5 Top Driving Digital Posts of 2021

It’s been a busy year for everyone. I hope you’re taking time this week
to take a break and refresh. I’m doing the same because I know next year will
be big. Big for everyone!

So for this week’s post, I’m recapping the top five that I published this
year. I had over 100 articles published this year and only half on this
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Read the pull post!
Finding ways to sway detractors into supporters, or at least prevent them
from raising their voices to drown out the visions and plans of
transformation leaders is critical. It prevents leaders from creating the
force multipliers that accelerate digital transformation.

This post was part of a series and you can review the full sequence of posts
on
culture transformation, handling detractors, and creating force
multipliers.

2. Data-Driven Organizations: What are Principal Responsibilities of
Successful Chief Data Officers

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Confused about the role of the chief data officer? You’re not alone!

Is the CDO the owners, steward, and driver to meet regulations on GDPR, PII,
HIPAA, FINRA, KYC, CPRA, and the alphabet soup of other compliance
requirements? 

Does the CDO oversee data-related audits, or are they stakeholders to them?

Please watch the 5 Minutes with @NYIke video
in the post
where I share part of a framework on divying up DataOps,
proactive data governance, citizens data science, and other data responsibilities among CIO, CDO,
and other data/tech leaders.

3. Achievable Ways to Define KPIs and Measure Successful Digital
Transformation

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We all say digital transformation is a journey. We know it’s not a project
with an end date or a static outcome and more like a portfolio of
initiatives and roadmaps that evolve over time.So, one common question I get
when keynoting about digital transformation is, “How do we define and
measure the success of digital transformations?”

4. Why Killing Silos is Crucial in Digital Transformation

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Somewhere, sometime in your career, I am betting you had one of these
feelings or asked yourself one of these questions.

•  “We’re operating in silos.”
• “The left side isn’t talking to the right side.”
• “We need a meeting to decide who to attend to the next meeting so we can
  review what we didn’t cover in the last one.”
• “Let’s meet to get on the same page.”
• “We’re agile, sort of fragile, and unfortunately hungover from waterfall.”

5. 5 Ways Vision Statements Drive Achievable Digital Transformations

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Our vision statements are not multipage business cases, nor are they big,
bold moonshot declarations. They are one page and force teams to think like
a product manager. They help answer questions around the customer, value
proposition, competition, and strategic value of an investment.

Our vision statements are developed iteratively. We encourage organizations
to use them before planning any initiative and update them at least every
six months. For organizations using
StarCIO’s Agile Planning
practices, we encourage writing vision statements for every major release.