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Strategic Thinking for the Microsoft Cloud

14th Oct 10:00am - 10:40am BST Pioneer 2
22 attended
Session Description

I have come to understand strategic thinking as more art than science. Strategy is surely informed in part by data, but I find that our society in general and the technology industry specifically too often confuse data and wisdom, that we foolishly (though understandably) seek heuristics or processes so that we can turn the art of strategic thinking into a game of color by numbers so simple that anyone can do it. When it comes to strategic thinking, better that we seek methods of framing our thoughts rather than shortcuts to the answers themselves. This session offers practical approaches to injecting strategy into your organization’s Microsoft Cloud journey, indeed, a selection of the same approaches I take with my clients. We explore a wide range of topics, including the impact of AI on the strategic landscape, how organizations have ever-decreasing time to absorb waves of innovation into their operating models, the transition from activity-based to system-based value, and how governance fits. We’ll then investigate a model for weaving strategic intent into the ongoing cloud journey, and explore industry-specific ecosystem maps that illustrate how other organizations have found success doing this.

Attendees (22)
Kim Wooldridge
Head of Growth at Warp Technologies
Alex Hazeldine
Cloud Sales Specialist at Crayon
Andrew Welch
CTO, Cloud Services at HSO
Andrew Bowden
CTO at Shorefield Holidays Limited
Sam Dolan
Director at Attollo
janet Robb
Customer Enablement at Janet Robb
James Solan
Senior Consultant at Simpson Associates
Artem Boboshko
Cloud Partner Sales Specialist at EPAM Systems
Andrew Mallett
Director at 848 Solutions Limited
Oli Ridley
Microsoft Talent Director + Host of Microsoft M... at Oli Ridley
Edward White
Senior IT Manager at Cardiff University
James Pobgee
Director of IT and Security at FISCAL Technologies Ltd
Alex McLachlan
Senior Functional Consultant at Ceox
Steve Dalby
Infrastructure Manager at Sei-IS Business Consultancy
jose martinez
Functional consultant at ABCDynamics 365
Ian McKeag
IT Engineer at Cardiff University
+6 other Attendees