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A third of my employed career (9 years) was working in the Northern Hemisphere highlights included Microsoft and Prudential with exceptionally diverse teams. Information was shared openly, ideas germinated in a peer-based environment, without judgement and sometimes the wackier the idea, the better! The best teams were the ones that shared experience, laughed and reflected. I take this spirit into my client work today. Christine Kininmonth from The Growth Faculty asked me; "what frustrates me about our business leaders?" I explained; "the Australian economy has performed well for an extended period, we are proud and sometimes parochial. We have an opportunity to learn from others, those abroad." Watch the closed-caption one-minute video below. The workshops I facilitate freely allow people to be themselves, a sharing of thoughts helping groups of people achieve their potential; they are insightful and practical. There is a 50% discount on an upcoming Melbourne workshop for all female executives, not just tech. Why beyond the tech? Because the workshops are about thinking and people (minimal tech), also there were several requests after my IWD post! #leadership #business #experience #thinking #practical

Today is International Women's Day, we have made some good progress but still have more work to do. I aspire for a world where my daughters have available the same opportunities and rewards as everyone. There are only five CIOs who are women in the in Australia's top 50 CIOs; we will all benefit from a higher representation of women on this list. As one of the original male champions of change (at KPMG in 2011), I supported women before then and have continued to. I have one-day workshops for technology executives; my clients love them! I am offering a 50% discount on a workshop for all female CIOs and technology executives. I just need 10+ participants. It will be somewhere in Melbourne. For those of you that would like to learn more about me before committing visit https://www.davidbanger.com/about-david Feel free to message me.

Here is an extract from an interview with The Growth Faculty’s Christine Kininmonth who asked me about the “best” career decisions. A mentor once explained to me the phases of a career being a period of education, experience and harvesting. How do you know when you can harvest? You can move between industries based on your expertise. If you are thinking of moving for money, maybe reconsider it. Move for the experience and the associated learning in the new role; it will bring you closer to harvesting. In today’s world, your harvest could be a startup that has matured from a side hustle! #author #mentor #coach #sidehustle #career #advisor #speaker #future #startup

At CIO Edge this week Peter Weill chairman of MIT CISR presented his latest research, and Australia is lagging behind other parts of the world, some key findings; only 5% of Australian business are future ready, compared to 18% globally 62% of Australian business are silos and spaghetti, compared to 53% globally both impact margin, 14 and 11.1 percentage points. This data reminded me of what I have experienced within organisations with leaders rationalising why they don’t need to change; I refer to this as the being in the ”lounge” in the 1-minute Ticker TV interview with Ahron Young below. We need to look beyond our immediate competitors and country for inspiration, MIT offers this. Peter’s research has identified four key ’explosions’ that help - decision rights - new ways of working - organisational surgery - platform mindset. Photo is of my keynote at the same event. #cioedge #mitcisr #mit #digital #tickertv #futureready

What you think your customers may value may not be the case. Here is a one-minute video explaining the stages of determining value. Many organisations think of building a digital platform and creating an ecosystem without truly understanding what their customers value. Value can be determined by; - Analysing what you customers are regularly interacting with - Where they are interacting offers a transaction opportunity - What are your customers prepared to pay for that value? - After working through these steps, then consider creating the platform. #cioedge #author #digital #speaker #thinker #vlog

A year today after my first engagement and eight clients later, here are my dozen learning's; Regular information sharing (weekly) on LinkedIn will attract clients, i.e. weekly blog or vlog. Vlogs will receive more views, I have a range of one minute videos with Vimeo Your clients will be within your network, do a good job, and they will refer you on People buy you and not your company website, and you may need to set up a personal, professional website (like this one) Support will come from unexpected places, places you expect support from may not offer it or know how to Your work needs to be a genuine passion if you are working on what you love it is not work Be obsessed with relationships and listening, not about being right If you can write a book, it makes you an authority, the book sales will be low, but it is then easier to sell services Engage a PR person after writing your book, immerse yourself in creating content, share this without an expectation of anything in return. My media page is the outcome Focus on what has not gone well, learn and consistently adjust, regular practise of this new skill will make you more proficient Exercise, be active regularly, whatever it is just do it Paid social media advertising is a waste of time and money. There are people who are interested in your daily activities, I share these on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter Leverage resources rather than hire them, there are many great web-based services that are very cost effective. Here is to year two! #startup #learnings #author #blog #pr #clients #relationships

Over the last few weeks, I have shared several videos about digital transitions. Here is another one minute video explaining the importance of digital transitions, an alternative to a transformation. There are some overwhelming rationales for this; recent McKinsey research established that 85% of digital transformations fail (2018) additionally for many employees the thought of an external party ”helping their organisation” transform is not genuinely welcomed. Employees may say it is, but they don’t mean it, passive resistance is rife people in organisations want their work to have meaning. They seek to be part of something positive for the community as a whole. Any change effort must link to a greater cause. The culmination of these factors leads to the need for a transition within. #transformation #digital #interview #tickertv

A one-minute video explaining the concepts of ”digitally dumb and numb”. Many organisations continue with non-valuing adding work into their digital business objectives; this is ”digitally dumb” and executives who are not aware of the consequences are ”digitally numb”. Profiling the work is the first step in realising your digital potential. #vlog #author #speaker #coach #mentor #thinker #digital #practical

A 1-minute video explaining why digital is about people and the importance of rationalisation of their job-related activities. If employees do not address these, the aggregate will create a digitally dumb organisation. Further If an executive chooses not to sponsor this, they are digitally numb. #vlog #author #speaker #coach #mentor #thinker #digital #practical

What are your values, no really what are they? How will they shape your next decade? CHANGE lead ® was launched in January 2019, all my work has embodied these values however they were not documented until December. Here they are; Humane - always considerate and sustainable Insightful - concise and practical Generate Value - strive to at every interaction for everyone Humility - continue learning These will continue long into the 2020's. #values #startup

There are three key areas technology executives should cover within their conversations with E&B and across the business; the FUNDAMENTALS their team is delivering to enable the business to operate what they are contributing to SIMPLIFYING the business the areas they are INNOVATING within. Start the conversation with start with the above structure, tailor the content to the area of interest for the person, offer an insight into how the business runs (processes are always good) and then introduce the role of the technology. So if you are wanting to talk about the emerging and exciting capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI), consider the specific opportunities within your organisation; Improving FUNDAMENTAL IT capabilities to reduce the probability of service degradation and possibly deliver a cost reduction How a prospect could be converted to a customer (through AI anticipating what is the next best interaction to move towards a sale), and How else AI is being explored by the organisation to enable future business models. #stakeholdermanagement #boards #communication #practical

There are three key areas CIOs should cover within their conversations with Executive & Boards and across the business; The FUNDAMENTALS their team is delivering to enable the business to operate What they are contributing to SIMPLIFYING the business The areas they are INNOVATING. Start the conversation with start with the above structure, tailor the content to the area of interest for the person, offer an insight into how the business runs (processes are always good) and then introduce the role of the technology. So if you want to talk about the emerging and exciting capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI), consider the specific opportunities within your organisation; Improving FUNDAMENTAL IT capabilities to reduce the probability of service degradation and possibly deliver a cost reduction How a prospect is converted to a customer (through AI anticipating what the next best interaction to move towards a sale is), and How else AI is being explored by the organisation to enable future business models. Start with an overview and then offer the details when invited.