According to Accenture’s recent Intelligent Operations research, the future belongs to organizations with intelligent operations that harness talent, data, and intelligence to transform their business processes and make better decisions, more quickly and confidently.

When it comes to data quality, most technologists are familiar with the adage “Garbage in, garbage out”; and yet today, most organizations appear to be content with wallowing in junk.

Deal results can be enhanced if acquirers focus on the supply chain during diligence and integration.

Building a cyber strategy can be overwhelming unless you start with large goals broken down into smaller milestones.

As a Learning & Development Consultant at =mc I have supported many organisations – from MS Society to the University of Reading to WWF UK – in developing their project management.

Success with digital transformation requires different skills, workplace practices, organizational models and even cultures.

I recently read Capitalism without Capital which I thought was a great book.

When historians try to make sense of our era, one word help sum things up – digital.

When you think about the compelling article written in this recent CIO Magazine article, one can’t help but recognize the plight of many failed IT projects is due to poor project oversight.

Keith Burnett is absolutely right that our university system is in a mess, but less so in suggesting that “no one knows what to do about it” (“British universities face a crisis of over-ambitious expansion”, August 1).The root of the problem is not increased participation, but the apparent acceptance that higher education is all about the money, both for students and providers.

Embedding a discipline within the project organisation to look at how well all the categories of costs and expenditure are being managed is a must says Turner & Townsend.

This is the second article in a two-part series looking at agile documentation.

Many businesses forget that their true purpose is to solve customer problems and instead continue to think in terms of selling existing products and services.

“Working software over comprehensive documentation” is one of the Agile Manifesto’s four value statements.

When it comes to data quality, most technologists are familiar with the adage “Garbage in, garbage out”; and yet today, most organisations appear to be content with wallowing in junk.

Digital networks are now the backbone of every retail operation.

Digital transformation remains a hot topic.

Since the referendum, public and private sector organisations have adopted various Brexit planning approaches.

But at some point the client takes over—unless you can, as some firms are trying to do, manage the even trickier transition into a managed service or some other type of long-term relationship.

Many years have passed since Agile has become a household name globally in IT.

Endorsement is an important part of the network consensus algorithm in the IBM Blockchain Platform.

Enterprises must take a risk-based approach to stop cybercriminals, rather than only throwing money at the problem, according to Gartner.

It has long been recognised that a critical principle of good governance and compliance is the implementation, promotion and communication of the right tone at the top.

Ideas flourish when we speak honestly and embrace uncertainty, argues PA Consulting's Hsiu Mei Wong .

“Work anywhere”, as the term goes, is a core component of the new vision of work since it allows for more fluid teams, geographic expansion, improves employee choice, may increase workforce diversity, and reduces strain on public transport and roads.

The French have a saying: “il n'y a que les imbéciles qui ne changent pas d'avis”.

Project management is about more than shepherding software through the development process.

However, the growth of ‘start-up’ culture in recent years may have skewed our perception of what it really means to have and maintain a strong organisational culture.

Technology keeps improving, but it doesn't appear to improve worker productivity.

Digital is now often used to describe or define the changing world businesses are adapting to in order to meet customer demands.

Jeremy Snape of Sporting Edge (www.sportingedge.com), a leading high-performance business and sports psychology consultancy, says that regardless of Wednesday’s result against Croatia the transformation of the team from losers to lions offers lessons to us all, especially those managing teams at work. Director Jeremy Snape, a former England cricketer himself, believes the mental game is the next big advance “During my career everyone was talking about the tactical and technical elements of the game but more often it was the mental game seemed that was the difference between success and failure. “The mental game is the biggest area of competitive advantage for teams, whether in sport of business.

Enterprises across all sectors struggle to leverage digital transformation efforts.

Large enterprise leadership has conventionally been guided by traditional business thinking - while market conditions and competitive landscapes determine business goals, organisations are solely measured on revenue and profits.

Companies appreciate the need to keep customers happy, and as employees we are often told to put the customer first.

Popular wisdom will have you believe that a leader is someone who exudes confidence and charisma because they appear smart, interesting and engaging.

The digital future is here.

From navigating politics to jettisoning ROI, CIOs from Bharti Airtel, Land O'Lakes and the United Nations shared tips for IT leadership in disruptive times during a panel at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium.

Reality is far less dramatic, and AI will need to go through a number of stages of development before it reaches the most extreme scenarios (if it ever actually does).

Leaders are continually put to the test in today’s volatile marketplace.

Frequently we experience miscommunication where part of the information we want to share is lost or misunderstood.

I’ve been bold enough to state in the past that I believe all good ideas will be incubated through crowdfunding in the future.

Digital readiness is the attitude and ability that enables employees to embrace technology, collaborate with others and work effectively in a modern, digital environment.

The ever-changing business landscape reminds me of what Lewis Carroll’s Red Queen says to Alice, “It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.” Today, I see legacy enterprises in a similar state of flux where they are trying to maintain a status quo, while digital is fast becoming the overwhelming norm.

The workplace used to refer to a single location, like an office or factory.

They aren't calling Industry 4.0 a revolution for nothing.

The Internet of Things is the interconnection of devices across a broad spectrum in our daily lives.

If you say you wear your heart on your sleeve, it is often misconstrued as your emotions being out of control.

Hitachi has released a point of view on the topic of co-creation, which we define as the process of innovating with partners in order to create new value for business stakeholders, customers and society at large.

When working with technology and software development, we often hear about "continuous improvement", a concept taken from production systems that represents a continuous effort to improve products, services, or processes.

So, if you feel that your HR department is weak or underperforming, then this could be having a serious impact on the growth and expansion of your firm, not to mention impacting your recruitment drive.