Pearl Zhu Quotes
Agile is more a “direction, ” than an “end, ” a philosophy and mindset at board level.
Digital fit” should be first defined as “mind fit, ” and then following with attitude fit and behavior fit.
An accountability mind has learned to be agile, wise, courageous, resilient, and high-mature.
The right people have the right mindsets, they are high-positive, high-innovative, high-influential and high-mature.
A problem-solving mind focuses on keeping the end in mind, to solve PROBLEMS in optimal ways.
Digital attitude is about adaptability - being experimental and changeable.
Reflection is an underlining theme of Design Thinking.
There is a need to evaluate the performance of employees in a more objective and continuous way.
Creativity is an inherent ability that cannot be taught, only developed.
Unprofessionalism damages the business reputation and tarnishes the trust of society.
It is the time to tremendous awakening toward “inquisitiveness” with cross-cultural sharing through technology and inner insights.
You should always leverage performance and potential, look at the overall success of the company for the long run.
One of the reasons to see improved productivity in Agile is because of the simplicity principle.
Forward-thinking means to focus on the future, even a few steps ahead, to build the long-term prosperity.
A global mind thinks about interconnections and interdependencies and their impacts and consequences, both on a local and a global level.
A benchmarking mind is an “interpreter” mind which can bridge the gaps.
A high EQ mind maintains its composure whatever the situation, whether it is being glorified or vilified.
Complexity Thinking is best thought of as a way of continually generating multiple perspectives on issues.
Integrative thinkers consider the problem as a whole, rather than breaking it down and farming out the parts.
The organizational design is part of digital strategy management which needs to go neck-in-neck with performance management for improving organizational effectiveness and maturity.
Agility within and of itself is a strategy.
A good strategy tells you not only what specifically needs to accomplish, but WHY.
The strategy is about putting a good team together to give you a multifaceted picture zooming into the business culture.
Strategy and execution represent the two sides of one and the same thing.
A focused Board concentrates on strategy oversight and governance practices, to avoid getting lost in the forest.
The strategy is a living ever-evolving pivoting mechanism.
Strategy oversight is important in tuning and updating a dynamic digital strategy.
The real strategic differentiation is to create true value, look forward, not backward, and present the advanced uniqueness to shine through.
The CIO is a serious partner in the inner circle to creating value-added strategies and enabling deeper insights into the opportunities IT can do.
Generally speaking, the key dimensions of corporate governance are strategy oversight, policy making, accountability, and monitoring.
The quality strategy is about making the right decision at the right time which requires quality information.
A strategic IT is a silver lining for a high-performing business.
A strategy is a combination of an origin, a destination, and a route to get from origin to destination.
Make the strategy a living thing, which can breathe life into people and the culture.
The success of strategy management undoubtedly lies in the “timely execution.
If organizations measure the input to the strategy implementation, but not the output, it’s a recipe for disaster.
Maturity refers to having a sound understanding of basics and making a fair judgment.
Genuinely intelligence-led operations have to be embedded into both processes and more importantly mindsets to bridge the gaps in Risk Management.
The simplicity and the complexity are just the opposite ends of the same spectrum.
Metaphorically, organizations are like vegetable gardens, where each capability is a different type of vegetable growing in the garden.
Metaphorically, governance is like a “Steer, ” Risk Management is like a “Brake.
The answer from yesterday is not as critical as the questions about the future.
Maturity is about ripeness, thoughtfulness, quality, balance, and wisdom.
High mature digital organizations stretch out in every business dimension.
The beauty of agile comes in with its incremental nature and use of empiricism to focus on three “I”s - Interaction, Iteration, and Improvement.
Leadership vision is built on the leader’s authenticity.
We still live in the era in which information is rich and insight is poor.
The big “WHEN” about change is not just a particular moment, but a thought-out planning with clear defined timelines.