This session sets out the case for provoking a paradigm shift, forward from the redundant IT-centric paradigm, towards a new operating paradigm that will help all of us to achieve and sustain truly effective information systems.
Rationale: we are already well into the 21st Century and yet we are firmly mired in the redundant IT-centric paradigm of the 1990s. The prevailing focus remains exclusively on IT, with scant recognition that IT is only a subsidiary component of any system. Predictably, this narrowness of vision creates huge gaps between stakeholder expectations and delivery, with unexpected cost and disappointment still being the most likely outcomes of investing in information technology.
Precedent: the world of business technology has seen a regular succession of paradigms: 1950s Computing; 1960s EDP; 1970s DP; 1980s IS/MIS; 1990s IT; 2000s ???
Proposition: we are long overdue for a shift but the new paradigm is definitely not IT 2.0; the shift will be far more profound and far more rewarding.
Albert Einstein warned us that: “The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them.”
We must move on from the old world thinking and address the following fundamental questions:
- What do we really need for the future?
- How do we change things to make our visions reality?
- How do we make sure that our information systems remain relevant to our evolving business and add persistent value to successful organisations?
Fighting the Trillion Dollar Bonfire sets out a credible, compelling vision for a new, post-IT, paradigm that is within the embrace of all stakeholders. This is thought-leadership at the leading edge and your opportunity to challenge the views put forward.
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