Digital Innovation and Digital Ecosystems

at the 13th Annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium

In this Issue...
  • How to Avoid Late Fees
  • Best Practices for Managing a Digital Innovation Portfolio
  • Thriving Through Digital Ecosystems
  • Welcome Platinum Sponsor Equinix
  • Innovation Showcase Deadline 4/1
 

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Who ate all the 1s?

Are you feeling growing pressure to rapidly respond to local business demands?

 

Are you still thinking about your business in terms of value chains but worried that digital upstarts will eat your lunch?

 

On May 18th, we'll have panels that address these questions. Reserve your seat now!

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Best Practices for Managing a Digital Innovation Portfolio

Many global companies are feeling growing pressure to rapidly respond to local business demands. MIT research has found that IT units are supporting these demands competitively in two fundamentally different ways: (1) reusing technology and business components and (2) engaging in off-platform experiments. In addition, to practice both types of innovation simultaneously, they are engaged in new collaborations with internal and external stakeholder groups to create a simple and relevant set of reusable components; foster their reuse; and engage in and learn from experiments. This panel discussion with leading CIOs will explore best practices for managing a portfolio of innovations.

 

Nils Fonstad, SM '96, PhD '03, CISR,  will moderate the panel including:

Nils Fonstad Michael Nilles Christopher Paquette Derek Roos
Nils Fonstad Michael Nilles Christopher Paquette Derek Roos
How to Make Money from Digital Disruption
Instead of seeing their business as operating in a value chain, boards and executives have to instead think about being part of an ecosystem, where the lines between the corporation and its key partners are blurred. "The world is changing very quickly and in unpredictable ways," Peter Weill says in an interview with BOSS Magazine on a visit to Australia. "The risk [of digital disruption] has to be assessed at the board and executive level." Read the article from the Australian Financial Review's BOSS Magazine and get a preview of Peter's upcoming keynote panel, Thriving Through Digital Ecosystems.

Welcome Platinum Sponsor Equinix

The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is proud to welcome Platinum Sponsor, Equinix! Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects the world's leading businesses to their customers, employees and partners inside the most interconnected data centers. In 40 markets worldwide, Equinix is where companies come together to realize new opportunities and accelerate their business, IT and cloud strategies. Learn more at equinix.com.
Innovation Showcase Deadline is April 1
The Innovation Showcase is a special opportunity to meet with the world's best, brightest, and most successful technology executives and companies.   If you know a company that fits this description, tell them about it and encourage them to apply!  Information about the showcase and the application download can be found at http://www.mitcio.com/innovation . Applications are due April 1.
Cordially,
Lindsey Anderson
 The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is organized by:

MIT Center for Information Systems Research
MIT Center for Information Systems Research
MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
MIT Sloan Boston Alumni Association


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