Transformation Strategy

ORGANIZATIONS must accelerate strategic results to thrive, and they need you in the driver’s seat. How do you achieve this, even when firefighting is the norm? With three decades helping organizations deliver change, 2021 World PMO Influencer Laura Barnard unveils the system she uses with clients and students to evolve stagnant project and transformation teams into nimble, business-driven delivery engines.

We are in the midst of an unprecedented degree of technology-driven change at the same time that society faces challenges more complex than our organizations and we as individuals have been prepared to handle. Autonomous Transformation: Creating a More Human Future in the Era of Artificial Intelligence is for leaders who want to create a better future within this context of change and supplies a balance of historical and theoretical context with practical frameworks for beginning to create a more human future today.

Discover Secrets to Victory with this Strategic Knowledge Compass, your Ultimate Guide to Winning Wars & Keeping the Peace.Are you ready to master military strategy? Buy this book and you'll immediately get a comprehensive knowledge compass guiding you to winning military strategies from history. Packed with key insights and leadership lessons from the greatest military strategies in history! Discover the secrets to effective deterrence and victory in war, and learn how to apply strategic lessons to any challenge where clear thinking, bold decision-making, and effective execution are ...

PIVOTAL Strategy: The Infinity Marketing Canvas® and Framework The New Success Formula for Purpose-Driven Marketing and Leadership This groundbreaking book introduces the PIVOTAL Infinity Marketing Canvas®, a purpose-driven and practical strategy model that empowers leaders to transform marketing and management into a force for meaningful and sustainable growth — converting purpose into infinite market power while leaving the competition behind. Marc Oliver Opresnik, Distinguished Professor of Marketing, joins forces with world-renowned experts Philip Kotler and Svend Hollensen to ...

Mastering Private Equity was written with a professional audience in mind and provides a valuable and unique reference for investors, finance professionals, students, and business owners looking to engage with private equity firms or invest in private equity funds. From deal sourcing to exit, LBOs to responsible investing, operational value creation to risk management, the book systematically distils the essence of private equity into core concepts and explains in detail the dynamics of venture capital, growth equity and buyout transactions.

2025 Edition! This practical and concise guide provides senior decision-makers with a clear, accessible roadmap for harnessing the power of generative AI, enhancing innovation, and boosting business outcomes. Drawing on insights from AI-enabled business transformations in diverse sectors, it presents a validated strategic approach. This blueprint not only outlines best practices but also showcases pioneering use cases, integrating them into a cohesive framework for practical business transformation. This scenario-based approach helps leaders understand where and how to apply the practices ...

2025 Edition. Business leaders must understand how to effectively leverage Generative AI within their companies in order to remain competitive. This book collection offers a fresh, timely viewpoint on this critical topic. Readers will gain foundational knowledge about AI and Generative algorithms while exploring both the potential benefits, risks and ethics involved. Guidance is provided on enhancing an organization's offerings, operating model and strategic direction while mitigating biases and negative consequences. The book collection lays out a comprehensive approach for businesses to ...

Authoritative advice on creating and running a successful API program. The number of articles, books, and documents available on the topic of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) might lead you to believe the topic has been well researched and well documented. But in fact, confusion abounds, especially about the best ways to create and maintain a successful API program. This book addresses that confusion. It encapsulates years of practical experience on how to make the right decisions at the right times when planning, designing, developing, and marketing APIs. It's your go-to resource ...

Data is one of the most robust assets Credit Unions have, yet there are few resources available to help the industry leverage this asset. Anne Legg's Big Data Big climb is a must-have guide for those who are looking to improve their members' lives using data. This foundational primer on data transformation uses the metaphor of climbing Mt Kilimanjaro to provide both clarity and a framework on this subject. With sections titled "Which is more mature your data or a teen," and "A Credit Union governs its loans, so why not its data" as well as "Building Credit Union Hakuna Matata" his book cuts...

Is Your Business Flying on a Wing and a Prayer? Every day, leaders watch their companies burn cash, lose talent, and miss targets—not because they lack vision, but because they're running on chaos, heroic effort, and pure luck instead of engineered excellence. What if you could command your business with the precision and confidence of an elite pilot? In Built to Soar, former Air Force C-5 Galaxy instructor pilot and executive leader Greg Born reveals why the disciplined, systematic approach that keeps a $200 million aircraft safely airborne is the exact business strategy your company ...

Part memoir, part practical guide, and part leadership journey, Love as a Change Strategy takes listeners inside one company's brutally honest transformation story. Through powerful storytelling and actionable tools, the authors reveal what happens when you lead change from a place of love―not fear.

