tomorrow never dies - the future of ict staff

Tomorrow Never Dies !

The Future of ICT StaffTapio Järvenpää

Chief Disruption Officer, Motley Agency Ltd @Tapsa_Jpaa @MotleyAgency

Major part of the ICT budget is consumed by

legacy systems and infra.

In the beginning good ideas look the very same

as bad ones!

Dave Aron, Gartner:Bimodal IT, …, in which IT’s focus is split between heads-down and eyes-forward. …traditional IT as working with known vendors, doing water fal l development, focusing on r isk-averse governance. The other side … “a new flavor IT – working with smaller vendor partners, focusing on agility.” The latter group should be populated by “young turks whose attitude is, ‘if it ain’t broke, break it.”

Lets apply some disruptive thinking: !

“JMFC! What a marvelous track record of

failures!”

Few principles of a highly successful project:1. The manager must be delegated practically complete control of his program in all aspects. He should report to a division president or higher.!2. …!3. The number of people having any connection with the project must be restricted in an almost vicious manner. Use a small number of good people (10% to 25% compared to the so-called normal systems).!4. …!5. There must be a minimum number of reports required, but important work must be recorded thoroughly.!…!14. …

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The Future?

Everybody will understand the basics of coding like foreign languages!

Mobile device policy? That’s HR’s job, not IT’s!

“Proven business case” Realityvs.

Instead of just acquiring licenses you could as well build up your own IPR!

IT strategy was a technical answer to business questions.

Digital strategy will be business answer to technical questions.

Centralized ICT will cease to exist!

Digital transformation is only in the beginning.

Shaken and Stirred• Learning innovation methods and becoming a practitioner has higher ROI than

additional investments in developing project methods or governance processes.

• New technologies enable whole new business models - not only replacing old systems.

• Diversity in ways of collaborating with business is far more important than ICT’s internal harmony and attempts to achieve economies of scale.

• Even the walls are contaminated by legacy thinking - radical new innovations need different atmosphere. And freedom. People matter!

• Success in ICT infrastructure requires more sourcing & supplier collabotation skills than techie stuff.