The New IT

Jill Dyché is SAS's Vice President of Best Practices. She is also a well-known lecturer, author, and blogger. Jill was previously a partner and co-founder of Baseline Consulting. She is the author of three books on the business value of information technology, including the best-selling The CRM Handbook.

Jill Dyché, a blogger, lecturer, software executive, and bestselling author, has been thinking a lot about leadership lately. For the majority of her career, she has counseled with business and IT leaders from Fortune 500 firms, and she has heard a similar refrain: "What should we do about shadow IT?" She has resolved to confront the answer full on.

With the avalanche of cloud solutions, technology consumerization, and increasingly tech-savvy company people, it's time for a manifesto for leaders who recognize and are concerned about the needs of the digital age. The New IT presents an actionable blueprint for expanding and improving the position of IT in your company, as well as prescribing IT's future, whether you're an executive, department head, or IT manager. Discover how to:

• ASSESS your current and prospective IT profile
• ALIGN your IT department with your company's priorities.
• MAP technology delivery plans based on business priorities
• ORGANIZE IT in accordance with the culture and strengths of your firm.
• REDEFINE techniques for innovation and talent management.
• BUILD a more solid and long-lasting role for IT as a business partner.

You can utilize the potential of technology across the entire firm by employing tried-and-true strategies to align your IT department with your corporate objectives. The New IT offers a collection of tactical and experience-based frameworks to assist you and your colleagues in developing a new roadmap. It also covers real-world case studies and best practices from successful, technology-enabled businesses including Toyota, Merck, Brooks Brothers, Union Bank, and many more. You'll hear from significant industry pioneers, IT thought leaders, and other change agents who are pioneering this new frontier. You'll also discover how to integrate your business with IT in a genuinely disruptive approach.

Among the best books on digital transformation, The new IT is about more than just processing power. It strikes a balance between strategy and execution. It's participatory and welcoming. It's as ubiquitous as the smartphone and equally revolutionary. It gives you the tools you need to succeed in reframing the IT dialogue and moving your company forward.

Author: Jill Dyche

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