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10X Generation: Not Another Digital Transformation

Name: 10X Generation: Not Another Digital Transformation
ISBN: 9780117094598

by Ady Kalra, Mary-Beth Hosking

March 2024

Intermediate to advanced

194 pages

5h 15m

English

TSO (The Stationery Office)

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Copyright Page
Contents
About the authors
Foreword
Preface
The 10×Generation journey
How do I know if this guide is for me?
Acknowledgements
1: Introduction
Efficiencies lostYet another digital transformationWhat went wrong?To scale or not to scale10×Generation views
2: Boarding: The operational view
StartupScaleupSMBEnterprise

3: Take-off: The tactical view
StartupScaleupSMBEnterprise
4: Cruising: The strategic view
StartupScaleupSMBEnterpriseNext steps
5: The 10×Generation
The challenges
6: The 10×Generation principles
First principle: EmpowermentSecond principle: AdaptationThird principle: AssessmentFourth principle: AlignmentThe success triad
7: The scripts
Act 1: The tragedy of a digital transformationStartup or scaleupAct 1, Scene 1: When bloat leads to silosAct 1, Scene 2: Product and technology separation anxietyAct 1, Scene 3: Don’t worry, advisers will fix it!Act 1, Scene 4: To ringfence or not to ringfence?Small-to-medium businessAct 1, Scene 5: New leader, more processes, less delivery!Act 1, Scene 6: Regulating the imaginary – a journey of fictional regulationsAct 1, Scene 7: Rock-solid priorities: the cost of neglecting big rocksAct 1, Scene 8: I speak for the customerEnterpriseAct 1, Scene 9: Never build a house of sticks – why architecture is importantAct 1, Scene 10: Shadow IT and the infamous side projectAct 1, Scene 11: A body of advocates versus a murder of crowsAct 1, Scene 12: Yet another digital transformationAct 2: The silent sins of scalingStartup or scaleupAct 2, Scene 1: Out-sorceryAct 2, Scene 2: Dealing with the scattergun approachAct 2, Scene 3: The MVP advantage – how to not prematurely scaleAct 2, Scene 4: Demands over priorities – a balancing actSmall-to-medium businessAct 2, Scene 5: Short-term thinking leads to long-term problemsAct 2, Scene 6: Nero fiddled while Rome burned – managing empire buildersAct 2, Scene 7: The mushroom principleAct 2, Scene 8: The paradox of departmental success – breaking down the wallsEnterpriseAct 2, Scene 9: Too many cooks in the corporate kitchen – surviving the corporate jungleAct 2, Scene 10: Hold up, that’s not my jobAct 2 Scene 11: From chaos to consistency across the enterpriseAct 2, Scene 12: Resistance to cross-functional teams – the team of teams revolutionAct 3: The echoes of isolation and innovationStartup or scaleupAct 3, Scene 1: When less is lessAct 3, Scene 2: The art of decision-making – build vs buyAct 3, Scene 3: When is a consultant not a consultant?Act 3, Scene 4: Complexities of wearing multiple hatsSmall-to-medium businessAct 3, Scene 5: Structured for successAct 3, Scene 6: Costs and quality are not mutually exclusiveAct 3, Scene 7: Missed it by this much …Act 3, Scene 8: Acquisition alchemy – how to thrive during an acquisition processEnterpriseAct 3, Scene 9: There is no ‘I’ in ‘team’Act 3, Scene 10: Determining risk appetiteAct 3, Scene 11: The power of the purse – a board’s guide to budgeting for successAct 3, Scene 12: The acquirer’s playbook – winning at M&AEpilogue
8: Transforming to the 10×Generation state – embedding the principles
Embedding the first principle: EmpowermentEmbedding the second principle: AdaptationEmbedding the third principle: AssessmentEmbedding the fourth principle: AlignmentThe 10×Generation organizational design
9: Conclusion
Knowing your stageWhen should I use this publication?Going exponential!
Helping others
Endnotes
Index
Back Cover

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Index

accountability 28, 35, 79–82, 146–147

acquisitions 130–133, 141–143

adaptation 29–30, 149–151

advisers see consultants

advocacy 67–70

alignment 68, 79, 127

decision-making 30–31, 51

organizational strategy and design 33–36, 153–154

alignment prism 30

assessment 31–33, 151–152

autonomy 34, 35, 38

blended structure 46–47

board’s obligations 141

budgets 11–12, 122–124, 138, 139–141

business value-add (BVA) 150

career progression 35, 149

change advisory board (CAB) 52, 56

chief executive officer (CEO) 17, 18

chief operating officer (COO) 18

COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology) 108

commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software 116–117

communication 28–29, 55, 130, 141, 147–148

forums and ceremonies 147

mushroom principle ...

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