIGIT Leader Summit will explore the evolution of the IT & Digital profession, considering the key technology and business trends and the profound impact they are having on the role. The programme will also examine the crucial components of leadership, looking at culture; team building, upskilling and communication.
The Summit is geared for senior IT & Digital leaders, and designed to provide an opportune forum for practitioners to share their experiences, learn from their peers and discuss best-practice approaches to leadership.
Core topics
Trends: Key technology trends and business trends
IT Evolution: How the IT and Digital role is changing and evolving
Leadership: Empowering, engaging, motivating and inspiring teams
Culture: Creating a culture of inclusion, innovation and exploration
Impact: Technology as a driver of innovation, improvement and problem solving
IT Management: Investment, ITAM, cost control, vendor management
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14. The Opportunity
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In 10 years, cost of onshore wind has dropped from around £95MWh to £55MWh
Wind energy now competes with cheapest electricity sources
Wind farms are being built subsidy free
Focus on reduced cost filters down to suppliers such as us
Coupled with more entrants into the renewable energy suppliers market
Always prided ourselves on the quality of service
Still do this but now need to deliver compelling customer experience
Technology is key to this
Can also be a key differentiator
Improves internal efficiency and staff satisfaction
15. The Challenge
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Our business is full of experts - some nationally and internationally recognised
Perceived as “just the IT guy”
Often an unwillingness to take time to understand impact of technology
Senior management has a limited experience of software development
Often didn’t understand what’s possible or realistic
Fire and Forget approach
Great helpdesk function
Communicate in terms the business understands (budget, completion, risk & mitigation)
Use some of the IT buzzwords to get engagement (“big data”, digital twinning, AI)
Agile methodology workshop
Show some passion!
20. Summary
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We need to continue to deliver a compelling customer experience
This drives new sales and client retention
Don’t forget about your staff experience!
Enhanced use of technology critical to success of even non-technical businesses and organisations
IT best placed to lead this change
Perhaps we are a technology company after all….
Just don’t tell my colleagues!
22. Delivering a digital strategy is where impact can be maximised
Leveraging technology to improve efficiency, process and delivery
Effective support for continuity systems releases resources to build new
technologies
Ensuring organisational alignment and line of sight
Dealing with challenges and creating a culture which embraces change
Benchmarking progress: benefits realisation are the metrics of success
50. Average number of
communication
apps
Times per hour
that workers toggle
between apps
Days wasted per
year by workers
4 10 32
Source: Based on a global survey of 2,000 knowledge workers by Cite Research, January 2018
App overload in the workplace
51. 74%
Of agents must switch between apps to solve customers
issues, leading to an average time loss of 60 minutes
per day
Source: CITE Research
Agents are wasting a lot of time unnecessarily
52. Digital status report & the digital roadmap
2017
The Digital
Deadlock
55% of European
organisations are still
in stage 2 or 3
2019
Unlocking DX
Deadbolts
60% of organisations
will have a digital
leadership structure
in place
2020
Getting
Digital Done
50% of total
technology spending
will be data-related
investments
2022
Innovation
Realisation
80% of revenue
growth will depend
on digital offerings
and operations
2027
Digital Native
Enterprise
75% of organisations
will have digitally
transformed
Source: IDC Research Future of Work
53. The cloud changes everything
Technology
Ubiquitous
Connectivity
New
Generation
Globalised
Workforce
54. ….Future of Work
4 pillars of digital transformation
Mobility Platform &
Analytics
Cloud Social Business
56. Fragmented communications
Source: Based on a global survey of 2,000 knowledge workers by Cite Research, January 2018
Email Phone
calls
Team
messaging
Text Social media
posts
Audio
conference
calls
Video
conference
calls
of workers say their
communications
volume is a
challenge.
70%
54
%
44
%
32
%
29
%
16
% 13
%
11
%
58. The future of work
People • Mobile workforce
• Global workforce
• Artificial intelligence
• Adoption
Business Continuity • Disaster planning
• Data security
• Compliance
Market Relevance • Customer experience
• Agility
• Time to Market
59. The future of work
employees agree
3 in 4
Companies prioritise the
employee experience
with perks—not with
communications
technologies.
Space
Culture
Technology
Source: Based on a global survey of 2,000 knowledge workers by Cite Research
60. Engaged Employees =
PRIORITISE TECHNOLOGY
Perks
Communications
technology
employees agree
9 in 10
Disjointed
communications
technologies affect
workflow and job
satisfaction.
