InnerVentures

  • Project versus product management in AI Transformation

    I touch on this subject because of the work I am doing currently on AI transformations and, in this work, what so often comes up is the approach to take in managing activities. I have seen so many frameworks on this, some bad and some good. I think they are important and wrote about this…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Microsoft 365 customer questions – Future of Work Vision and Strategy

    Question: We need to work on a Future of Work (FoW) Vision and Strategy, can you share a good framework for arriving at one and managing its implementation as well as Microsoft’s own Vision and Strategy for FoW? Answer: Now I cannot share what was provided for the second part of the question, but I…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • 21 essentials for the digital enterprise in 2021

    I was asked a question the other day from someone wanting to know what would be required to become a fully digital company. Big question I know and I didn’t have much time in which to answer. I came up with a fast list. This is an attempt to remember and add to it but…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Two brains on “Everything as a Service” for the price of one

    These are some thoughts captured and co-written by Stephen Danelutti and Jason Noble, two long time contributors to the world of Everything As a Service (XaaS) who met recently. We realised our common background and insights and decided to produce this combined thought piece – hope you enjoy.

    Stephen Danelutti

  • As a Service trend research – products to services

    One of the chapters I am covering in a trend report I am working on (As a Service Trend) will explain how even tangible products can be open to “servicification” and purchased or subscribed to. For example, razors for personal grooming, cars for transport, fork lifts for logistics, etc.

    Stephen Danelutti

  • COVID-19 accelerates digital transformation

    We’ve seen two years’ worth of digital transformation in two months Satya Nadella, Earnings Release FY20 Q3

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Necessity drives digital transformation but who are the innovators

    I’ve always said its so much better to be changing and transforming as a result of innovation based activities rather than crisis based activities. To be changing ahead of the curve because you are innovating, not after the curve because of a crisis – if you’ll excuse the expression.

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Zen and the right view of cloud technologies

    On the path to the cloud, just as in life (as the Buddha would have us understand), one must submit our most cherished assumptions to rigorous questioning. We would make better decisions if we were clearer about the foundations of our own thinking. Cloud technology is a vast subject and this post tackles just a few…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • The role of innovation in customer success

    Customer Success activities are maturing. I have been doing the job since at least 2012 and have seen the profession go through fundamental changes to the point where, to succeed now, you need to be innovating. I started writing about the role of customer success in relation to customer experience and the subscription economy almost…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Playing your part in the machine of business is hard. Start with mindset.

    Business transformations or change management efforts are a dime a dozen. We are bombarded by the constant need for change in the face of accelerating change. We get we need to build an ability to master change. The problem is in the face of cynical change or transformation programs where many have gone wrong, we…

    Stephen Danelutti