“Digital transformation is to optimize the whole via bridging the gaps between separate silos.” — Pearl Zhu Change Copy Share Image
“Every authentic leader needs to mind certain gaps and bridge the cognitive difference.” — Pearl Zhu Boardroom Copy Share Image
“Digital organizations are like the living systems that can self-renew in thriving as the high-performance businesses.” — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“The ultimate aim of assimilating knowledge is to create new ideas or gain wisdom.” — Pearl Zhu Creativity Copy Share Image
“The corporate board should set the tone to “baking in” the vision into the DNA (culture) and drive change proactively.” — Pearl Zhu Boardroom Copy Share Image
“BoDs direct and oversee, like the steering wheel of the business vehicle.” — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“Strategic-operational KPIs alignment gives the organization a powerful tool to use when implementing change.” — Pearl Zhu Change Copy Share Image
“Communication, collaboration, and creativity are the keys to run IT as a better business partner.” — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“The purpose of organizational design is to improve the business maturity from functioning to firm to delight and ultimately, achieve the high-performance… — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“One of the great responsibilities of the board is to make good policies and set the culture tone for the organization to… — Pearl Zhu Board Copy Share Image
“Practicing entrepreneurship in IT starts with the outlier leadership and builds an innovative culture - the collective attitude to experiment better ways… — Pearl Zhu Better way Copy Share Image
“The nutshell version is that you need to think about the employee mindsets, behaviors, knowledge, and expertise that are potentially linked to… — Pearl Zhu Habits Copy Share Image
“Re-imaging the future of business is exciting, but investigating the different path for unleashing business potential needs to take a systematic approach… — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“Though there are both hard and soft business elements in building organizational capabilities. Still, people are the capability masters.” — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“A digital CIO has to be a digital visionary, a transformational leader; an empathetic communicator; a good facilitator, a great listener, and… — Pearl Zhu Cio-leadership Copy Share Image
“Board directors as key strategic decision makers in the organization need to understand the information potential and become IT advocates.” — Pearl Zhu Boardroom Copy Share Image
“The board composition should be synchronized with the digital perspective of the business.” — Pearl Zhu Board Copy Share Image
“Either dealing with innovation dilemmas or handling innovation paradoxes, it is part of innovation management learning curve.” — Pearl Zhu Cio-leadership Copy Share Image
“The capability view can leverage different perspectives from different roles.” — Pearl Zhu Capability 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
“Prioritization provides a framework for focusing on creativity.” — Pearl Zhu Creativity Copy Share Image
“Creative people are optimistic realists to discover versatility.” — Pearl Zhu Creative people Copy Share Image
“Dissatisfaction with status quo is the psychology behind creative disruptions.” — Pearl Zhu Creativity Copy Share Image
“Digital board directors with the right dose of “doubt” are real critical thinkers who can ask deep questions.” — Pearl Zhu Boardroom Copy Share Image
“Subconsciousness is quick and efficient and sometimes can spur creativity.” — Pearl Zhu Creativity Copy Share Image
“At present time, we cannot separate knowledge and creativity if we want to stay competitive on the market.” — Pearl Zhu Creativity Copy Share Image
“The high-performing board shows the ability and openness to question itself and its decisions and discussions.” — Pearl Zhu Board Copy Share Image
“The use of KPIs is meant to improve and transform the organizational performance.” — Pearl Zhu Improve Copy Share Image
“A digital-ready CIO is a visionary and transformational leader, not just a transactional manager, for the long term.” — Pearl Zhu Digital Copy Share Image
“Creativity is fluid, like the fountainhead from within you, flowing out.” — Pearl Zhu Creativity Copy Share Image
“Digital-savvy CIOs can envision the upcoming business trends and have both “sense and sensitivity” to understand people and lead effortlessly.” — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“Create an innovative boardroom with “free atmosphere,” so directors are inquisitive to ask great, tough questions for deepening understanding.” — Pearl Zhu Boardroom Copy Share Image
“Running IT as the digital energizer is about accelerating business performance, unleashing business potential, and nurturing collective creativity.” — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“To gain digital insight and lead business transformation effortlessly, the digital board directors need to become more information savvy and IT friendly.” — Pearl Zhu Boardroom Copy Share Image
“The overall organizational health needs to be measured via employee engagement, culture readiness, business agility, and customer-centricity, etc.” — Pearl Zhu Business Copy Share Image
“You have to collect enough information, listen to different POVs, as everything has more than one side and you have to master… — Pearl Zhu Boardroom Copy Share Image
“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
“Inspiration is not just a short-term momentum. It could take time and generations of change to truly build a culture of creativity.” — Pearl Zhu Change Copy Share Image
“The digital capability is modular, dynamic, and nonlinear, having many visible and invisible business elements, for improving organizational competency, and enabling business… — pearl zhu Business Copy Share Image
“Applying the right procedures and policies to asset management allows IT to create a realistic budget with few surprises, and keep best… — Pearl Zhu Cio-leadership Copy Share Image
