The Death of the Business & IT: A Pragmatic Approach to Connecting the DOTS

Most Enterprises organise themselves around the tried and tested Business and IT way of thinking and their departments and CxOs. This is understandable and has served us well over the years. However this paradigm is no longer appropriate.In the 21st century the IT of an Enterprise is so inextricably linked to The Business of an Enterprise it is impossible to decide where The Business stops and IT begins. In fact for many Enterprises today IT is the business to a large extent. So does this mean handing over the management and direction of the Enterprise to IT? No. that would be ludicrous but so is thinking in terms of The Business and IT. So what do we do? How can we square this circle? How can we think and organise enterprises in the 21st Century? The answer is to think in terms of Connecting the DOTS(TM)This book introduces a new way of thinking about Enterprises in terms of the parts that are strategically important rather than the outdated The Business & IT that most Enterprises continue to use.