IMPROVE WORKFLOW
IMPROVE BOTTOM LINESource: Based on a global survey of 2,000 knowledge workers by Cite Research
61. Transformed business
employees believe
9 in 10
a seamless
communications
platform that lets them
interact with coworkers
and customers
improves…
Company profitability
Employee experience
Employee happiness
Customer experience
Customer happiness
Source: Based on a global survey of 2,000 knowledge workers by Cite Research
62. Collaboration delivers
Enterprises want: Employees want:
• Employee engagement
• Lower churn – employee and customers
• Productivity boasts
• Employee and customer advocacy
• Collaboration
• Flexible working practices
• Modern UI and digital experience
• Accessible everywhere, anytime
THE POWER OF COLLABORATION
Cloud
PBX
Team
messaging
Video
meetings
CX
engagement
63. PBX Replacement
Video/Meetings
Open Platform
Team Messaging
Integrated Contact Centre
Deep Analytics & AI
Unified Experiences
Wave 1 (Before 2015) Wave 2 (2015–2018) Wave 3 (2018–2020) Wave 4 (2020 & beyond)
SMB – Mid-Market – Enterprise
Value
Evolution of next generation platforms
71. Major Retailer in UK
Challenge: 45,000 Employees
Legacy Discrete
Communications
One solution connects all teams
with voice, video and
collaboration
Cloud Integrations for Redefined
Customer Experience
Digital Transformation – Redefine Customer Experience
Improved the answer rates of customer’s dialling in from 62% to over
95% to ensure they continue to provide leading customer service.
76. Everything Starts with a G
Connectivity always needs to touch the ground
Why are hardware vendors getting excited about
5G ?
The impact persistent high speed connectivity will
have
How does a CIO take advantage of all of this?
www.ifb.net | @IFB_LTD | @thegraemegordon
77. boring old infrastructure business
Connectivity + security + data
management
800 business customers
4 of the top 5 global oil and gas companies
3 out of the top 5 legal firms in the
Scotland
www.ifb.net | @IFB_LTD | @thegraemegordon
Everything Starts with a G
93. Everything Starts with a G
How does a CIO take advantage of all of this?
www.ifb.net | @IFB_LTD | @thegraemegordon
94. Everything Starts with a G
Agile gigabit connectivity
Cheaper compute options
Real time interaction & control
Network slicing
More opportunities through better
connectivity
www.ifb.net | @IFB_LTD | @thegraemegordon
96. If everything seems under control, you're
just not going fast enough.
Mario Andretti
www.ifb.net | @IFB_LTD | @thegraemegordon
Everything Starts with a G
98. 5 Steps to becoming
an Inspiring,
Influential, Effective
Technology Leader
R. Michael Anderson MA MBA
michael@techleaderinsider.com
99. 99
Today you will learn how to…
• Continue on your Upward Career Path
• Develop your "Leadership Presence" & Confidence
• Help People Maximize their Performance
• Look good in front of Upper Management
• Motivate, Inspire, and Lead with Positivity
• Earn True Respect and Loyalty from Everyone
Build a Thriving Career and Team who Consistently
Smashes Goals (and have fun doing it)
101. Today My Promise
to You is…
You’ll learn the exact
steps you need to
take to becoming an
Inspiring, Influential,
Effective Leader
people want to
promote, hire, and
work
102. MY STORY
• 3x software entrepreneur
• Social Entrepreneur of the Year
• Companies on Inc. 5000 list
• Won #1 best place to work
• Best-selling Leadership author
• Write for entrepreneur.com
• Named #7 top Leadership
Expert worldwide
FORMER HORRIBLE LEADER
103. A leadership crisis
Technology leaders take note – less than
one in five of your team feel you are ‘very
effective’ at creating a vision and strategy
for your organisation, and a worrying one
in three feel you are ‘ineffective’.
Harvey Nash 2019 Tech Leadership Survey
104. 10
4
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?
•Making the Difficult, Painful Transition
from Tech to Leader
•Struggle, Uncomfortable & Ineffective
Holding People Accountable
•Not Sure of your “Role” with People
•Deathly Afraid of Letting People Down
105. 10
5
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?
•Massively Overwhelmed with Stress,
Anxiety & Responsibility
•People Don’t See/Respect You as a Leader
and Don’t Know how to Change That
•Doubt Yourself as a Leader…because Then
What?
106. 10
6
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?
Do you secretly feel like you’re a
fraud…like you’re in over your
head, you don’t know what you’re
doing, you might not have what it
takes to be a leader, and are
terrified about failing or others
finding out?
