War and Peace and IT by Mark Schwartz
The Business-IT Wall Must Come Down With A Seat at the Table, thought leader Mark Schwartz pulled out a chair for CIOs at the C-suite table. Now Mark brings his unique perspective and experience to business leaders looking to lead their company into the digital age by harnessing the expertise and innovation that is already under their roof: IT. In the war for business supremacy, Schwartz shows we must throw out the old management models and stereotypes that pit suits against nerds. Instead, business leaders of today can foster a space of collaboration and shared mission, a space that puts technologists and business people on the same team. For business leaders looking to unlock their enterprise's digital transformation, War and Peace and IT provides clear context and strategies. Schwartz demystifies the role IT plays in the modern enterprise, allowing business leaders to create new strategies for the new digital battleground. It is time to change not only the enterprise's relationship with technology, but its relationship with technologists. To accelerate, enterprises must bring technology to the heart of their work, for just as technology is causing this disruption, it is technology that provides the solution. Unlike Napoleon, it is time for business leaders to come down from the hill atop the Battle of Borodino and enter the fray with the technologists, for that is where the war will be won or lost."War and Peace and IT offers a bold, insightful roadmap for building a company's digital capacity. With the pace of change in IT accelerating at such an unprecedented rate, I consider this essential reading for my entire leadership team." -- Francois Locoh-Donou, President & CEO, F5 Networks
"Having worked with hundreds of executives from large enterprises in my roles at AWS, it is clear to me that every CEO and CIO should read this book…together. As today's leader transform their organizations for the digital era, they invariably struggle with issues of cultural change, organizational change, and rigid legacy ways of working. If only they had had this book! It is the book they need to bring together IT and the rest of their businesses in the way that can overcome those hurdles. Mark's book is clearly informed by his executive leadership experience—both doing it himself and working with other enterprise leaders." -- Stephen Orban, General Manager, Amazon Web Services, and author of Ahead in the Cloud
"This is the book I would want with me on a walk through the woods in a Russian winter. Mark's three books help to define how an organization should function as a whole, each approaching the question from a different angle and each as helpful in changing the organization. I am buying several copies of this book for my colleagues across all of our business operations…not business and IT." -- Josh Seckel, Specialist Leader, Deloitte Digital
"War and Peace and IT makes a convincing case for change: its real-life examples and the evidence it presents are concrete and compelling." -- Rodriogo Lobo, Partner at PIPA Global Investments
"In an environment of chaos and uncertainty, there's opportunity, but only if you can recognize it and react quickly. This third book in the trilogy raises the most important issue—decisions need to be made and executed in real time. Outline a set of objectives, get out of the way, and allow the creativity to flow. Mark brings the reader through this journey, and having gone through it with him at the Department of Homeland Security, I can tell you it was one of most impactful initiatives we ever undertook." -- Luke McCormack, former CIO of the Department of Homeland Security
"Napoleon couldn't centrally manage his battles in real time, but today's leaders have no excuse. Independent cell-based teams using rapid hypothesis testing will win the battles against competitors who remain old-school. After explaining to IT leaders how to get A Seat at the Table, Mark Schwartz has advice for everyone else at the table." -- Adrian Cockcroft, former VP of Amazon Sustainability Architecture
Stephen is the GM (General Manager) of a new Amazon Web Services service in development, as well as the author of Ahead in the Cloud: Best Practices for Navigating the Future of Corporate IT. Stephen spent the first three and a half years of his career at Amazon as the Global Head of Enterprise Strategy, where he supervised AWS' enterprise go-to-market strategy, designed and constructed AWS' Migration Acceleration Program (MAP), and assisted executives from hundreds of the world's largest organizations in envisioning, developing, and maturing their IT operating model utilizing the cloud. Ahead in the Cloud was written by Stephen so that customers might benefit from many of the best practices he saw while working with customers in this role. Stephen was the CIO of Dow Jones before joining AWS, where he implemented contemporary software development processes and cut expenses while implementing a cloud-first strategy. The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com, Dow Jones Newswires, and Factiva all saw faster product development cycles and higher productivity as a result of these revolutionary improvements.
Stephen also spent 11 years at Bloomberg LP, where he held several leadership positions in the stock and messaging platforms before co-founding Bloomberg Sports in 2008 and serving as CTO. Stephen graduated from State University of New York College at Fredonia with a bachelor's degree in computer science. https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?utm_source=utm_source=utm_source=utm_
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| ISBN 13 | 9781942788713 |
| ISBN 10 | 1942788711 |
| Title | War and Peace and IT |
| Author | Mark Schwartz |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | IT Revolution Press |
| Year published | 2019-05-14 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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