The digital transformation is bringing profound change to everything we do. Nowhere has this been more apparent than the changes demanded by the pandemic/post pandemic periods (e.g., working at home, online purchasing, business and social process & communications changes) and sustainability. But the impact on every company / industry began well before and will continue long after the pandemic and while essential, goes beyond back-office systems and IT infrastructure.
The digital effect has been and will continue to drive increased revenues and competitive advantage. The advent of emerging technologies (e.g., SMAC, Robotics, Blockchain), and changes to the ecosystem (e.g., competition, interdependent world, sourcing models, natural disasters) has brought intensified attention to IT and digitization, and the evolving role of IT, and the essential demand for strong collaboration among IT and non-IT leaders/organizations.
With the growing global demand for IT and non-IT professionals having the appropriate balance of leadership, management, business, industry, technical, and interpersonal skills, innovative programs like this IT for the Non-IT Executive program have become essential.
As every company becomes a digital company, with an ever-increasing impact on revenues, it is demanding the role of every executive to transform (along with their IT organization). This is what is driving the change in IT sourcing and reporting, and the digital management skills required by the entire organization.
In many cases with more and more revenue generating strategic initiatives reporting directly to the business unit, and more and more of IT infrastructure being outsourced, the centralized IT organization is getting smaller and changing dramatically, and often considered very differently than the decentralized strategic set of responsibilities.
The net is the digital transformation is changing IT and non-IT organizations and roles. We need to understand these changes and prepare for them to succeed.
IT leadership requires a refresh of approaches, thinking and management practices to meet these new challenges. IT and business must co-adapt together. IT must understand the business, and the business must understand IT.
