Thought Leadership Podcasts – Livingstone Advisory

Delivered at the bi-annual Council of Australasian University Directors of Information Technology (CAUDIT) conference at the Stamford Plaza Hotel in Brisbane, Australia – October 2017 Rob’s presentation explored The CIO’s role in building a sustainable, enterprise-wide adaptive capability for constant … The post The challenge of Change – CAUDIT Conference presentation appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

Delivered at the 2017 Procurement and Contracting for ICT conference, this presentation explored: How to build a holistic, adaptive ICT procurement capability that drives continuous business innovation and efficiency; How to identify and mitigate the systemic risks associated with ICT … The post Building an adaptive ICT Procurement capability appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

Our rapidly changing business, technological and cyber-security environments are increasing the need to focus on the short term. This fuels short term-ism. What are the pitfalls?… The post Episode 24 – Business short term-ism and digital transformation. What’s driving what? appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

Established organisations attempting to become more responsive and fast moving in the face of increasing change and uncertainty, need to overcome their own internal inertia. How best to approach the challenge of building this continuous, sustainable change capability, that underpins … The post Episode 23 – How to ‘disrupt’ your own organisation without breaking it? appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

Effective project feedback processes should underpin adaptable, self-correcting and learning organisations. However, the reality is often different.Recognise the risks of downplaying the ‘bad’ news up the chain of command.… The post Episode 22 – How you manage bad news might just save your IT project or even your business appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

The bottom line is that benchmarking IT, if used appropriately and for the right business reasons can be of considerable value. The pitfalls, however could be significant.… The post Episode 21 – IT Benchmarking – why bother? – 6 Questions to consider appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

What proportion of important strategic business decisions are made within an organisation without due consideration of IT from the start? An executive’s role is to make decisions that will benefit the organisation. The reality is often different.… The post Episode 20- Decision-making in the new world of IT – speed, risk, digital and uncertainty appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

Business leaders are now spoilt for choice when it comes to the selection and adoption of new technologies for their organisations – or so it seems. What factors should organisations consider when approaching the adoption of new technologies?… The post Episode 19 – Factors often overlooked in the adoption of new technologies. appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

In this 20 minute presentation Rob offers 7 actionable insights to help educational institutions prepare for the Australian Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2016 – which comes into effect in February 2018. [Presentation delivered at EduTech 2017 conference, Sydney]… The post Episode 18 – What the IT department can do to prevent data breaches appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

Presented at the University of Technology, Sydney’s DigiSAS Lab Seminar “Adaptive strategic journey management for leading digital transformation“, Rob explores: Digital transformation scorecard, The current CIO landscape, CIOs leading enterprise digital transformation capabilities – why this is important … The post How to setup & lead digital transformation capability appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

Data Breach Risk is real, and of increasing concern to business leaders, regulators and customers. Audio of Rob Livingstone’s presentation  at Trend Micro’s Executive briefing events Sydney and Melbourne 5-6 June 2017 on Australia’s new Mandatory Data Breach Notification legislation.… The post Best practices to mitigate data breach risk appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

Rob explores a number of aspects of your digital ecosystem, including IoT, executive’s ‘Digital literacy’ levels, fully utilising your existing IT systems, cyber-security and rapid change. See the non-technical challenges in your organisation’s Digital journey? or, Subscribe via iTunes … The post Episode 15 – Exploring various value and risk factors that make up your organisation’s IT and Digital ecosystems appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

Shadow IT – a term used to describe the use of IT / Digital / Cloud systems by individuals and parts of the organisation without the appropriate oversight – can add overall IT cost, increase complexity, elevate business risk and … The post Episode 14 – Balancing the risks and benefits of Shadow IT appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

Rob explores a range of business, organisational and governance factors that will ensure IT departments are able to incubate business relevant innovation to drive and deliver sustainable business value or, Subscribe via iTunes … The post Episode 13: ‘IT – business alignment’ and your organisation’s innovation capabilities. appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

How do organisations and their IT departments rate when it comes to protecting themselves and their organisations against the ever present cyber risks and cyber-crime? The answer is, on average, poorly. In this episode Rob explores key organisational factors that … The post Episode 12 – What’s your IT Department’s role in preventing a data breach appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

A rising proportion of data breaches and adverse cyber events are avoidable or self inflicted.  No longer are the majority of cyber threat have their origins coming from outside the organisation, and increasing proportion have their origins stemming from within … The post Episode 11 – Addressing the cyber-security threat from within your business: Here are 5 takeaways appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

For business decision makers, striking the right balance between owning or transferring the risk – through cyber insurance – is not as straightforward as it may initially appear. In this episode, Rob offers 6 key points to consider when taking … The post Episode 10 – Cyber insurance for your business: Consider this when buying your ‘protection’ appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

The conventional approach to managing IT vendors may not be adequate in our rapidly changing business environments or in the adoption of your new, emerging and disruptive business technologies. In this episode Rob explores contracts based on gain-share, vendor ecosystems, … The post Episode 9 – IT and Digital vendor management strategies for change appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

How do prescriptive SLAs help your organisation in changing environments? This is especially relevant for IT supply contracts – outsourcing, service provisioning and the like – which may work well for both the vendor / service provider in relatively stable … The post Episode 8 – Redefine your SLA for sustainable business results: Strategy, Leadership and Adaptability | Thought Leadership Podcast Series appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.

The fundamental question for most established organisations is to define what role your IT team are to play in the journey of business transformation. How this role is defined could be the game changer needed to drive sustainable business value. … The post Episode 7 – Is successful business transformation possible without IT’s involvement? | Thought Leadership Podcast Series appeared first on Livingstone Advisory.