Your digital transformation cannot fail. But many do, and the problem is not technology. The real challenge is transforming your organization. Success requires the right balance of strategy and implementation. Many leaders know how to craft a winning strategy, but few understand how to implement it across the organization. Robin Speculand, a global expert in strategy and digital implementation, guides leaders to apply a proven structure and disciplined mindset to deliver world-class implementation and performance. This book provides the frameworks, tools, and techniques you need to excel in...

HERO: A New Map for Insightful Leadership When everything changes, the only foundation we can stand on is what never changes: the patterns of human nature, the archetypes in our collective unconscious, and the truths that emerge when leaders dare to look inward. In a world awash with data, dashboards, and AI forecasts, what’s missing isn’t more information — it’s insight. The kind of insight that doesn’t just explain what people do, but why they do it. The kind of insight that moves teams, markets, and cultures. In this groundbreaking book, strategist and coach [Your Name] ...

PEAF is also available as a POET+PEAF Box Set. (ISBN: 978-1-908424-28-0) PEAF (ISBN:978-1-908424-10-5) inherits and builds on POET (ISBN:978-1-908424-07-5). Therefore reading and understanding PEAF requires that you have previously read and understood POET. PEAF does not tell you how to be a CxO, Executive, Strategic Planner, Enterprise Architect, Business Architect, Solution Architect, Portfolio Planner, Portfolio Manager, etc, etc, etc. What PEAF does do is expose a holistic environment and context of Methods, Artefacts, Culture and Environment that all of those people exist within. The ...

The second edition is an improved guide to strategy deployment, designed for leaders and managers of all levels in every industry. The strategy deployment handbook combines elements of the strategy development, deployment, execution, and measurement using KPIs and balanced and cascading scorecards to achieve strategic goals and objectives. This handbook provides guidance through a simple seven-step approach called SUCCESS: Step One – Set the Strategic Goals; Step Two – Understand the KPIs; Step Three – Create Cultural Engagement; Step Four – Construct the Initiatives; Step Five – ...

Transform Customers Into Stakeholders: The Complete Implementation Guide to Tokenized Equity and the Insumer Revolution Discover the breakthrough framework that's making traditional loyalty programs obsolete. Financial pioneer Douglas Borthwick, who executed the world's first SEC-registered security token IPO, reveals how blockchain technology transforms ordinary customers into invested "insumers"—stakeholders who drive exponential business growth through tokenized equity ownership. Why 95% of Businesses Are Hemorrhaging $2 Trillion in Lost Value Companies burn billions on marketing while...

Private Equity is evolving, your playbook should too. This book is about the future of Private Equity as ideated and designed by field practioners (deal teams and operating partners). Think PE 2040 and beyond! Private Equity is no longer just about financial engineering or leveraged buyouts. Capital is abundant. Expectations are higher. And the next generation of leaders must do more than close deals; they must build enduring companies in an era of capital shifts, AI, ESG, and radical transparency. Private Equity Next is a comprehensive, practitioner-driven guide to modern private equity ...

Unlock the Power of AI: Master Strategy, Innovation, & Growth in the Digital Age Are you prepared to thrive in the AI revolution? In a world where artificial intelligence is transforming business, leadership, education, and problem-solving, success depends on your ability to adapt, innovate, and lead strategically. The AI-Driven Mindset is your step-by-step guide to leveraging AI for business growth, career success, and leadership excellence. Learn how to think strategically, make data-driven decisions, and apply AI-driven problem-solving techniques to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving world...

Are you trapped in a false choice between your company's soul and the pressure to automate? Every headline screams about AI, and every consultant tells you to digitize, automate, and scale. But you've built your successful small or medium-sized business on personal connections, human relationships, and a culture that feels like family. The pressure to adopt new technology feels like a threat to everything that makes your business special. What if there’s a third way? In The Soul of the Machine, veteran business advisor Tom Glover reveals that the struggle between people and technology is ...

"The Digital Mindset: A Story of Two Mentors" - A Fast EZ Reads Book In this inaugural Fast EZ Reads book, discover the bridge between traditional business wisdom and digital success through an engaging story that teaches while it entertains. Perfect for busy entrepreneurs and business leaders, this business fable follows a struggling online entrepreneur guided by two distinct mentors – a traditional businessman (their father) and a digital innovator. Through simple metaphors and practical examples, readers will learn: • How to build sustainable online businesses without burnout • ...