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Johann Botha

CEO at getITright NL

Johannesburg Metropolitan Area, South Africa

Digital Transformation, Strategy, Change & Innovation Leader | Lean, Business Agility & Scrum Coach | Cybersecurity & Governance Assessor | Author & Keynote Speaker. (HDI Top 25 Thought Leaders of 2021, itSMF Lifetime Achievement Award 2014)

Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Johannesburg
Speaking Topics: Innovation Workshop (Innovation Sprint, including Design Thinking, Jobs-to-be-done and Lean concepts)

Johann Botha Points
Academic 55
Author 430
Influencer 56
Speaker 104
Entrepreneur 128
Total 773

Points based upon Thinkers360 patent-pending algorithm.

Thought Leader Profile

Portfolio Mix

Company Information

Company Type: Company
Business Unit: Digital Transformation, Innovation & Product Strategy, Governance, Cybersecurity and Business Agilit
Theatre: Africa, Middle East & Europe
Minimum Project Size: $1,000+
Average Hourly Rate: $150-$199
Number of Employees: 1-10
Company Founded Date: 2007
Media Experience: 20+
Last Media Training: 12/31/1969
Last Media Interview: 02/17/2021

Areas of Expertise

Agile 37.84
AI 30.04
Analytics 30.09
Big Data 30.09
Blockchain 30.05
Business Continuity 31.54
Business Strategy 36.79
Change Management 30.58
Coaching
Cryptocurrency 30.13
Culture 30.11
Customer Experience 30.07
Customer Loyalty 30.66
Cybersecurity 30.26
Design Thinking 32.80
DevOps 33.11
Digital Disruption 35.49
Digital Transformation 34.15
Emerging Technology 30.23
Entrepreneurship
Future of Work 30.16
Generative AI
Innovation 35.86
IT Leadership
IT Strategy
Leadership 35.20
Lean Startup 31.42
Management 38.08
Marketing 30.01
Mergers and Acquisitions
Open Innovation 35.32
Project Management
Risk Management 30.33
Sales 30.10
Startups
Sustainability 30.50

Industry Experience

Federal & Public Sector
Financial Services & Banking
High Tech & Electronics
Higher Education & Research
Insurance
Manufacturing
Professional Services
Retail
Telecommunications
Travel & Transportation
Utilities
Wholesale Distribution

Publications & Experience

4 Academic Awards
Master of Business Administration
Oxford Brookes University
July 06, 2004
Global MBA with a focus on IT and Operations

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Tags: Management

Certificate in Management
Henley Business School
March 10, 1998
One year management development program

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Tags: Management

Post Graduate Certificate in Organisational Behaviour
https://www.hw.ac.uk/ebs/
July 13, 1992

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Tags: HR

Diploma in Computer Electronics
Intec College
March 01, 1991
A vocational-focused academic program in digital electronics and computer installation, maintenance, and support.

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Tags: Emerging Technology

3 Academic Certifications
Design Thinking
Darden Business School - University of Virginia
May 22, 2019
A short course in Design Thinking

Credential ID KTJUJURGGGWX

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Tags: Design Thinking

Digital Transformation
Darden Business School - University of Virginia
March 13, 2019
Short course offered by BCG and University of Virginia

Credential ID TD5WVYAV32UX

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Tags: Digital Transformation

DIGITAL STRATEGIES FOR BUSINESS: LEADING THE NEXT-GENERATION ENTERPRISE
University and the Emeritus Institute of Management
July 18, 2018
A digital Transformation and Strategy certificate issued jointly by Columbia University and the Emeritus Institute of Management in Singapore

Credential ID its a qcode barcode

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation

10 Article/Blogs
Why Disruption is so hard, and how to get it right!
Medium
July 20, 2021
One of the biggest enemies of disruptive innovation hides right inside your organization - the organizational immune system. How do you get past this hurdle?

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Tags: Change Management, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation

Insights from simple data analysis.
Medium
July 07, 2021
Things you can do to make sense of business and customer data without being a data scientist.

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Tags: Analytics, Digital Transformation, Sales

Choose your (Digital) Transformation Strategy
Medium
June 28, 2021
Stay true to your purpose, take honest stock of your current position, and have good enough data to see how best to make a difference for those you serve. If you do this, you cannot but win.
This is as true for a digital transformation strategy as it is for any strategy.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Digital Disruption, Business Strategy

The great “Digital Transformation”​ lie!
Medium
June 22, 2021
How thousands of organizations have a false sense of security about their future!

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Digital Disruption, Business Strategy

Understand innovation and the product lifecycle.
Medium
June 16, 2021
When we help customers innovate, we depend on some key theoretical constructs to set the scene — in this somewhat long article, and I will deal with the most important — in context — to set the scene!

