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The IT Strategy Playbook:

How CIOs and CTOs can drive business growth through focused action, architecture, and execution

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The IT Strategy Playbook:

How CIOs and CTOs can drive business growth through focused action, architecture, and execution

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November 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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The IT Strategy Playbook (Part 1): Define, Shape, Deliver

How CIOs, CTOs, and senior technologists move from activity to outcomes by closing four recurring gaps.

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The IT Strategy Playbook (Part 1): Define, Shape, Deliver
How CIOs, CTOs, and senior technologists move from activity to outcomes by closing four recurring gaps.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Architecture: Make Intentional, Consequential Decisions, On How A System Is Structured

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Architecture: Make Intentional, Consequential Decisions, On How A System Is Structured | Scott Millett
Architecture: Make Intentional, Consequential Decisions, On How A System Is Structured “... don't try to find the best design in software architecture, instead, strive for the least worst combina...
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July 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Initiatives: The Building Blocks of Strategic Execution

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Initiatives: The Building Blocks of Strategic Execution | Scott Millett
Initiatives: The Building Blocks of Strategic Execution An initiative is a targeted, time-bound (don't confused with a project - e.g. we can invest in a team for a year to solve a problem - then ...
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July 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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IT Strategy

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IT Strategy | Scott Millett
IT Strategy When people hear “IT strategy,” they often jump straight to technology choices: cloud vs on-prem, AI, automation, platforms, tools. But ironically, IT strategy isn’t about defining the sp...
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June 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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How I Approach Funding in a Product Operating Model (While Still Dealing with Projects)

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How I Approach Funding in a Product Operating Model (While Still Dealing with Projects) | Scott Millett
How I Approach Funding in a Product Operating Model (While Still Dealing with Projects) I still have many questions about how to fund teams in a product operating model, especially when project fundi...
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June 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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The Different Levels of Architecture and How they Fit into Strategic Planning

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The Different Levels of Architecture and How they Fit into Strategic Planning | Scott Millett
The Different Levels of Architecture and How they Fit into Strategic Planning Architecture exists at multiple levels in the organisation. It spans technical components (such as software and infrastru...
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June 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Confessions of a CIO

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Confessions of a CIO | Scott Millett
Confessions of a CIO It’s Father’s Day in the UK this Sunday, and I think it’s finally time I came clean… My book, The Accidental CIO: A Lean and Agile Playbook for IT Leaders, isn’t entirely origin...
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June 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant

Step 2: Disaggregate the Problem

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How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant Step 2:… | Scott Millett
How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant Step 2: Disaggregate the Problem (Follow-up to Step 1: Define the Problem 👉 https://lnkd.in/ekEhkGMz) In Step 1, we defined turned o...
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June 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant

1. Define the problem

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How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant (Follow-up… | Scott Millett
How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant (Follow-up to my last post 👉 So… how do you actually turn strategy into action? https://lnkd.in/enBb4Ufx) Step 1: Define the Problem...
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June 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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The Accidental CIO: A Lean and Agile Playbook for IT Leaders is now under £20 on Amazon!

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Great news, fellow tech leaders! The Accidental CIO: A Lean and Agile… | Scott Millett
Great news, fellow tech leaders! The Accidental CIO: A Lean and Agile Playbook for IT Leaders is now under £20 on Amazon UK https://amzn.to/48J7T3i For just twenty English pounds, you’ll get the too...
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May 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant

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How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant (Follow-up… | Scott Millett
How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant (Follow-up to my last post 👉 https://lnkd.in/e3DADh6Z) In my last post, I talked about how business strategy isn’t a roadmap—it’s a c...
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May 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Strategy isn’t a roadmap. It’s a compass. So how on earth do IT leaders 'Align' to it?!

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Strategy isn’t a roadmap. It’s a compass. So how on earth do IT leaders… | Scott Millett
Strategy isn’t a roadmap. It’s a compass. So how on earth do IT leaders 'Align' to it?! IT leaders are often told to “align with the business strategy.” But that’s easier said than done as st...
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April 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Product (and Project) Teams: Measuring Performance for Plan-Driven vs. Value-Driven Work

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Product (and Project) Teams: Measuring Performance for Plan-Driven vs… | Scott Millett
Product (and Project) Teams: Measuring Performance for Plan-Driven vs. Value-Driven Work In product-mode organisations, teams are typically aligned to long-lived problems, delivering continuously and...
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April 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Achieving Flow with the Theory Of Constraints

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Achieving Flow with the Theory Of Constraints How do we ensure all effort… | Scott Millett
Achieving Flow with the Theory Of Constraints How do we ensure all effort is focused on making the greatest impact to the flow of value? The theory of constraints (TOC) is a management philosophy to ...
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April 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Wrap Up

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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Wrap Up 🚨… | Scott Millett
The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Wrap Up 🚨 Strategy is not a roadmap. 🚨 Architecture is not just a set of diagrams. 🚨 Planning is not simply making a list of projects. Ye...
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April 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Principles

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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning:… | Scott Millett
The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Principles ♟️ Strategy - https://lnkd.in/eugvqgcB 🏠 Architecture - https://lnkd.in/e2kddg8P 🛠️ Planning - https://lnkd.in/exC9gCaR 🔗 Conne...
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April 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Key Decisions

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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Key Decisions… | Scott Millett
The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Key Decisions ♟️ Strategy - https://lnkd.in/eugvqgcB 🏠 Architecture -…
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April 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: A Fractal Structure

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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: A Fractal… | Scott Millett
The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: A Fractal Structure ♟️ Strategy - https://lnkd.in/eugvqgcB 🏠 Architecture -…
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April 1, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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🤔 Why do we need an AI strategy? Isn't an IT strategy enough? I never had an XML or RPA strategy!

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🤔 Why do we need an AI strategy? Isn't an IT strategy enough? I never had… | Scott Millett
🤔 Why do we need an AI strategy? Isn't an IT strategy enough? I never had an XML or RPA strategy! Unlike XML, Blockchain, or RPA, (Gen) AI is not just…
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March 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Feedback

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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Feedback ♟️… | Scott Millett
The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Feedback ♟️ Strategy - https://lnkd.in/eugvqgcB 🏠 Architecture - https://lnkd.in/e2kddg8P 🛠️…
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March 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Avoid Scraping Burnt Toast

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Avoid Scraping Burnt Toast I am good at scraping burnt toast, but I don’t… | Scott Millett
Avoid Scraping Burnt Toast I am good at scraping burnt toast, but I don’t want to automate it, I want a better toaster! Understand need and outcome. Don’t…
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March 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Connections

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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning:… | Scott Millett
The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Connections ♟️ Strategy - https://lnkd.in/eugvqgcB 🏠 Architecture - https://lnkd.in/e2kddg8P 🛠️…
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March 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Planning
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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning:… | Scott Millett
The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Planning Strategy - https://lnkd.in/eugvqgcB Architecture - https://lnkd.in/e2kddg8P Tactical or…
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March 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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“Technology can bring benefits if, and only if, it diminishes a limitation.”, 
Eli Goldratt

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“Technology can bring benefits if, and only if, it diminishes a limitation.”,  Eli Goldratt Food for thought... - Effort can be wasted on things that aren’t…
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