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“not to fix broken things, like IT will do at a company, but build the future”.

I was reading about how the Washington Post has changed since it’s purchase by Jeff Bezos.  One of the quotes in the article struck a chord with me:

“not to fix broken things, like IT will do at a company, but build the future”.

Jeff Bezos brought in Jarrod Dicker to run technology development at the Post – a division that is called R.E.D. (Research, Experimentation and Development) and told him that he was “not to fix broken things, like IT will do at a company, but build the future”.  (Read more at The Drum)

Leadership should take this as a mantra – work on what is important for the future of the enterprise, not what is broken in today’s version of the enterprise.  Accenture had a similar mantra when I was working as a consultant back in the 1990’s “Don’t pave the cow path”.

We were told that the worst IT implementation is one that just automates the processes of pre-computer work.  The best is to design the processes and technology for what the customers really want to achieve with their interactions with the company.

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One response to ““not to fix broken things, like IT will do at a company, but build the future”.”

  1. Fadel Avatar
    Fadel

    Hello Conor
    I wish you a productive full of achievements happy year
    I was looking for the vedio clip in this post 😀
    however Jeff Bezous invested $ 250 M in Washington post , and the key success was in “CHANGE” if he kept it as the same process it will not get anywhere likely , just like the rocking chair instead he changed the structure and invested in digitalization

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