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Tags: Analytics, Digital Transformation, Business Strategy

About customers, products, markets and jobs-to-be done!
Medium
June 11, 2021
The most critical analysis you can do is not market, product, or even customer analysis. Its zooming into customer analysis to understand the jobs-to-be-done!

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Tags: Customer Experience, Customer Loyalty, Marketing

Be a corporate rebel WITH A CAUSE
Medium
June 10, 2021
Having a cause helps fulfill your organization's purpose, and purpose drives strategy and action.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Business Strategy

Strategic Organizational Portfolio Management
Medium
June 09, 2021
Use a visual organizational portfolio to drive your digital strategy

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Innovation, Business Strategy

Innovation Easts the World
Medium
June 09, 2021
Innovation has become an extremely important determinant of organizational success. Who do so few organizations (knowing this) innovate?

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Digital Disruption, Innovation

Cryptocurrencies, get-rich-quick scam, or serious investment?
Medium
May 27, 2021
Why investing in cryptocurrencies is a serious business and not just a scam.

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Digital Disruption

7 Books
Innovation Driven (digital) Business Transformation
Innovation-driven (digital) Business Transformation
February 03, 2025
This book offers a practical, human-centred alternative to large, risky “big-bang” transformation programmes. It shows leaders how to stay the course by continually practising simple, iterative, customer-focused innovation—allowing organisations to evolve little by little into resilient, competitive players in the digital age.

Rather than positioning transformation as a leadership-only mandate, the book demonstrates how everyone in the organisation has a role to play in shaping its next version: one that customers want to engage with, that leaders can sustain, and that delivers real, measurable value.

Research and practice consistently show that large-scale transformation initiatives fail nearly 90% of the time. In contrast, organisations that continuously reinvent themselves—incrementally and intentionally—build the capability to adapt, compete, and thrive in an increasingly complex and fast-moving marketplace. This book provides the mindset, principles, and practical steps to make that reinvention possible.

More than a model, this is a call to action.

“This book is not just about a transformation framework—it is a call to action. Whether navigating uncertainty, scaling innovation, or redefining leadership in a rapidly evolving world, it inspires leaders to act with intention, experiment boldly, innovate with empathy, and transform with courage.”
Dr Kulpreet Nanda, Global Emergent Practice Lead, Capgemini

“Brilliant. A common-sense approach that reimagines proven methods, removes unnecessary complexity, and simplifies transformation.”
Dr Susane Van Hove, Professor and Author

“The book clearly highlights leadership’s role in cultivating a digital mindset and offers practical, actionable steps for successful transformation.”
Peter Glashoff, Director of Strategy, GMC

“It cuts through the noise with a straightforward, practical approach to strategy, technology, innovation, and transformation. Simple, obvious—and profoundly relevant.”
David Cannon, Executive VP, Nfinity, and best-selling author.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, Innovation

Competing in a digital future: A simple method to survive and thrive in the 4th industrial revolution SECOND EDITION
DeRodebode
July 15, 2022
Competing in a digital future describes an innovation-driven, digital transformation and business agility method for industrial age organizations. The intended audience for the book is business leaders who need to drive the transformation and managers and technical experts who will make transforming the business a reality.
The book outlines a simple process that any organization can use to see rapid results, fully becoming a corporate citizen of the digital age and seeing a boost in revenue and profitability while building a long-term sustainable business.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, Open Innovation

Out-innovate the competition (Agile Adapt)
DeRoodebode
July 15, 2022
In Out-innovate the Competition, we show you how to develop good ideas fast. But that alone is not enough; we also show you how to validate that ideas are worth pursuing before making significant investments in further development of these ideas.

We call the method The Innovation Sprint.

An Innovation Sprint is a four-day focused effort to translate user or customer problems and needs, into an idea, that can be tested, to validate if the idea is desirable, feasible, and viable.

Within four days, you will know if you need to spend time, effort, and resources pursuing the idea because it's a winner, or not!

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Tags: Design Thinking, Digital Disruption, Innovation

Agile, a Manager's Guide: Unlocking business value using Scrum
Bookboon Learning
July 14, 2021
A primer for managers who want to make their business more agile (with a small a). How will becoming agile affect how they manage and strategize and what do they need to do to ensure that the agile initiative yields the expected results? This book references Scrum to implement agile concepts or methods, but the method can be replaced by any Agile method.
It's a concise read and easy to absorb and action.
Note this is not the second edition of my previous book with a similar title; it is an entirely different book.

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Tags: Agile, Leadership, Management

The EXIN handbook for Scrum Masters and Product Owners
EXIN
April 05, 2021
The official handbook for the EXIN Scrum Master and Product Owner courses and exams

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Tags: Agile, Leadership, Management

Agile, a managers guide to unlocking business value
BestPractice Press
June 04, 2019
Helping business people to understand how Agile & Scrum can unlock business value.