108. 10
8
ONCE YOU MAKE THE SHIFTS
•People will See you Differently
•You’ll see YOURSELF Differently
•Much less Stress and Anxiety
•Your Decision Making Skyrockets
•Long-term Business & Personal Success
113. Map Goals to Leadership
GOALS
• Keep Getting Promoted
• Gain a Seat at the Table
• Make XX Money
• Buy Property / Car / House /
Boat
• Do XX with Family
• Travel
Leadership Importance
• Become an Effective Leader
• Gain True Influence
• Keep Growing and Evolving
• All Determined by the Above
128. 12
8
• 1977 Founded Apple (22yrs)
• 1980 Apple IPO
• Gen. more capital since Ford
• 26 yrs. Old
• 1985 KICKED OUT of APPLE
• 1997 Returns to Apple
"I'm pretty sure none of this would
have happened if I hadn't been fired
from Apple. It was awful tasting
medicine, but I guess the patient
needed it. Sometimes life hits you in
the head with a brick.”
131. 13
1
What you need to Win
1. Leadership is a Learned Skill
2. Great Leadership is Born from True Confidence
3. Integrity over EVERYTHING
4. Commit to Transformation
5. Invest in Mentorship with a System
132. Today I Promised…
You’ll learn the exact
steps you need to
take to becoming an
Inspirational,
Powerful Leader
people want to work
for and invest in
133. My Offer to You
One-on-One Breakthrough Call /
Mentorship Session
For CURRENT Leaders
Explore you as a leader
http://tiny.cc/mike-50min
michael@techleaderinsider.com
141. A group of players forming one side in a competitive game or sport.
Two or more people working together.
A team is a group of individuals working together to achieve their goal.
Definition:
145. A group of individuals working together to achieve their goal
146. • A resource ?
• A person ?
• A team member ?
• Someone who is unique!
• Someone who is included!
147. We want every voice to be heard and every person to feel confident sharing their own perspective
Everyone who works with or for us should be treated fairly, with respect and should feel safe to be themselves
159. Four steps to align your
organisation for innovation
Liza Horan
DIGIT Leaders Summit ᐧ May 2019
160. About Innovation Four Steps
Case Study Action Plan
What It Is
What It Requires
Why It Matters
Blockers & Enablers
Pillars of Innovation
Shared Goals
Internal Alignment
Insight Gathering
Collaborative Cycle
100+ year-old siloed institution
5 Shifts
Road Map
Questions
Framework
Resources
161. Innovation
A mindset and system that encourages
exploration and experimentation for
new ideas to shape into valuable solutions.
167. GOALS
Are the long-term, annual, quarterly and monthly goals clearly articulated and known?
DEPARTMENTS
Does every employee understand how the their department and their role contributes, and
what success measures are?
INSIGHT
Is there a system with resources in place for the gathering, reflection, decision-making, and
action for change?
PERFORMANCE
Track, measure, learn, test. Has each department identified the Top 5 KPIs for improving
efficiency of processes and positive impacts on audience?
Questions
170. Pillars of Innovation
MINDSET
Exploration, Experimentation,
Openness, Seeking
SYSTEM
Clarity of Purpose, Framework,
Collaboration, Accountability
ESSENTIALS
Holistic approach, centralised governance, clear communication, insight methodology,
driven by performance
INTERNAL
INPUTS
Internal (institutional/market knowledge, employees)
EXTERNAL
INFLUENCERS
Existing and potential customers, partners, competition, industry forces, trends at large
171. Case Study #1
MINDSET
Desire to be innovative, yet mired in
tradition and lazy growth;
consensus over leadership,
political, risk-averse
SYSTEM
Smart people with no framework for
innovation; no accountability;
laborious processes;
outdated technology
ESSENTIALS Silos, process-oriented, mixed messages, competing goals and incentives, no insight
INTERNAL
INPUTS
Institutional knowledge (lifers)
EXTERNAL
INFLUENCERS
Sales figures
172. Case Study THEMES
From siloed to holistic
From customer-centric to audience-centric
From process-oriented to performance-oriented
From widget-maker to solutions provider
Adopt hybrid business model
173. “To truly manifest innovation and
reap its benefits, one must recognize that
innovation is three different things:
Innovation is an outcome,
innovation is a process, and
innovation is a mindset.”
Kenneth B. Khan, “Understanding Innovation.” Harvard Business Review
Liza Horan Liza@MediaMoxie.com 0759 708 1653
195. FOCUS ON
THE HUMAN
WHY
Track the tasks that are completed in
all applications and learn where the
opportunitiess to automate are
WHAT
Track combinations of devices,
locations, apps & actions taken that are
important to user
HOW
Use our existing footprint and expand to
being inside the “user path” for all
transactions flowing through Workspace