10X Generation: Not Another Digital Transformation

Table of contents

1. Copyright Page
2. Contents
3. About the authors
4. Foreword
5. Preface
6. The 10×Generation journey
7. How do I know if this guide is for me?
8. Acknowledgements
9. 1: Introduction
   1. Efficiencies lost
   2. Yet another digital transformation
   3. What went wrong?
   4. To scale or not to scale
   5. 10×Generation views
10. 2: Boarding: The operational view
    1. Startup
    2. Scaleup
    3. SMB
    4. Enterprise
11. 3: Take-off: The tactical view
    1. Startup
    2. Scaleup
    3. SMB
    4. Enterprise
12. 4: Cruising: The strategic view
    1. Startup
    2. Scaleup
    3. SMB
    4. Enterprise
    5. Next steps
13. 5: The 10×Generation
    1. The challenges
14. 6: The 10×Generation principles
    1. First principle: Empowerment
    2. Second principle: Adaptation
    3. Third principle: Assessment
    4. Fourth principle: Alignment
    5. The success triad
15. 7: The scripts
    1. Act 1: The tragedy of a digital transformation
       1. Startup or scaleup
          1. Act 1, Scene 1: When bloat leads to silos
          2. Act 1, Scene 2: Product and technology separation anxiety
          3. Act 1, Scene 3: Don’t worry, advisers will fix it!
          4. Act 1, Scene 4: To ringfence or not to ringfence?
       2. Small-to-medium business
          1. Act 1, Scene 5: New leader, more processes, less delivery!
          2. Act 1, Scene 6: Regulating the imaginary – a journey of fictional regulations
          3. Act 1, Scene 7: Rock-solid priorities: the cost of neglecting big rocks
          4. Act 1, Scene 8: I speak for the customer
       3. Enterprise
          1. Act 1, Scene 9: Never build a house of sticks – why architecture is important
          2. Act 1, Scene 10: Shadow IT and the infamous side project
          3. Act 1, Scene 11: A body of advocates versus a murder of crows
          4. Act 1, Scene 12: Yet another digital transformation
    2. Act 2: The silent sins of scaling
       1. Startup or scaleup
          1. Act 2, Scene 1: Out-sorcery
          2. Act 2, Scene 2: Dealing with the scattergun approach
          3. Act 2, Scene 3: The MVP advantage – how to not prematurely scale
          4. Act 2, Scene 4: Demands over priorities – a balancing act
       2. Small-to-medium business
          1. Act 2, Scene 5: Short-term thinking leads to long-term problems
          2. Act 2, Scene 6: Nero fiddled while Rome burned – managing empire builders
          3. Act 2, Scene 7: The mushroom principle
          4. Act 2, Scene 8: The paradox of departmental success – breaking down the walls
       3. Enterprise
          1. Act 2, Scene 9: Too many cooks in the corporate kitchen – surviving the corporate jungle
          2. Act 2, Scene 10: Hold up, that’s not my job
          3. Act 2 Scene 11: From chaos to consistency across the enterprise
          4. Act 2, Scene 12: Resistance to cross-functional teams – the team of teams revolution
    3. Act 3: The echoes of isolation and innovation
       1. Startup or scaleup
          1. Act 3, Scene 1: When less is less
          2. Act 3, Scene 2: The art of decision-making – build vs buy
          3. Act 3, Scene 3: When is a consultant not a consultant?
          4. Act 3, Scene 4: Complexities of wearing multiple hats
       2. Small-to-medium business
          1. Act 3, Scene 5: Structured for success
          2. Act 3, Scene 6: Costs and quality are not mutually exclusive
          3. Act 3, Scene 7: Missed it by this much …
          4. Act 3, Scene 8: Acquisition alchemy – how to thrive during an acquisition process
       3. Enterprise
          1. Act 3, Scene 9: There is no ‘I’ in ‘team’
          2. Act 3, Scene 10: Determining risk appetite
          3. Act 3, Scene 11: The power of the purse – a board’s guide to budgeting for success
          4. Act 3, Scene 12: The acquirer’s playbook – winning at M&A
          5. Epilogue
16. 8: Transforming to the 10×Generation state – embedding the principles
    1. Embedding the first principle: Empowerment
    2. Embedding the second principle: Adaptation
    3. Embedding the third principle: Assessment
    4. Embedding the fourth principle: Alignment
    5. The 10×Generation organizational design
17. 9: Conclusion
    1. Knowing your stage
    2. When should I use this publication?
    3. Going exponential!
18. Helping others
19. Endnotes
20. Index
21. Back Cover