Nino Messaoud
Why the IT of yesterday is not any longer sufficient?
The
world‘s
changing.
Faster
and
faster
and
with
deeper
impacts
to
current
business
and
lifestyle.
Could
you
have
imagined
10
years
ago,
that
online
shops
are
killing
massively
traditional
shops
and
malls?
Is
this
the
fault
of
Amazon?
No
it‘s
not.
Amazon
has
only
recognized,
that
shopping
is
functioning
different
today
than
20
years
ago.
They
have
recognized
that
top
service
is the key success factor & most important thing for many customers.
Same
is
Apple.
Apples
does
not
sell
a
product.
They
sell
a
lifestyle
and
they
do
this
already
since
decades. In addition to their top service, they became the global player today.
All
these
developments
are
hardly
to
achieve
with
yesterday
‘s
tools
&
technologies.
Time
to
market & costs of former tools & technologies compared to today ‘s opportunities.
Successful
players
do
question
their
business
models
on
regular
base.
They
are
able
to
put
themselves
in
the
shoes
of
the
customers
and/or
suppliers.
They
don‘t
accept
the
„status
quo“
as
given. They do ask questions like e.g.:
How
would
my
customers
describe
the
„Happy
World“
What
would
my
customers
wish?
How would the perfect & automated work-together look like?
What would be my future business model in a perfect world?
How can I be different & better than my competitors?
How is my market changing? What are the future requirements of my customers &
suppliers?
Who are my future competitors? In disruptive markets, very often you don‘t see your
future competitors.
These
are
only
some
sample
questions
you
should
ask
yourself.
You
don‘t
need
any
external
advisors
for
this
first
steps.
You
will
be
surprised
about
the
outcome
if
you
start
such
discussions
with
your
customers
and
suppliers.
Your
customers
&
suppliers
will
feel
honored
that
you
ask
for
their
opinion.
Don‘t
discuss
pricing
with
them.
Discuss
with
them
how
to
work
better
together
and
which
processes
could
be
changed.
Try
to
have
these
discussions
out
of
your
or
their office.
Nino Messaoud | Vürfels 65 | 51427 | Bergisch Gladbach | Tel: +49 176-567-00000 | Imprint
Digitalization
The days, where IT was a pure cost center
have gone. It can actively support
revenues, profits, customer bindings etc.
You only have to want it !
Visionary
everything
is
changing
faster
and
faster!
Markets,
Industries,
Products,
Lifecycles
(Services,
Suppliers,
Customers
etc.).
Logically
you
need
an
IT,
which
is
handling
the
daily
challenges
in
the
same
way
and
is
in
parallel
supporting
the
future
requirements
&
trends
without
starting
over-
and
over
again
at
the
bottom
line.
An
IT
which
is
not
depending
on
products-
or
technologies,
but
an
IT
which
is
supporting
the
business
targets
of
today-
and
tomorrow.
It
is
certainly
not
sufficient only to „keep the lights on“.
Finalist European CIO of the Year
It
is
an
honor
to
be
one
of
the
European
finalists
in the election of the
CIO of the Year
.
Important note…
It
is
important
to
me
to
have
an
ongoing
information
exchange
across
different
industries
&
markets
to
keep
the
look
beyond
the
horizon.
You
can‘t
purchase
on
this
page
any
products
and
/
or
services.
This
page
is
only
to
introduce
common
challenges
in
the
digital
world,
which
are independent from your business.
CHANGE
means
to
question
things
and
probably
to
do
something
different.
Digitalization
is
most
of
all
a
CHANGE
PROCESS
and
not
a
technology
question.
It
is
the
very
unique
chance
to
question
your
current
situation,
products,
processes,
services
and
organization.
Talk
to
your
employees,
colleagues,
customers
and
suppliers
about
THEIR
expectations
how
to
do
things
different.
What
would
they
change?
That‘s
how
a
change
process usually starts….