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Build a Culture of IT Innovation
Enable IT innovation to achieve business goals.
More DetailsYour Challenge
- In turbulent economic times, organizations are increasingly looking for innovative ideas to drive top line growth or to take out cost.
- Effective IT leaders with a holistic view of the enterprise and knowledge of enabling technologies can establish themselves as visionary solution architects.
- However, IT is rarely seen in that role and is often expected to simply deliver more, faster, and with fewer resources.
- This solution set provides guidance and suggestions to establish an environment and reputation for innovation in your organization.
Our Advice
Critical Insight- Info-Tech identifies six key cultural preconditions for successful innovation in IT. IT leaders who want to spur innovation can save time and money by focusing on these six drivers of innovation success.
- Business buy-in
- Time and resources for innovation
- IT awareness of business strategy
- Diversity of experience
- Idea exchange
- Recognition of IT innovators
- Real innovation success means that IT helps the business achieve its strategic goals. Avoid the ‘black box’ approach to IT innovation, and get buy-in from the business.
- Achieving innovation success does not have to be expensive. Info-Tech recommends specific steps to achieve each cultural precondition, and many of the steps have only minimal cost for the IT department.
- Your entire team will be looking for opportunities for innovative growth or cost savings.
- Rather than becoming worried and concerned over business uncertainties, staff will become more engaged with company success.
- Innovation will not be left to chance – increase the likelihood of surfacing new ideas and opportunities.
Get to Action
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Learn about the preconditions for IT innovation and the steps to achieve them
Build a culture of IT innovation.
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Measure the cost of closing cultural gaps and plan an innovation roadmap
Improve IT innovation success as cost-effectively as possible.
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Extinguish the Firefighter status and gain control over the IT department.
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- An additional 10 companies contributed to this research. Due to the sensitivity of the information, their identities will be kept confidential.
Solution Road Map
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5. Move to a Stable & Controlled IT Department
Extinguish the Firefighter status and gain control over the IT department.
Extinguish the Firefighter status and gain control over the IT department.
6. Build a Culture of IT Innovation
Enable IT innovation to achieve business goals.
Enable IT innovation to achieve business goals.
8. Make IT a Partner in a Successful Merger or Acquisition
Don't let an M&A sidetrack your career. Create a solid M&A plan to ease the transition.
Don't let an M&A sidetrack your career. Create a solid M&A plan to ease the transition.
