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Articles by Charles.Araujo
The Digital Enterprise
Amway, the new gig economy and a roadmap for transformation leaders
As it entered the 21st century, Amway found that the new gig economy had brought with it an entirely new host of competitors and that the nature of the market itself was shifting as consumers increasingly engaged digitally. Its transformational journey offers essential lessons for enterprise leaders everywhere who are facing disruptive threats and need a roadmap to respond.
The Digital Enterprise
An enterprise leader’s guide to the changing landscape of technology innovation
We are seeing work split into two broad camps: those that build and support technology, and those that do work that technology cannot (or which we, as a society, are not yet prepared to) automate. As this shift takes root, enterprise leaders will need to understand its impact, and the changes it will require in how they approach sourcing strategies, how they train employees and where and how they invest around the world as we enter what I call the New Human Age.
The Digital Enterprise
Is all-in on the cloud a real strategy?
Capital One has committed to moving everything to the cloud. But is it even possible to go all-in on the cloud, and, in the end, is it worth the trouble?
The Digital Enterprise
The 3 surprising secrets that drive innovation in the digital era
What if creating innovative breakthroughs and developing a much-heralded innovation culture isn't about creating tiger teams or unleashing unbridled, free-wheeling creativity into every corner of the organization? What if driving innovation in the digital era came down to three simple actions?
The Digital Enterprise
Tapping into the WeWork Effect with an app?
WeWork’s seemingly simplistic approach is having a profound effect on the market, leading enterprise organizations to try to replicate the sense of community, collaboration and engagement it creates. Now competitors are fighting back with apps — and the implications as this plays out are relevant to enterprises everywhere.
The Digital Enterprise
Why a computer may be your next manager
As we continue to instrument every facet of modern work, it's beginning to enable data-driven management. The flip side of this data-driven augmentation, however, is that it may make the act of management the prime target for automation. Could it be that it will be the managers that go first?
The Digital Enterprise
The ‘future of work’ in the digital era may not be what you think
Despite all the banter about the ‘future of work’ no one is talking about what that really means. Our inability to see through our present reality has limited and tainted our discussions about how work will fundamentally transform over the next couple of decades. It’s time for that to change.
The Digital Enterprise
Has storage become sexy?
In the era of AI, and despite the software-driven everything trend, storage — and hardware more generally — is finding renewed strategic relevance in the enterprise executive suite.
The Digital Enterprise