Driving IT Innovation & Business Growth by Acura Consulting!

Currently IT organization works and manage very complex environment. They are expected to be highly efficient and create game changing innovation which create immense amount of pressure. And unfortunately, these two challenges are completely contradictory to one another. The first one needs rigidity, order and regularity to create high performance and consistent environments. And the second one needs creativity, insights and the freedom to discover so that we can produce meaningful innovation. So as per Acura Consulting, for an IT leader it’s a challenge to create a suitable environment where these innovations can be implemented on a repeatable basis.

Thus an organization has to face two types of challenges the first one being designing the projects in right way and the other being system thinking- relating how one system influences the other. In designing the projects an IT leader first need to understand the clients demands because they might not know what they want, their requirements may based upon their experiences , rather than technological aspects.  The basic rule behind designing is to create a synchronization between function and form in which the product, the user of that product and the environment in which it is being used have come together to create a positive, enjoyable and effective experience. At its best, design mixes both creative and analytical approaches to create the best possible product. And as per Peter Senge “The Fifth Discipline” in order to be effectual and proficient, we cannot look at things in separation, but must see everything as part of a highly interrelated system. Only by understanding all aspects of the system and the impacts of changes on one part of the system to its other parts could we effectively manage and improve the delivery of any product or service .

How to get started on your innovation journey First and foremost, companies need to understand how to organize themselves around innovation and how to get the best results from innovation. Companies must first consider their strategic imperatives, and how they can make a holistic transformation through people, process and structure.

The next step is to identify the technologies that are best-suited to their unique circumstances. Companies should work to improve enterprise productivity by reducing complexity and then drive a more agile IT environment that is an enabler for business growth, through the use of emerging technologies such as the four we’ve mentioned here.

Use social networks to communicate and collaborate with employees as well as customers and business partners to co-create and generate ideas for new products and service.

Enable a mobile workforce that can collaborate anytime from anywhere.

Leverage analytics to derive value from connected data and get a 360-degree view of your information.

Utilize cloud technologies to optimize your IT, transform your business processes, accelerate the creation of innovative products and services, and co-create with your community.

Finally, companies need to consider how they would be able to measure the overall business value and impact – and how they would create and sustain appropriate executive commitment and organizational incentives to execute the innovation program successfully..