Category Management Development
How do we get to a place where we are delivering ‘Unconstrained IT’ to our business is something that bothers me. To some degree its this that keeps me awake at night the most at the moment, I want to… Read More
Recently an infographic of the most important skills to have and to recruit in 2024 popped up on LinkedIn. It is a really interesting list and it got me thinking how do we define these capabilities, how do we go… Read More
How we need to avoid our blind spot hampering our journey. What is our blind spot for change? The idea is not right alongside the vehicle you are in. The idea is a little back, in the blind spot, on… Read More
Generic terms and generic answers and how we need an evolving language to build more engagement in digital. When we consider how we talk about technology and its impact I would dearly love us to get away from generic terms… Read More
We all have bad days, yes? Working in IT in any environment sometimes feels like the world set up this morning with a clear goal, to discredit what we are trying to achieve. All the platitudes of business transformation at… Read More
The way we ‘make’ innovation land is changing for so many reasons. Last week I was part of two conversations that made me think again about how we, as digital leaders, are responsible for innovation and change across the width… Read More
Rich Corbridge (CIO Boots UK & Ireland) and Jawaz Illavia (CIO No7 Beauty Company, Global Sourcing, International Retail and Healthcare Futures) are two CIOs who have led technology and transformation at very different organisations until coming to WBA as senior leaders outside of… Read More
Rich Corbridge (CIO Boots UK & Ireland) and Jawaz Illavia (CIO No7 Beauty Company, Global Sourcing, International Retail and Healthcare Futures) are two CIOs who have led technology and transformation at very different organisations until coming to WBA as senior leaders outside of… Read More
Every CIO is striving for the professionalisation of IT in some way or another. In some cases, CIOs are doing it to make recruitment and retention easier; in other cases, it’s to position IT in the best possible way within… Read More
Rich Corbridge, CIO, Boots and Grant Ecker, Chief Architect, WBA discuss the skills needed to solve “the IT puzzle” Solving the puzzles of IT leadership In a recent Boots UK IT huddle between Grant Ecker, Chief Architect at WBA and Rich Corbridge, CIO… Read More