How Technology Councils Can Streamline Technology Adoption

May 31st, 2023

With contributors:

Pascal Matzke , Martha Bennett , Marianne Doran-Collins , Merve Kandemir

Summary

Innovation and technology leaders rarely make technology adoption decisions in isolation; if they do, they encounter pushback and have to work through adoption barriers. Some decision-makers leverage trusted internal and external relationships to decide which mature or emerging technology to test and adopt; others resort to formalized decision-making bodies called technology councils, committees, boards, or panels. This report describes best practices for designing and running councils that decide which technologies to adopt based on desired outcomes and technological and organizational maturity.

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