Dr. Mohan K. BavirisettyLeadership SemanticsModern Renaissance Corporation

Eight Disciplines of Enterprise Modernization

Enticement-Announcement

In the spirit of Open Innovation and Social Discourse,

● Every one who attended this talk gets collateral.

● Every one who participated gets more resources.

● Best prize goes to the one who asked the most original and intriguing question.

Agenda● Maturity Model● Innovation Imperative● 8 Disciplines

– Total Service Orientation– Innate Entrepreneurship– Business Ecology– On Demand Enterprise Architecture– Centers of Excellence– Continuous Improvement– Sustainability– Tenacious Leadership

A Maturity Model for Enterprise Modernization

Learning Organization

Performance Driven Organization

Agile Enterprise

Service-OrientedEnterprise

Process-Oriented Enterprise

Innovation-DrivenEnterprise

Adaptability

Responsiveness

5 Disciplines of a Learning Organization

● Systems Thinking● Achieve Personal Mastery● Shifting Mental Models● Building a Shared Vision● Team Learning

What is your Innovation Imperative?

● Innovation is a Business Process. To be effective it should be well modeled, communicated, clearly understood, orchestrated and institutionalized as a core competence into the DNA of the Organization.

● Your imperative whether you are a Leader, Champion, Executor or Catalyst is simply to pave way for and to built Innovation-Driven Enterprise

Total Service Orientation

● Think Purpose● 5 Most Important Questions *

– What is our Mission?– Who is the Customer?– What does the Customer Value?– What were the results?– What is our plan now?

* Peter Drucker. The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization

Innate Entrepreneurship

● Enterprise Strategy● Value Engineering● Performance Culture● Innovate Purposefully● Demonstrate Business Value Iteratively

Business Ecology

● IT-Business Alignment Determines Success● Enterprise as a Business Ecosystem● Death of Competition● Stress Border-less Collaboration● Develop Coalitions and Pertnerships

On Demand Enterprise Architecture

● Task of the Enterprise Architect is to build a platform of Innovation.

● Focus at the intersection of Strategy, Business and Technology

● Technology is just an enabler (at best!)● Develop Enterprise Ontology● Derive Frameworks and Building Blocks● Enterprise Architecture should be

instantiated to be impactful and refined continuously to be vital

Zachman Example

Continuous Improvement

● Emphasize both formal and informal● Change Management● Infrastructure Modernization● Learning and Competency● Professional Development● Develop Mentoring programs● Use Lean to reduce waste● Use Six Sigma for Quality Control● Employ Web 2.0 and 3.0 for KM

Centers of Excellence

● Innovation Diffusion● Thought Leadership● Competency Development● Just-in-time Advice● Internally focused Consultancy Services● Think Federation as you mature● OCM – Open CoE Method

Sustainability

● Link Policy and Delivery (Means are just as important)

● Cultivate Champions● Develop Internal Networks● Profit from Greener, Saner and Smarter Initiatives● Be committed to Diversity ● Share the learning beyond the boundaries● Infuse CSR into the DNA of the Organization

Tenacious Leadership

● Envision Elegant Enterprise● Raise People's Awareness● Help People the need for change● Invest resources where needs most● Infuse the Sense of Urgency among Managers● Build Trust and Inspire people to Greater Glory● Stay true and committed to the purpose

Twenty First Century belongs to those who can provide the best education, the best infrastructure and the best environment. - Thomas Friedman

Survival Depends on Modernization

In the new economy, in order to survive, Enterprises have to continuously improve, expand and innovate.

- Peter Drucker

Suggested Reading

● Alexander. Timeless way of Building● Drucker. Innovation and Entrepreneurship● Drucker. Managing for Next Century● Fingar. Extreme Competition: Innovation and the

Great 21st Century Business Reformation● MIT Study. Sustainability: The ‘Embracers’ Seize

Advantage● Jenine et. al. Enterprise Architecture as a Strategy● Koshafian. Service Oriented Enterprises.● Senge. Fifth Discipline

Additional Reading

● Bavirisetty. OCM - The Open CoE Method.● Poulin. Ladder to SoE ● Christensen et. al. (2011). Innovative Companies

Demand Innovative Leaders ● Gaynor. INNOVATION by DESIGN: What It

Takes to Keep Your Company on the Cutting Edge● Innovation to the Core● Nunnes. The Holy Grail of Continuous Growth.● Patterns for E-Business, IBM Redbooks

Questions?

The most important thing is never stop questioning. - Albert Einstein