In The Quantum Age of IT, Charles Araujo examines what has led us to this point and what it means to the future of IT organisations. With a broad perspective on the fundamental changes affecting the industry, he offers practical guidance that every IT professional needs to compete in this new era of IT. Whether you are an IT executive, or just beginning your career, this book will offer you the key insights you need to understand what is happening and what is coming. Understanding that future, Araujo blends a wide range of research and case studies to help you discover the skills you must develop in order to succeed and thrive in The Quantum Age of IT.
Cover
Title
Copyright
What Others are Saying about this Book
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Contents
Introduction
Part I: IT Is Dead
Chapter 1: The History of Our Death (Why the Modern IT Structure Has Failed Us)
The history of our death – part 1
The history of our death – part 2
Prelude to a change
Chapter 1 key points
Chapter 2: Consumerization, Clouds and a Change in Perspective
The search box, the social network, and the i that changed the world
The day technology became the business
A new world of competition
Chapter 2 key points
Part II: The New IT Business Model: Strategic Sourcer or Strategic Innovator
Chapter 3: Walmart or Nordstrom? (Why You Must Choose Which You Will Be)
The end of the monolithic IT enterprise
The ‘T’ in the road
One market, two business models
The Strategic Sourcer
The Strategic Innovator
‘Choosing’ your new IT business model
Laying the groundwork for your new IT business model
Chapter 3 key points
Chapter 4: Mastering the Supply Chain and the Value Network
From manufacturing to retail
The broker fallacy: aligning your supply chain to your business model
Defining your value network
Creating and managing your supply chain
New traits and new skills for a new age
Chapter 4 key points
Part III: The Five Traits of the Quantum IT Organization
Chapter 5: New Organizational Traits for a New Age
The design of your culture
What was wrong with our old traits?
Creating new mental models
The journey to change your organizational traits
The five traits of the Quantum IT organization
Chapter 5 key points
Chapter 6: A Ticket to the Dance: Creating a Learning and Disciplined Organization
The credibility gap
Your ticket to the dance
What it means to be a learning organization
Why a robot is NOT disciplined
Learning and discipline starts with you
Chapter 6 key points
Chapter 7: Key Principles of the Learning and Disciplined Organization
Shared, aspirational vision
Personal accountability
Systems thinking and representative versus representation
Expose assumptions and challenge mental models
Practice, practice, practice
Chapter 7 key points
Chapter 8: Tearing down the Wall: Creating a Transparent and Intimate Organization
Come look under the hood
What are we afraid of?
Transparency = choice
Crossing the intimacy line
The courage to be vulnerable
Tell the truth. Discover the truth
Humility, vulnerability and time
We are talking about you (yes, really)
Chapter 8 key points
Chapter 9: The IT Organization Your Customer Always Wanted: Creating the Dynamic Organization
Miracles not required
It’s a fast, fast world
Building on the foundation
From the old, the new
The attributes of the dynamic organization
The IT organization you and your customer always wanted
Chapter 9 key points
Part IV: Five Skills You Need to Thrive in the Quantum Age
Chapter 10: The People Problem: Why Your Technical Skills Will Work Against You
The myth of organizational transformation
Cooking up the five traits
‘What got you here won’t get you there’
Five skills (and three questions) that are the keys to your future
Chapter 10 key points
Chapter 11: Five Skills Every IT Professional Needs Now
The evolution and mastery of your skills
IT financial management skills
Critical thinking and analytical skills
Communication and marketing skills
Innovation and collaboration skills
Leadership skills
Embracing the change and preparing for your future
In The Quantum Age of IT, Charles Araujo examines what has led us to this point and what it means to the future of IT organisations. With a broad perspective on the fundamental changes affecting the industry, he offers practical guidance that every IT professional needs to compete in this new era of IT. Whether you are an IT executive, or just beginning your career, this book will offer you the key insights you need to understand what is happening and what is coming. Understanding that future, Araujo blends a wide range of research and case studies to help you discover the skills you must develop in order to succeed and thrive in The Quantum Age of IT.
Table of contents
Cover
Title
Copyright
What Others are Saying about this Book
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Contents
Introduction
Part I: IT Is Dead
Chapter 1: The History of Our Death (Why the Modern IT Structure Has Failed Us)
The history of our death – part 1
The history of our death – part 2
Prelude to a change
Chapter 1 key points
Chapter 2: Consumerization, Clouds and a Change in Perspective
The search box, the social network, and the i that changed the world
The day technology became the business
A new world of competition
Chapter 2 key points
Part II: The New IT Business Model: Strategic Sourcer or Strategic Innovator
Chapter 3: Walmart or Nordstrom? (Why You Must Choose Which You Will Be)
The end of the monolithic IT enterprise
The ‘T’ in the road
One market, two business models
The Strategic Sourcer
The Strategic Innovator
‘Choosing’ your new IT business model
Laying the groundwork for your new IT business model
Chapter 3 key points
Chapter 4: Mastering the Supply Chain and the Value Network
From manufacturing to retail
The broker fallacy: aligning your supply chain to your business model
Defining your value network
Creating and managing your supply chain
New traits and new skills for a new age
Chapter 4 key points
Part III: The Five Traits of the Quantum IT Organization
Chapter 5: New Organizational Traits for a New Age
The design of your culture
What was wrong with our old traits?
Creating new mental models
The journey to change your organizational traits
The five traits of the Quantum IT organization
Chapter 5 key points
Chapter 6: A Ticket to the Dance: Creating a Learning and Disciplined Organization
The credibility gap
Your ticket to the dance
What it means to be a learning organization
Why a robot is NOT disciplined
Learning and discipline starts with you
Chapter 6 key points
Chapter 7: Key Principles of the Learning and Disciplined Organization
Shared, aspirational vision
Personal accountability
Systems thinking and representative versus representation
Expose assumptions and challenge mental models
Practice, practice, practice
Chapter 7 key points
Chapter 8: Tearing down the Wall: Creating a Transparent and Intimate Organization
Come look under the hood
What are we afraid of?
Transparency = choice
Crossing the intimacy line
The courage to be vulnerable
Tell the truth. Discover the truth
Humility, vulnerability and time
We are talking about you (yes, really)
Chapter 8 key points
Chapter 9: The IT Organization Your Customer Always Wanted: Creating the Dynamic Organization
Miracles not required
It’s a fast, fast world
Building on the foundation
From the old, the new
The attributes of the dynamic organization
The IT organization you and your customer always wanted
Chapter 9 key points
Part IV: Five Skills You Need to Thrive in the Quantum Age
Chapter 10: The People Problem: Why Your Technical Skills Will Work Against You
The myth of organizational transformation
Cooking up the five traits
‘What got you here won’t get you there’
Five skills (and three questions) that are the keys to your future
Chapter 10 key points
Chapter 11: Five Skills Every IT Professional Needs Now
The evolution and mastery of your skills
IT financial management skills
Critical thinking and analytical skills
Communication and marketing skills
Innovation and collaboration skills
Leadership skills
Embracing the change and preparing for your future
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