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Update
Hi, Digital Paladin is taking a break from posting; please check back in 2026!
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Corollary of the Third Law
“If technology is distinguishable from magic, it is insufficiently advanced” Corollary of Arthur C. Clarke’s Third Law as expressed in the novel “Foundation’s Fear”. As noted in a recent article from McKinsey “The state of AI in 2023: Generative AI’s breakout year”, a significant number of organisations are already using generative artificial intelligence (AI) in…
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Digital Maturity Framework – Risk
“You have power over your mind – not outside events, realise this, and you will find strength” Source: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Following on from our recent post on digital maturity and strategy alignment, we turn to Risk which is another key aspect of the Digital Paladin Maturity Model. The following four books are…
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Digital Maturity Framework – Alignment Part 1
“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there” attributed to Lewis Carroll. “Business strategy refers to a set of actions and decisions that an organisation takes in-order to achieve its long-term goals and objectives. It should be based on a comprehensive analysis of both internal and external factors that may…
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Digital Paladin Maturity Framework
The Digital Paladin Maturity Framework assesses the effectiveness of an organisation’s digital and ICT functions, capabilities and investments. The framework is based on synthesis of experience across multiple organisations and industry best practice. It is particularly focused on linkages with an organisation’s broader objectives and outcomes and has six elements: Future posts will cover each…
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“K=R=P”
“Kindness equals Repeat Business equals Profitability” Tom Peters, Author of “In Search of Excellence”. Published in the 1980’s, “In Search of Excellence” by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman, remains one of the best business books of all time and which incidentally, significantly influenced my own career direction. In a recent podcast interview with Guy Kawasaki,…
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Digital Tranformation Redux
In a recent McKinsey Podcast, Kate Smaje and Rodney Zemmel —global leaders of McKinsey Digital — provide a contemporary update on digital transformation: “what it really means, how to deliver on it, and why it should remain front and center on the CEO agenda.” Interesting topics include “the role of metrics in assessing the success…
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ICT Transformation Survey
McKinsey’s latest IT survey has confirmed that the gap between top performing IT organisations and others has increased over the last 12 months. 73% of the top performers “now say that their most senior tech leaders (the chief information officer or chief technology officer) are highly involved in shaping the company-wide strategy and agenda” versus…
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The Voltage Effect
Excellent interview with John List from Guy Kawasaki’s series on Remarkable People. John is a behavioral economist and the author of the just published “The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale”. This podcast has some very useful insights on organisational economics and how to scale successfully.
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Well-Architected Framework
While user design and functionality are obviously important, there is often insufficient attention given to non-functional considerations. Although the AWS Well-Architected Framework has been developed specifically for workloads running in the cloud, its six pillars are also relevant to non-cloud environments and should be considered on all ICT projects: Operational Excellence Security Reliability Performance Efficiency…
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