“Learning agility is the willingness and ability to learn, de-learn, and relearn. Limitations on learning are barriers invented by humans.” — Pearl Zhu Agility Copy Share Image
“CIOs are fluent in both business language and IT terminology to sure the seamless cross-functional communication without “lost in translation.” — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“Many creative minds, just like many light bulbs, lit up simultaneously, could lead to brainstorming and breakthrough innovation.” — Pearl Zhu Creativity Copy Share Image
“Digitalization implies the full-scale changes in the way business is conducted so that it’s a multi-dimensional planning and orchestration.” — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“A high-mature organization always looks for opportunities across the business to increase the usage of emergent digital technologies accordingly and charter the… — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“The board updates policies for adapting to the digital new normal for both enforcing the effectiveness of strategy management and harnessing business… — Pearl Zhu Boardroom Copy Share Image
“If you have a good change strategy in place, gain the psychological insight of change management, with adaptability to change, you can… — Pearl Zhu Ability to change Copy Share Image
“Digital organizations today have to strike the right balance of being transactional to keep spinning and being transformational to make a leap.” — Pearl Zhu Digital Copy Share Image
“IT has to provide both business and technological insight into how they bring success to the company as a whole transparently, holistically,… — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“Prepare, listen, question, and participate. IT plays a critical role in taking the organization to the next level of digital maturity.” — Pearl Zhu Cio-leadership Copy Share Image
“It is critical to put the right people in the right position from sowing the seed of creativity, growing the innovation fruits,… — Pearl Zhu Creativity Copy Share Image
“CIOs need to have an in-depth understanding of the organizational interdependence in order to fine-tune business structures and improve the strategic responsiveness… — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“The high performing organizational culture and business capability coherence are the decisive factors for the success of strategy execution.” — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“By setting the right priority and focusing resources and budget on the most critical areas, IT has the opportunity to not only… — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“Running IT as a business begins with understanding the true business needs, strengthens the weak links in the organization, and improves the… — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“A bridge-like CIO has the mind to think via the multidimensional lens, the gut to innovate fearlessly; the strategy to lead wisely… — Pearl Zhu Cio-leadership Copy Share Image
“It is important to strengthen the weakest link, to ensure all important business elements integrated and knitted into ongoing organizational capabilities and… — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“You cannot manage risk, or for that matter, build a risk management capability without first understanding the “business value of risk management.” — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“Innovators with global thinking find more viewing spots that the rest; therefore, they can solve problems in unconventional ways.” — Pearl Zhu Creativity Copy Share Image
“Being flexible means to explore the alternative ways to solve problems. Never think there is a short list of solutions you can… — Pearl Zhu Digital-fit Copy Share Image
“The board should frequently brainstorm IT impact on the business and leverage technological vision to the business’s strategic planning.” — Pearl Zhu Boardroom Copy Share Image
“The risk management needs to lift up from risk control to risk intelligence which can identify the potential business growth opportunities.” — Pearl Zhu Boardroom Copy Share Image
“From average to great is a leadership journey; it takes vision, passion, confidence, problem-solving skills, and teamwork to match up.” — Pearl Zhu Cio-leadership Copy Share Image
“IT metrics need to evolve to something that matters to the business audience, at the same time that “business sentiment” needs to… — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“The tough choice facing CIOs is not about only picking one identity as either being strategic or tactical, but about - when… — Pearl Zhu Cio-leadership Copy Share Image
“A business capability is the firm’s ability to integrate, build, and reconfigure internal and external competences to address rapidly changing environments.” — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“Strategy blind spots are often created by the lack of future-driven mindset or a systematic approach to form and implement a strategy.” — Pearl Zhu Blind spots Copy Share Image
“The digital paradigm shift is inevitable, keep digital fit means the fitting mindset, fitting attitude, fitting structure, and fitting speed.” — Pearl Zhu Digital-fit Copy Share Image
“To Survive the fierce competition and thrive with the long-term business advantage involve more real-time planning, adjustment, and speed.” — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“Making continuous improvement is the way how IT can improve itself, the business, the interrelation between IT and the business, to get… — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“IT savvy boards will have the advantage of pulling enough resources and pushing the technology-enabled business change and innovation.” — Pearl Zhu Boardroom Copy Share Image
“Healthy debating enforces critical thinking principles - looking at things from the different angles, with increased perspective and less prejudgment.” — Pearl Zhu Critical thinking Copy Share Image
“The top leaders such as CIOs have to be fluent in both business and IT dialogues, and switch them back and forth… — Pearl Zhu Cio-leadership Copy Share Image
“A “roadmap” is simply a plan for moving or transitioning, from one state to another. A roadmap provides the direction to the… — Pearl Zhu Capability Copy Share Image
“Hard business assets keep the organization lights on, and soft assets of the organization enable the business to unlock its potential.” — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“Intrapreneur leaders present solid leadership attributes such as “full open communication,” “creativity,” “confidence,” “resourcefulness,” “decisiveness,” “ownership,” “digital readiness,” “self-adaptation,” and “resilience.” — Pearl Zhu Communication Copy Share Image
“IT leadership needs to shift from “surviving to striving to thriving” mode; IT also needs to shift from “controlling to change to… — Pearl Zhu Cio-master Copy Share Image
“Board directors need to work closely and collaboratively with the management to identify opportunities and risks and take the digital journey from… — Pearl Zhu Board Copy Share Image
“IT is the superglue to integrate the business as a whole and the linchpin for connecting the wider dots to stimulate innovation.” — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“Many foresightful boards invite CIOs to the big table for bridging gaps and harnessing communications to accelerate digital transformation.” — Pearl Zhu Boardroom Copy Share Image
