Technology Change Management

Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal - especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager.

Here is the bestselling guide that created a new game plan for marketing in high-tech industries. Crossing the Chasm has become the bible for brining cutting-edge products to progressively larger markets. This revised and updated edition provides new insights into the realities of high-tech...

Digital technologies are disrupting organizations of every size and shape, leaving managers scrambling to find a technology fix that will help their organizations compete. This book offers managers and business leaders a guide for surviving digital disruptions - but it is not a book about technology. It is about the organizational changes required to harness the power of technology. The authors argue that digital disruption is primarily about people and that effective digital transformation involves changes to organizational dynamics and how work gets done.

One of Silicon Valley’s most successful angel investors shares his rules for investing in startups. There are two ways to make money in startups: create something valuable—or invest in the people that are creating valuable things. Over the past twenty-five years, Jason Calacanis has made a...

Artificial Intelligence is not just another technology trend. It is the defining force of our generation, reshaping industries, disrupting business models, and rewriting the rules of competition. Yet, over half of corporate AI initiatives fail. Why? Because they focus on algorithms instead of organizations. In AI-Ready, you get the missing playbook. This is not a book about coding Python or the technical specs of neural networks. This is a strategic leader's guide to transforming your entire organization—its culture, talent, ethics, and operations—to harness the full power of AI. Inside...

COVID-19 has caused fundamental shifts in attitudes around remote and office work. And in The New Normal in IT: How the Global Pandemic Changed Information Technology Forever, internationally renowned IT executive Gregory S. Smith explains how and why companies today are shedding corporate office locations and reducing office footprints.

There are many books and publications which present multiple techniques and methodologies that will supposedly guarantee success in project management. Yet the failure rate of technology projects remains disappointingly high. By exploring the potential problems and causes of failure this comprehensive guide will equip you with the insight and knowledge to recognise and avoid these. By understanding the causes of project failure you will not only effectively manage projects but also consistently surpass expectations. From initiating and planning to executing and controlling, you will learn ...

This book is great for beginners and those seeking general knowledge. It focuses on four different aspects of growth and change that work together to help organizations evolve and prosper. It analyzes globalization, technology, innovation, and change while exploring the effects they have on employees and workplaces. The text is written for easy reader understanding at all levels, and examples are used throughout for illustration and clarification purposes. Please note that all four topics discussed in this eBook can be purchased on Kindle as individual eBooks by Louis Bevoc.

Deliver valuable digital transformation. Know how to create a supportive environment—one that fosters collaboration, encourages open communication, and aligns with employee needs. Challenging the normal perception that digital is just about replacing humans, author Chris Airey brings to life the value of a growth mindset in digital transformation. You have all that knowledge and experience in your people—learn how you can bring them into the digital transformation journey and equip them for change rather than resistance. If only the recipe for competitive advantage generating digital ...

Leadership is evolving. Have you future-proofed your career? AI isn’t coming—it's already here, reshaping leadership, decision-making, and success. The leaders who embrace AI-first strategies will thrive. The ones who don’t? They’ll be left behind. In The Leadership Playbook, Revisited, award-winning executive strategist Keryn Gold, PhD, MBA, delivers an actionable, high-impact, no-nonsense guide for executives and professionals ready to lead smarter, faster, and more effectively in the AI era. You’ll learn: How AI is transforming leadership—and what great AI-first leaders do differently.

Part comedy, part thriller, part Agile masterclass—Agile Protocol is fun, insightful, and unforgettable! When a tech company threatens to implode under the weight of its misapplication of Agile (“fake Agile”), an elite crew intervenes to execute a daring rescue to save the business. What unfolds is part workplace comedy, part satirical thriller, and part stealth Agile masterclass. Agile Protocol is: An adventure packed with fun and actionable insights A wildly entertaining story that exposes the perils of corporate Agile cosplay and other forms of "fake Agile" A valuable toolkit for ...

The former CEO and Chairman of Nasdaq shares insights and lessons learned from one of the world's largest stock exchanges, detailing the company's transformation from a fledgling U.S. equities market to a global financial technology company. During 2003, the U.S. economy was described by one...

Racing Change The End of Product Innovation and Management as We Know It. Shifting Our Focus to Managing Product Lines as Complex Systems. by Paul O'Connor Racing Change is a deep exploration of why and how large companies must shift the context of product development and management to be competitive in the accelerating change race created by artificial intelligence. World-renowned expert Paul O'Connor, author of Racing Change, shares with us why and how the way we manage product and innovation management must change. The path forward, he clearly argues, is to shift our thinking from ...

Pre-mortem strategies are proactive strategies that assume a failure has occurred and then work backward to come up with reasons for that failure. All potential reasons are analyzed by a diverse team of organizational stakeholders who select those most likely to be the cause. A plan is then put in place to prevent the failure from happening in the future; thereby circumventing the need for a dreaded post-mortem strategy. This book examines pre-mortem strategies for information technology. First, it describes information technology and discusses its advantages and disadvantages. Next, it ...

“Justin and Rudy’s Excellent IT Adventure” is a fun and exciting tale that weaves principles of IT and IT Service Management into a fictional story; allowing the reader to better understand basic IT processes and functions within a fictional storyline.

Imagine if you were present as?a small pizza joint became one of?the most successful restaurants in the world. The Domino’s Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and business practices that made the iconic pizza chain the innovative...

In A Leader's Guide to Cybersecurity, Thomas Parenty and Jack Domet, who've spent over three decades in the field, present a timely, clear-eyed, and actionable framework that will empower senior executives and board members to become stewards of their companies' cybersecurity activities. Filled with tools, best practices, and strategies, A Leader's Guide to Cybersecurity will help boards navigate this seemingly daunting but extremely necessary transition.

There's another, better way to drive durable, effective change in your organization, and it’s been proven effective by global IT and business consulting leader Infosys. The Live Enterprise operating model provides a clear path to transform large complex businesses into agile, digital ecosystems that evolve with changing market needs and scale to any size.

Starting in the decade of 2030, actual demographic milestones of the US population will mark the most transformative period in our country's history, thanks in large part to: a) Baby Boomers aging into their twilight years; b) advancements in technology; and c) an ever-increasing illegal immigrant population requiring, and in some instances demanding, that social services (including voting rights) be afforded them even though they have never provided any contribution to the public coffers since entering the country.

The inability to modify available information technologies is a shock to leaders and managers alike. Cloud-based technologies arrive with set processes developed by others, and users must learn new ways of working each time the technologies themselves evolve...To adopt efficiently and adapt effectively to behavior-changing technologies, astute leaders should employ change leadership techniques as a strategy for the digital era. This audiobook offers technology takers a playbook to manage change, create value, and exploit the digital era's strategic opportunities.