Digital It Quotes

“IT and business must be partners, must be able to speak the same language, finish each other’s sentences, to solve the well-defined business problems.”
― pearl zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“Innovation becomes possible only if people can step out of their comfort zone.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“People do what you inspect, not what you expect.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“First, measure the right things, and then measure them right.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“Metaphorically, IT is the nervous system of the enterprise body.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“Innovation happens at the intersection of people, process, technology, customers, and business ecosystem.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“Healthy debating enforces critical thinking principles - looking at things from the different angles, with increased perspective and less prejudgment.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“Information and decision-making are intimately connected and interdependent, this is particularly true in the digital era.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“The corporate board should set the tone to “baking in” the vision into the DNA (culture) and drive change proactively.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“The “deep diverse” BoDs can practice independent thinking, bring the differentiated point of views, ideas, and capabilities to the table, and fulfill the board duty more effectively.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“A high-mature digital organization is shifting from “pushing” stuff to the digital channel into “pulling” resources up for problem-solving.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“Communication, collaboration, and creativity are the keys to run IT as a better business partner.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“The “Art of Possible” can only be achieved through visionary IT leadership, as well as the art and science of modern IT management.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“To reimagine IT, IT branding needs to be part of IT transformation effort.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“IT metrics have to evolve from being a cost center to becoming a revenue generator.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“IT metrics need to evolve to something that matters to the business audience, at the same time that “business sentiment” needs to get put into something more tangible.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“Keep in mind, measurement is not just numbers, but stories.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“Trust means how to strike the right balance upon what IT can give up control, and what IT needs to control.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“Organizational success comes when IT and business act from “IT vs. business” to IT is business” - a true partnership.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“IT is part of business, and business is becoming IT.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“The “artificial gap” between business and IT can be bridged via effective leadership, profound understanding, continuous learning, and improvement.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“A digital-ready CIO is a visionary and transformational leader, not just a transactional manager, for the long term.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“Building a digital-ready IT roadmap is a proactive approach to well prepare for the digital transformation.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“It is time to “align IT to the customer” rather than “align IT with the business.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“The priority has to be set for lifting IT and overall business maturity from efficiency to effectiveness to agility.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“The challenge for the IT leader is to set the right priority, manage the limited budget and resource, to “Do more with innovation.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“By setting the right priority and focusing resources and budget on the most critical areas, IT has the opportunity to not only be responsive but ultimately be the strategic business partner.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“IT is the business’s competitive differentiator to customer acquisition and retention.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“The future-driven IT organizations step out of the traditional IT box, to understand the business and customers better via longer time frame.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as

“Running, growth and transformation are all important stages for the business’s survival and thriving.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital It: 100 Q&as