“The difference between an “Atypical CIO” and a “Stereotypical CIO” is not about the physical identity but at the mindset level.” — Pearl Zhu Cio-leadership Copy Share Image
“IT leaders have to practice transformational leadership, situational leadership, and innovative leadership all the way in order to lead digital transformation seamlessly.” — Pearl Zhu Change Copy Share Image
“It takes a pair of fresh eyes to see, but more importantly to perceive what’s missing in an organization.” — Pearl Zhu Digital-fit Copy Share Image
“Performance metrics are numbers in context, results are related to your strategic goals.” — Pearl Zhu Data Copy Share Image
“Insight is the deep intuitive understanding of things, and it often breaks through the conventional wisdom.” — Pearl Zhu Conventional wisdom Copy Share Image
“It is difficult to have a highly competitive organization without highly competitive talent.” — Pearl Zhu Measurement Copy Share Image
“Each functional leader owns their piece of sub-strategies, but they have to work collaboratively to ensure the cohesive strategy management.” — Pearl Zhu Boardroom Copy Share Image
“The corporate boards need to focus on their own performance as well as the performance of the management team.” — Pearl Zhu Boardroom Copy Share Image
“The organization's long-term success is based on a set of differentiated capabilities and its core competency.” — Pearl Zhu Capability Copy Share Image
“Leadership including directorship is crucial to strengthen the business links and weave them to the differentiated business capabilities.” — Pearl Zhu Boardroom Copy Share Image
“An IT-friendly board should oversee the business strategy with IT strategy as an integral component.” — Pearl Zhu Boardroom Copy Share Image
“Innovation is an important business capability to catalyze the business’s long-term prosperity.” — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“There is a need to evaluate the performance of employees in a more objective and continuous way.” — Pearl Zhu Performance-management Copy Share Image
“Innovation is about moving forward, and it can take you to a whole other place.” — Pearl Zhu Digital-rules Copy Share Image
“Digital CIOs shouldn’t classify creativity and logic as two completely different disciplines; they are interconnected and need to be mixed seamlessly.” — Pearl Zhu Cio-leadership Copy Share Image
“IT acts more as a conductor than a constructor for “doing more with innovation,” to conduct an information-mature, customer-centric digital organization.” — Pearl Zhu Cio-leadership Copy Share Image
“A true Net Performance Score will take into account many aspects of a typical customer engagement.” — Pearl Zhu Customer experience Copy Share Image
“High mature digital organizations have high-mature digital capabilities not only to implement the digital strategy but also to drive enterprise-wide transformation.” — Pearl Zhu Digital-capability Copy Share Image
“Information Management is to make sure that the right information is shared with the right persons at the right time in the… — Pearl Zhu Cio-leadership Copy Share Image
“The payoff of IT digital transformation is not just for the quick win, but to build the long-term business competency.” — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“Thinking out of the box means you are in a continuous learning mode.” — Pearl Zhu Continuous learning Copy Share Image
“Self-reflection is an important stage to diagnose, develop and strengthen your creativity.” — Pearl Zhu Creativity Copy Share Image
