The Solution To The IT Conundrum - Aditya Yadav

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“Running an Agile Fortune 500 Company”
Aditya Yadav, aditya.yadav@gmail.com
in.linkedin.com/in/adityayadav76

2. * A Typical Global Company
* Fortune 500/1000
* 200 Divisions
* 40 Countries
* 25000 Employees
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@ Acme Inc.

4. * Original Question “We can‟t seem to get our IT
Strategy to work. What do we do?”
* The Correct Question - “Lets take a first
principles based structured approach and
rethink the solution. Shall we?”
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And The Philosophy Behind The Answer

6. * Business & IT don‟t speak the same language
* How do we cut costs? How do we extract value?
* Is IT Tactical or Strategic?
* Should The Board Supervise IT Strategy and
Performance?
* Who should take Technology Decisions? CEO,
CIO, CFO or COO?
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8. * Information Systems
* Business Technology &
* The Backbone Systems of the
Organization Business Innovation
* To keep the organization running,
HR/Finance/Marketing….. Systems * Consulting & Advisory
* Not serving the Business of the * Software Engineering
organization
* IT Systems & Processes
* Hardware
* Network
*…
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9. * The CIO (Because Traditionally they have) leads (i)
Information Systems & (ii) Systems & Processes
* The CTO (For the lack of a better title) leads (i) Software
Engineering, and (ii) Business Technology & Business
Innovation
* The CTO & CIO cannot be the same person
* The two sub-organizations cannot fight for the same budget
* The Business drives everything
* The COO/CFO+ CIO and the CEO + CTO take the respective
decisions
* The Board has better things to do, and does neither
*** Also see my Deck on CEO + COO Pairing
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10. * Run by Managers
* Plan based approach
* Focus only on Cutting and Managing Costs
* Don‟t focus on Value
* Coping with Complexity
* Delivering Tactical Support
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11. * Run by Leaders
* Direction based approach
* Focus ONLY on Maximizing „Value‟
* Don‟t focus on Cost Reduction
* Coping with Change
* Delivering Strategic Innovation
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12. Aditya!!!
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