Member Challenge
- New technology can hit like a meteor. Not only disruptive to IT, technology provides opportunities for organization-wide advantage.
- Your role is endangered. If you don’t prepare for the most disruptive technologies, you could be overshadowed. Don’t let the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) set the technological innovation agenda
- Predicting the future isn’t easy. Most IT leaders fail to realize how quickly technology increases in capability. Even for the tech savvy, predicting which specific technologies will become disruptive is difficult.
- Communication is difficult when the sky is falling. Even forward-looking IT leaders struggle with convincing others to devote time and resources to monitoring technologies with a formal process.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- Establish the core working group, select a leader, and select a group of visionaries to help brainstorm emerging technologies.
- Brainstorm about creating a better future, begin brainstorming an initial longlist.
- Train the group to think like futurists.
- Evaluate the shortlist.
- Define your PoC list and schedule.
- Finalize, present the plan to stakeholders and repeat.
Impact and Result
- Create a disruptive technology working group.
- Produce a longlist of disruptive technologies.
- Evaluate the longlist to produce a shortlist of disruptive technologies.
- Develop a plan for a proof-of-concept project for each shortlisted technology.
Research & Tools
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1. Disruptive Technology Exploitation Plan Template – A guide to develop the plan for exploiting disruptive technology.
The Disruptive Technology Exploitation Plan Template acts as an implementation plan for developing a long-term strategy for monitoring and implementing disruptive technologies.
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Disruptive Technology Exploitation Plan Template
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2. Disruptive Technology Look to the Past Tool – A tool to keep track of the missed technology disruption from previous opportunities.
The Disruptive Technology Look to the Past Tool will assist you to collect reasonability test notes when evaluating potential disruptive technologies.
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Disruptive Technology Look to the Past Tool
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3. Disruptive Technology Research Database Tool – A tool to keep track of the research conducted by members of the working group.
The Disruptive Technology Research Database Tool will help you to keep track of the independent research that is conducted by members of the disruptive technology exploitation working group.
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Disruptive Technology Research Database Tool
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4. Exploit Disruptive Infrastructure Technology – A guide to help IT leaders make the most of disruptive impacts.
As a CIO, there is a need to move beyond day-to-day technology management with an ever-increasing need to forecast technology impacts. Not just from a technical perspective but to map out the technical understandings aligned to potential business impacts and improvements. Technology transformation and innovation is moving more quickly than ever before and as an innovation champion, the CIO or CTO should have foresight in specific technologies with the understanding of how the company could be disrupted in the near future.
Foresight + Current Technology + Business Understanding = Understanding the Business Disruption.
This should be a repeatable process, not an exception or reactionary response.
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Exploit Disruptive Infrastructure Technology – Phases 1-3
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5. Disruptive Technology Shortlisting Tool
The Disruptive Technology Shortlisting Tool will help you to codify the results of the disruptive technology working group's longlist winnowing process.
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Disruptive Technology Shortlisting Tool
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6. Disruptive Technology Value-Readiness and SWOT Analysis Tool – A tool to systematize notional evaluations of the value and readiness of potential disruptive technologies.
The Disruptive Technology Value Readiness & SWOT Analysis Tool will assist you to systematize notional evaluations of the value and readiness of potential disruptive technologies.
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Disruptive Technology Value-Readiness and SWOT Analysis Tool
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7. Proof of Concept Template – A handbook to serve as a reference when deciding how to proceed with your proposed solution.
The Proof of Concept Template will guide you through the creation of a minimum-viable proof-of-concept project.
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Proof of Concept Template
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8. Disruptive Technology Executive Presentation Template – A template to help you create a brief progress report presentation summarizing your project and program progress.
The Disruptive Technology Executive Presentation Template will assist you to present an overview of the disruptive technology process, outlining the value to your company.
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Disruptive Technology Executive Presentation Template
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