The document outlines key concepts from Pearl Zhu's 'Digital Master' series, emphasizing the need for CIOs to adopt multiple leadership personas and to focus on the dynamic, people-centered nature of digital organizations. It highlights the importance of innovation, change management, and strategic thinking in digital transformation, while stressing that leadership requires both character and a well-defined set of digital rules. Overall, the content reflects on how digital leaders should nurture and manage resources effectively to achieve success in a rapidly evolving business landscape.

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“Digital Master” Series Summary
PEARL ZHU
The Author of
“Digital Master” Series
”Future of CIO” Blog

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3. DIGITAl MASTER
“Digital organization is
essentially a dynamic,
people-centered ecosystem.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Master

4. CIO MASTER
“Potential of It
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IT needs to transform from a big fat silo to
the digital fit brain of a modern
organization.”
― Pearl Zhu, CIO Master: Unleash the Digital
Potential of IT

5. DIGITIZING BOARDROOM
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The purpose of the governing body, or board of
directors, is to direct and guide the organization in
the right direction” ― Pearl Zhu, Digitizing
Boardroom: The Multifaceted Aspects of Digital
Ready Boards

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12 CIO PERSONAS
“The digital CIOs have to wear
different colors of hats and master
multiple leadership personas and
management roles effortlessly.”
― Pearl Zhu, 12 CIO Personas: The Digital
CIO's Situational Leadership Practices

7. ““Innovation journey is like taking a hiking trip
at the trail very few or even no people ever went
before, it takes courage and emotional
maturity.”
― Pearl Zhu, Unpuzzling Innovation:
Mastering Innovation Management in a
Structural Way
UNPUZZLING INNOVATION

8. THINKINGAIRE
Diversity of thought is in demand, for
boosting collective creativity and harnessing
collective wisdom. ― Pearl Zhu, Thinkingaire:
100 Game Changing Digital Mindsets to Compete for
the Future

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IT INNOVATION
“For IT, information
management is fundamental,
and innovation management is
value-added.”
― Pearl Zhu, It Innovation:
Reinvent It for the Digital Age

10. CHANGE INSIGHT
“Change shouldn’t be treated as a
singular occurrence when it is an
ongoing, continued process and dynamic
capability within the organization.”
― Pearl Zhu, Change Insight: Change as an
Ongoing Capability to Fuel Digital Transformation

11. PERFORMANCE MASTER
“Don’t just play the number game,
but connect the contextual dots
and focus on the overall business
objectives.”
― Pearl Zhu, Performance Master: Take a Holistic
Approach to Unlock Digital Performance

12. DIGITAL GAPS
“We still live in the era in which
information is rich and insight is poor.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Gaps: Bridging
Multiple Gaps to Run Cohesive Digital
Business

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“You need a strategy to assume leadership,
but only the character can sustain leaders as
who they really are.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Valley: Five Pearls of
Wisdom to Make Profound Influence
DIGITAl VALLEY

14. 100 CREATIVITY INGREDIENTS
“Creative people are
optimistic realists to discover
versatility.”
― Pearl Zhu, 100 Creativity
Ingredients: Everyone’s Playbook to
Unlock Creativity

15. DIGITAL BOARDROOM
“To gain digital insight and lead business
transformation effortlessly, the digital board
directors need to become more information
savvy and IT friendly.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&As

16. “A CIO needs to be
better-rounded than to have a
title of “logical” or “creative.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital II: 100 Q&As
DIGITAL IT

17. LEADERSHIP MASTER
“The defining qualities that will
distinguish great leaders from the
rest are stemmed from the mindset
level.” ― Pearl Zhu, Leadership Master: Five
Digital Trends to Leap Leadership Maturity

18. 100 DIGITAL RULES
“A well-defined set of digital rules are not
for limiting innovation, but for setting the
frame of relevance and guide through
changes and digital transformation.”
― Pearl Zhu, 100 Digital Rules

19. TALENT MASTER
“High-quality professions look
decently, think profoundly, and
act thoughtfully.”
― Pearl Zhu, Talent Master: 199+
Questions to See Talent from Different
Angles

20. ◎ “The capability view can
leverage different perspectives
from different roles.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Capability:
Building Lego Like Capability Into
Business Competency
DIGITAL CAPABILITY

21. PROBLEM-SOLVING MASTER
Either running a successful
business or living a progressive life
is a problem-solving continuum.
-Pearl Zhu
Problem-Solving Mster

22. “Doing digital is about taking a few
actions, and being digital is the
fundamental shift from the mindset to
behavior.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Fit: Manifest Future of
Business with Multidimensional Fit
DIGITAL FIT

23. “Doing agile is a set of
activities, but being agile
is the state of mind, the
ongoing capability, and
the cultural adaptability.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Agility:
The Rocky Road from Doing
Agile to Being Agile
DIGITAL AGILITY

24. DECISION MASTER
“It is often said that a wrong
decision taken at the right time is
better than a right decision taken at
the wrong time.”
― Pearl Zhu, Decision Master: The Art and
Science of Decision Making

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