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Tags: Agile, Leadership

VeriSM Unwrapped and Applied
vHP
October 31, 2018
A how-to book for business leaders aiming to boost their business and satisfy their customers in the Digital-Age.
This book is now an international Digital Transformation reference, available in English and Chinese.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, Leadership

1 Executive
Agile ADapT
Agile ADapT
June 05, 2019
Agile ADapT is a digital transformation framework for incumbent organizations.

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Tags: Agile, Digital Transformation, Innovation

1 Founder
CEO
getITright
June 01, 2009
Founder and CEO of getITright South Africa and getITright Netherlands

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Tags: Leadership

6 Industry Certifications
ITIL 4 Managing Professional
Axelos
September 25, 2019
Updated ITIL Certification. Also holds ITIL 3 Expert (2008) and ITIL 2 Manager (2003) certificates.

Credential ID GR677000050JB

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Management

VeriSM Professional
EXIN
February 12, 2019
The advanced level Digital Transformation certificate from VeriSM

Credential ID 6241273.20761365

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Innovation

Agile Product Owner
EXIN
February 10, 2019
Scrum product owner certification

Credential ID 6241273.20758840

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Tags: Agile, Leadership, Management

Agile Scrum Master
EXIN
December 06, 2018
Scrum Master certification

Credential ID 6241273.20790156

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Tags: Agile

Lean IT Professional
Lean IT Association
January 06, 2017
A designation achieved when all Lean IT Certifications are completed

Credential ID LITP20170007

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Tags: Lean Startup

Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT)
ISACA
June 01, 2010
The de facto international IT Governance certification

Credential ID 1305621

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Tags: Leadership, Management

1 Industry Council Chair
Chairperson 2011-2014
itSMF ZA
June 01, 2011
The itSMF is an international association for IT Service Professionals

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Tags: Leadership

2 Industry Council Members
Member of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40/WG 2 IT Service Management
ISO
September 27, 2018
Part of the group that defines the international standard for IT Service Management

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Tags: Business Continuity, Customer Loyalty, Cybersecurity

COBIT 5 Development Team Member
ISACA
June 01, 2011
Development Team Member for COBIT 5, the de facto international reference for IT Governance

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Tags: Management

2 Influencer Awards
Global Top 25 Though Leader
HDI
February 25, 2021
HDI award for thought leadership in Digital Transformation

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Tags: Digital Transformation

itSMF ZA Lifetime Achievement Award
itSMF
August 14, 2014
For a lifetime contribution to the Service Management profession and body of knowledge.

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Tags: Leadership

3 Keynotes
Transformation by Innovation
itSMF Hellas
February 09, 2022
Opening the annual itSMF Hellas conference with a talk about digital transformation from a business perspective. It is really about reinventing the organization, its products, and business - not the tech!

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Tags: Agile, Digital Transformation, Innovation

itSMF Hellas 2022
13th IT Service Management Conference Greece
February 03, 2022
My presentation was about the role of innovation in digital and business transformation.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, Innovation

Digital Transformation using VeriSM
CIO Conference Shanghai
September 20, 2019
Using the VeriSM Digital Transformation approach. We also launched the Chinese translation of VeriSM at this event

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Innovation

3 Media Interviews
APMG Level Up
APMG
August 30, 2021
Pannel discussion and fielding public questions on Digital Transformation.

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Tags: Agile, Big Data, Digital Transformation

What's powering your Digital Transformation?
APMG
August 06, 2021
Webinar on Digital Transformation and the role of Big data and AI

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Tags: AI, Big Data, Digital Transformation

ITSM Crowd 54 – VeriSM and Other Practices
ITSM Croud
April 04, 2019
The conversation was about Enterprise Service Management, Digital Transformation and specifically how VeriSM fits into the picture.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Leadership

1 Membership
Chartered IT Professional (Member British Computer Society)
Chartered Institute of IT
June 04, 2009
Member of the society since 2005, chartered member since 2009

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Management

2 Panels
APMG Level Up Episode 13 – THE MODERN SERVICE MANAGER
APMG
October 15, 2021
What is service management in the modern digital context, has it changed, and if so how?

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Tags: Customer Experience, Customer Loyalty, Digital Transformation

VeriSM Unwrapped and Applied three years celebration
IFDC
December 08, 2020
A general discussion on the digital transformation journey of VeriSM

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Future of Work

3 Speaking Engagements
ITSM - BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
itSMF Canada
January 25, 2022
The annual conference of the itSMf in Canada. My session was about Digital Transformation and Innovation

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Innovation

AGILE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION. Access Agile 21
Access Agile 2021 conference
October 08, 2021
Business Agility is required to succeed at Digital Transformation

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Tags: Agile, Digital Transformation, Lean Startup

Enough Governance
ISACA MT
August 14, 2014
When your GRC effort becomes counterproductive.

