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an operating model. Since we
do not see ourselves as a
venture capital ﬁrm; we make
fewer bets but try to bet on
surer investments. For an
immature area like blockchain,
open source is logical, as it kind
of hedges your risk in the long
term.

Beyond the Cloud
Of course, we're also active with
the cloud, but I don't consider it
advanced technology or an
advanced operating model
these days. That's not to say it's

unimportant: the cloud really
levels the playing ﬁeld for small
and large companies in
computing capabilities,
analytical tools, and
development tools. Its generic
capability puts frictionless,
virtually unlimited computing
capacity at your ﬁngertips. Now
the speed at which you can
obtain IT is no longer a
constraint. The tools are there.
The keys are there. The
infrastructure is there. The
environments are there. All the
old constraints are gone. The
cloud speeds everything up a
lot for all of us in IT; we're like
carpenters who were once
using hammers and now have
nail guns.

competitive advantage. When
carpentry no longer gives you
an edge, architecture matters
more. In IT, it comes down to
how you aggregate and analyze
data. What analytics are you
bringing to bear, and against
what data streams, that will
make you smarter and
empower you to make
decisions faster? And build
faster without making
mistakes?
In the end, of course, making
the right choices about what to
do with your data depends on
the strength of your team, and
that in turn depends on the
strength of your vision: you
really need a set of objectives
and a feasible, meaningful,
mission that people can believe
in and work hard to achieve.

This has shifted the source of

TAKEAWAYS:
*

Today, IT isn't just about
making things more
eﬃcient; it's about helping
to set business strategy.

*

In an environment of
transformation, hire people
who love change-and not
everybody does.

*

Six to eight weeks
experiments are a great way
to study a technology.

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