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Customer requirements and business needs are constantly changing. In order to successfully address those shifts, organizations are left with no choice but to align their ecosystems. Enterprise architecture (EA) is key when it comes to rewiring business capabilities to a value-driven approach and reinforcing organizational preparedness for future. The Forrester Outcome-Driven Architecture Model is founded on architecture […]

Leadership in essence is about persuasion — winning people’s hearts and minds. Leaders must connect with empathy and emotion to lead, influence, and inspire. Stories connect with us emotionally. And our emotions drive our decisions subconsciously. We do this before we apply logic and intellectual reasoning to justify the decision we already made subconsciously. Leadership […]

"The State Of Future Fit Technology Strategy, 2022" identifies the three adaptive behaviors that future fit organizations emphasize.

We made bold predictions for 2022. We weighed in on edge computing, CX, B2B marketing, cybersecurity, and more. Discover which predictions came true and which ones missed the mark as we prepare for Predictions 2023.

We are happy to announce the publication of a collection of data snapshots on senior technology decision-makers’ attitudes and behaviors around being future fit. Forrester defines future fit tech strategy as “an approach to technology that enables an organization to quickly reconfigure business structures and capabilities to meet customers’ future needs and expectations.” In fact, […]

Forrester is a trusted go-to partner for many CIOs across the globe. CIOs have been working with Forrester on various initiatives to build a customer-obsessed organization of the future. I am excited and thrilled to be joining Forrester as a CIO analyst to carry forward this great legacy. Never before have CIOs dealt with both […]

Photo copyright Abhinav Sunil Measuring and optimizing cloud sustainability is undoubtedly an important part of the overall carbon footprint reduction strategy for any organization in the digital world. The Forrester Technology Sustainability Framework highlights how considering hyperscale cloud opportunities may provide carbon footprint reduction opportunities in the enterprise technology stack. I spoke with Christopher Wellise, […]

Earn trust and drive sustainable differentiation in technology with a responsible and ethical tech strategy.

As war, inflation, and fuel shortage fears cloud the near-term picture for businesses, being shrewd with investments and initiatives will be key.

Fears that automation will replace human creativity with mindless robots are unwarranted. VP, Principal Analyst Paul Miller and Principal Analyst Dan Bieler explain why in this episode.

The Space Race Has Restarted Today’s interest in the space industry is the most intense since the Apollo missions first captivated the world in the 1960s. Billionaire space tourists in reusable rockets, a planned return trip to the moon, and smaller, cheaper satellites designed to operate in low Earth orbit (LEO) promising to connect the […]

Firms with advanced insights-driven business (IDB) capabilities continue to outpace their competition and deliver better growth than less mature firms. What differentiates these firms is that they have consistently invested time, effort, and resources across the five IDB competencies: strategy, data, platforms, internal partners, and practices. In our latest, updated research, we found that more […]

Volatility will complicate planning for the coming year, but an intentional approach to investments and cuts will help businesses succeed.

CIOs must approach their 2023 planning and budgeting period with a growth mindset. Get three takeaways from Forrester's 2023 planning guide for technology executives.

Learn how the three finalists for Forrester’s Enterprise Architecture Award for North America drive their EA strategy and its impacts.

Tech talent has dispersed into regional pockets calling for new recruiting strategies. Learn about one region that might not be on your radar.

I have previously written about co-innovation partnerships, outlining the basics here and sharing some key rules here. In this blog post, I would like to share some additional tips to get you started and invite you to learn more about building successful co-innovation partnerships at Forrester’s Tech Leaders Summit, August 18, 2022, in Singapore. Getting […]

Cloud carbon footprint calculation and optimization is a critical part of an organization’s overall sustainability strategy. Forrester’s technology sustainability framework highlights the importance of addressing cloud and technology architecture for reducing the overall scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions in any industry. I recently talked with the core leadership team at Thoughtworks that led the […]

Read how the technology organizations in these three companies have driven customer-obsessed transformation.