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Tags: Risk Management, GRC

2 Trainings
VeriSM Unwrapped and Applied - Defining Doing
IFDC/EXIN
September 19, 2019
A quick overview of the Strategy part of the VeriSM Digital Transformation Guidance

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Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, Innovation

Certified Trainer for ITIL, Agile/Scrum, DevOps, VeriSM, ISO20000, ISO27001, Lean IT, and many more
getITright
June 01, 2000
I have been a certified trainer for more than 50 courses for the last 20 years by 6 examination institutes and have trained more than 10,000 people in IT and management best practices. I have delivered training on every continent.

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Tags: Agile, Change Management, DevOps

1 Visiting Lecturer
Lecturer for RTSM502 IT Service Management V
Nelson Mandela University
May 01, 2019
Lecturer for RTSM502 IT Service Management V, subject part of the MPhil IT Governance program.

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Tags: Digital Transformation

18 Webinars
Educating today's IT Professional
getIT
July 19, 2022
Nick Houlton (COO of APMG International) talks about the role of formal education, professional certification, and credentials in the career development of IT Professionals.

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Tags: Future of Work, Leadership, Management

Evolving society in the Digital Age
getIT
June 29, 2022
Maria Kostelac and I talks about changes in society in the digital age, and a shift to broader and equitable access to opportunities to make a difference at work.

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Tags: Future of Work, Leadership, Mental Health

The Digital Noise in Digital Transformation
getIT
June 08, 2022
Nikola Gaydarov and I talk about the noise in 'digital transformation' that often derails initiatives and robs organizations of real tangible benefits.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, Leadership

Why HIGH TRUST
getIT
May 25, 2022
Karen Ferris and I will discuss creating environments where people and innovation can thrive!

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Tags: Culture, Future of Work, Leadership

Architecting Organizations for Agility and Resilience
getIT
April 27, 2022
Erin Casteel and I talk about how organizations need to change to be effective in the Digital Age

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Tags: Agile, Digital Transformation, Leadership

Reflections
getIT
April 27, 2022
My good friend Claire Agutter talks about how the Digital Age changed out lives

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Tags: Agile, Digital Transformation, Leadership

IT in the age of the Digital Customer
getIT
April 27, 2022
Marc Biebuyck and I chat about how much IT still needs to transform themselves to be appropriate as a digital age service provider

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Tags: Agile, Digital Transformation, Leadership

Business Continuity
getIT
April 27, 2022
I ask Daniel Breston about what businesses need to do to survive a disaster.

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Tags: Business Continuity, Management, Risk Management

ENTERPRISE SERVICE MANAGEMENT – why it matters – WITH DOUG TEDDER
getIT
October 13, 2021
What can IT teach the business about business? You will be surprised how much the Enterprise can learn from IT about Service Management!

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Tags: Business Strategy, Leadership, Management

SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION with PETER BROOKS
getIT
October 07, 2021
Sustainability is more than just being green, it's about the longevity of a business because they do the right things in broad terms.

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Tags: Leadership, Mental Health, Sustainability

PLANNING IN UNCERTAINTY – WITH ROB ENGLAND
getIT
September 21, 2021
Humans desperately want to be in control, even if we deny reality to do so. How should one deal with uncertainty and ambiguity?

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Tags: Change Management, Risk Management, Sustainability

THE ITIL DEVOPS DIVIDE– WITH RICHARD DE KOCK
getIT
September 15, 2021
Why do different communities get stuck on their version of the truth (best-practice), and how to get them working together.

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Tags: Change Management, DevOps, Management

The death of Hierarchy
getIT
August 25, 2021
What will organizations look like in the future? We don't know but one thing we do - MUCH, MUCH flatter!

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Tags: Change Management, Culture, Leadership

Digital Transformation - NEXT!
getIT
August 11, 2021
A conversation with Clair Agutter on what digital transformation really means and how most executives miss the point!

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Leadership

The future of Business, Work & Employment
getITright
August 04, 2021
A conversation with Guy Whitcfoft about the future of business, employment, leadership and managing change

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Tags: Change Management, Leadership, Management

The Insanity of implementing Best Practice
getITright
July 28, 2021
A conversation with Simone Jo Moore about how best to use best practice!

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Tags: Change Management, Leadership, Management

Strategy, digital transformation and life
getIT
July 02, 2021
getIT interview with ITIL author David Cannon

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Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, Leadership

How innovation is revolutionizing digital transformation
Freshworks
December 31, 1969
Innovation methods are not equal, some work in some settings and others in others.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Innovation

1 Workshop
Demystifying VeriSM
Freshworks
June 05, 2019
Overview of the then-new VeriSM Framework

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Tags: Digital Transformation

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