by Lisa Jasper | Sep 1, 2021 | CIO Concerns, Collaboration, Communication, Culture, Delivery Methods, Lisa's Blogs, Performance Management, Productivity, Technology, Visibility
Last week, we held a two-day training session for our extended leadership team. We’d been planning it for months — the meeting room, the dinner activity, the team building exercises … the works! This was, as I’m sure you’re picking up on, more than just a meeting,...
by Lisa Jasper | Sep 29, 2020 | CIO Concerns, DEI, Lisa's Blogs
I recently wrote about how company purpose is being tested and inspired by all the events of 2020. This topic is very real for us at Thought Ensemble. We’ve been thinking a lot about what really matters as we’ve navigated the challenges of this year. While we’ve had...
by Lisa Jasper | Sep 29, 2020 | CIO Concerns, DEI, Lisa's Blogs
In August 2019, the Business Roundtable rewrote their statement of corporate purpose. I followed this with significant interest being that I have never forgotten the debates about corporate purpose in business school almost two decades ago. We were taught that the...
by Sean Butler | Jul 2, 2018 | CIO Concerns, Delivery Methods, Organization, Sean's Blogs
Now, you may be asking yourself, “I already have an Enterprise Architect on the team, isn’t that the same thing as a Business Architect?” The answer is a resounding, “Kinda…but not really!” An Enterprise Architect is the same thing as a Business Architect in the way...
by Dan Weaver | Jun 29, 2018 | CIO Concerns, Dan's Blogs, Strategy
[WARNING: Infinity War spoilers ahead] In the world of Marvel, having all six of the Infinity Stones (or Gems) can enable someone like Thanos to extinguish half of all life in the universe with a snap of his fingers. In the world of business transformation, having all...
by Dan Weaver | Jun 29, 2018 | CIO Concerns, Dan's Blogs, Technology
It’s official. You can no longer avoid digital transformation. It’s actually probably been official for some time now, but when two fast food restaurant chains who make their money selling tangible products produced in manufacturing facilities to customers inside of...