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Invaluable stories and lessons that will help you tackle one of the most challenging jobs in technology and business – leading transformation
In Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership, Isaac Sacolick, a technology leadership expert and a former CIO and CTO, delivers a hands-on guide to help technology and business professionals at all stages of their careers acquire the skills necessary to drive transformative change. With an eye-opening collection of stories and more than 50 lessons, Sacolick gives readers a view into what goes on behind-the-scenes in leading digital transformations. From tense IT Ops conference calls to make-or-break executive meetings, Sacolick presents the challenging scenarios faced by product, technology, and data leaders and helps readers learn to lead transformations and become Digital Trailblazers.
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A can’t-miss resource for product, technology, and data leaders – from those aspiring to leadership roles through vice presidents, CIOs, CTOs, and CDOs, Digital Trailblazer delivers real-word stories and need-to-know lessons that will accelerate your technology leadership journey.
ISAAC SACOLICK is Founder and President of StarCIO, a technology learning company that guides leaders on digital transformation. A lifelong technologist, Isaac has served in startup CTO and transformational CIO roles. He founded StarCIO with the belief that agile ways of working and data-driven practices can empower diverse teams to drive transformation. He is a writer, keynote speaker, and author of the bestseller, Driving Digital: The Leader’s Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology. He is a frequent contributor to InfoWorld and CIO.com where he writes about digital transformation, agile management, and other technology and leadership topics.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Transitioning to Leadership: What’s a Cookie?
Chapter 2 Dev: Spaghetti Code and Technical Debt Is Now Your Problem
Chapter 3 Ops: Wearing the CEO’s Diet Coke
Chapter 4 Product Management and Architecture: Trials and Triumphs
Chapter 5 “That’s not Agile”: Defining Your Organization’s Agile Way of Working
Chapter 6 Transforming Experiences with a Global Perspective
Chapter 7 Buried in Bad Data
Chapter 8 Transformative Culture, Empathetic Teams, Diverse Leaders
Chapter 9 Selling Innovation to the C-Suite – And Reducing the Stress
Chapter 10 Transforming Beyond Crisis and Becoming a Digital Trailblazer
Epilogue
Appendix: Digital Trailblazers Lessons
Transitioning to a leadership mindset
Navigating tech debt’s challenges
Controlling emotions and managing risks
Leading innovation and developing products
Driving agile practices, culture, and mindset
Transforming experiences
Leading data-driven organizations
Fostering high performing teams
Collaborating with executives
Influencing participants in digital transformations
About the Author
Index
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