There is an increasing understanding that driving future sustainable growth in the transformed digital economy requires us to think differently about the structure, operations and product strategy of our businesses. The label for this new approach is a “platform...
Five keys to a modern operating model
Ask a dozen consultants what the term “digital transformation” means and you’ll likely get a dozen different answers. The term has become so overused and so lacking in definition it has become meaningless. This lack of clarity is problematic for senior executives...
Science societies should look to the past for their new operating model
The form and purpose of the modern scientific membership society is based on a template created by the guild system of early and late middle-ages Europe and the foundation of the Royal Society in England in 1660. The concept was simple: Like-minded individuals or...
Three keys to sustainable (software) development
Executives making substantial investments in new technology platforms and capabilities have a not-unreasonable expectation that their investments will have a lifespan of over a decade or more. This is particularly true for leaders of organizations whose businesses are...
Is your future ‘serverless’?
Is your future ‘serverless’? Few aspects of business confound and irritate senior executives more than the IT’s addiction to trends, buzzwords and impenetrable acronyms, the seemingly endless complexity of the organization’s IT landscape, the resulting growth of...
It’s not about digital
When the internet emerged as a new channel for content providers many publishing companies created “new media” divisions. Online distribution was seen as something new and “other,” requiring a distinct operating model that would insulate the core business from these...
The third wave: Amazon’s new cloud services deeply disrupt traditional IT
The third wave: Amazon’s new cloud services deeply disrupt... Amazon’s announcements at re:Invent, its 2017 developer conference in Las Vegas last week, define the beginning of new era in IT. The company announced a raft of new managed services that enable customers...
Moving toward the Composable Enterprise
We at Mod Op Strategic Consulting are often asked to summarize our approach to digital transformation in the enterprise. While specific technologies continue to rapidly evolve, this article, written by CTO Jonathan Murray, remains as relevant today as when it was...
The Composable Enterprise™
The Composable Enterprise™ We have witnessed a major shift over recent decades towards a digital services based economy [1]. Exponential growth in the power of information technology enhanced by Internet driven network effects mean that even the most mundane...