Thornton May thorntonthorntonamaycom A Futurists Perspective The CIO Breakfast Gallery 9 December 2015 Old Knows Its Good to Be a Buckeye Its Good to Be in IT Hypothesis Not Just the ID: 765134
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Thornton May thornton@thorntonamay.com “A Futurist’s Perspective” The CIO Breakfast Gallery 9 December 2015
Old Knows It’s Good to Be a Buckeye
It’s Good to Be in IT Hypothesis
Not Just the “Silicon Valley/IPO Zillionaire” Part the “roll-up-your-sleeves-and-do-real-work”Part
Both the “Supply Side” a nd the “Apply Side”
Some Parts of the “Supply Side” May be in for some “rough air” "You are going to see a brutal, brutal consolidation of the IT industry where out of the top five players, only two or three of us will be meaningful in as quick as five years.” John Chambers, Cisco [May 20, 2014]
Opening Exercise In your group, please complete the following sentence:“I LOVE working in IT because…” 2 minute exercise
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What Patterns/Trends [if any] do you perceive in your responses?
IT is Entering a Good Space Joseph Mallord William TurnerKirkby Lonsdale Churchyard
“Most organizations are just starting their journey to an effective digital workplace.” It’s a Big Space
“State of Mind” Exercise What is the biggest thing going on in OUR Industry today? 2 minute exercise http://goo.gl/clNo1s
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Ho mage to the Square: Post Autumn , 1963 by Josef Albers What Patterns/Trends [if any] do you perceive in your responses?
72 % of Fortune 500 CEOs consider the rapid change of technology innovation as one of their 3 or 4 greatest challenges* *Myth Busting the Fortune 500 by Alan Murray, Fortune Magazine, June 15, 2015 NewAttitudinal Landscape
IT isn’t on the agenda IT IS the agenda SUB-POINT
Growing Activity/Investment in Becoming a “Digital Business ” NewLandscape
“You have to say yes.” Kai Ryssdal , Marketplace
CEOs Realize Current Business Model has Become Less Viable NewLandscape
Wayne Thiebaud, Jackpot Machine 1962 IT is the new Jackpot Machine
“It’s the best possible time of being alive, when almost everything you know is wrong.” –Tom Stoppard, Arcadia
IT is like a carrier deck New Metaphor an assembly point & launch pad for specialized, fit-for- purpose value producing missions
IT is like a carrier deck NewMetaphor an assembly point & launch pad for specialized, fit-for-purpose value producing missions