Executive Summary
In Q1, 2023, ADAPT conducted 17 in depth, semi-structured interviews with Australian executives. The purpose of the study was to understand how executives are pursuing tech-enabled change and what opportunities exist to pursue these changes more effectively.
This report reveals how improved corporate, technology and people strategy alignments can help Australian executives more effectively drive valuable change. Two other reports detail the other findings from this study. The first details the support is needed from strategic partners when articulating the business value of technology-enabled change. And the other examines how–with costs rising faster than revenues and a deepening cyber threat landscape–budget to outcome strategies evolving.
Specifically, this report will explore:
- Aligning the IT Operating Model with corporate and people strategies.
- Headwinds and tailwinds in achieving optimal alignments in these areas.
- Prioritising opportunities to better align business and IT Operating Model change.
- Top barriers to establishing the right cadence for change.
- Change levers and weighted decision frameworks.
The report will expand, with light editing, on these points with the voice of these executives.