Digital Trailblazer

Invaluable stories and lessons that will help you tackle one of the most challenging jobs in technology and business - leading transformation

In Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership, Isaac Sacolick, a technology leadership expert and a former CIO and CTO, delivers a hands-on guide to help technology and business professionals at all stages of their careers acquire the skills necessary to drive transformative change. With an eye-opening collection of stories and more than 50 lessons, Sacolick gives readers a view into what goes on behind-the-scenes in leading digital transformations. From tense IT Ops conference calls to make-or-break executive meetings, Sacolick presents the challenging scenarios faced by product, technology, and data leaders and helps readers learn to lead transformations and become Digital Trailblazers.

In the book you will:

• Step out of your comfort zone and develop the management and leadership skills required to influence executives and win over detractors in driving technology changes
• Learn how to transform experiences, lead data driven organizations, and foster high performance teams
• Discover how to deliver innovation, empower agile self-organization, and evolve standard digital practices that drive culture changes in your organization

A can't-miss resource for product, technology, and data leaders - from those aspiring to leadership roles through vice presidents, CIOs, CTOs, and CDOs, Digital Trailblazer delivers real-word stories and need-to-know lessons that will accelerate your technology leadership journey.

Auteur

ISAAC SACOLICK is Founder and President of StarCIO, a technology learning company that guides leaders on digital transformation. A lifelong technologist, Isaac has served in startup CTO and transformational CIO roles. He founded StarCIO with the belief that agile ways of working and data-driven practices can empower diverse teams to drive transformation. He is a writer, keynote speaker, and author of the bestseller, Driving Digital: The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology. He is a frequent contributor to InfoWorld and CIO.com where he writes about digital transformation, agile management, and other technology and leadership topics.

Contenu

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xxiii

1 Transitioning to Leadership: What's a Cookie? 1

2 Dev: Technical Debt Is Now Your Problem 25

3 Ops: Wearing the CEO's Diet Coke 49

4 Product Management and Architecture: Trials and Triumphs 71

5 "That's Not Agile": Defining Your Organization's Agile Way of Working 101

6 Transforming Experiences with a Global Perspective 127

7 Buried in Bad Data 145

8 Transformative Culture, Empathetic Teams, Diverse Leaders 173

9 Selling Innovation to the C-Suite-and Reducing the Stress 193

10 Transforming Beyond Crisis and Becoming a Digital Trailblazer 219

Epilogue 249

Appendix: Digital Trailblazer Lessons 253

Transitioning to a Leadership Mindset 253

Navigating Tech Debt's Challenges 253

Controlling Emotions and Managing Risks 254

Leading Innovation and Developing Products 254

Driving Agile Practices, Culture, and Mindset 254

Transforming Experiences 255

Leading Data-Driven Organizations 255

Fostering High-Performing Teams 255

Collaborating with Executives 256

Influencing Participants in Digital Transformations 256

About the Author 257

Index 259