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Agile organizations need a description of how teams work from beginning to end. The Agile product development framework will illustrate how operational and delivery risks are evaluated and reduced in an innovative environment.

Designing cognitive computing systems (CCSs) requires a strong case for the investment into those systems. Organizations must not only be able to justify the initial investment into developing a CCS, but also think through the investments that will be needed to ensure it can be refined and enhanced over time.

Does culture drive success, or is culture emerging from the implementation of carefully considered strategy, structure, and processes inside the organization? Our view is the latter, and the good news is that culture is something that executives can affect.

This Advisor describes three areas of customer experience that are affected by digital transformation: customer understanding, top-line growth, and customer touchpoints.

We hope the articles in this issue provide you with new perspectives on blockchain’s potential as a game-changing technology now and in the future.

2018 is a defining year for the commercial adoption of blockchain. Initiatives in various industries have reached a maturity threshold, marked by a transition of focus from experimental proof of concept projects toward production use.

With all the focus on “exciting” AI applications, it’s sometimes hard to get a broader overview of how the market is actually developing.

Blockchain protocols have the potential to facilitate a fundamental shift in the Internet business model from its current status, where the user is the product, to a future model, where the user is the customer and the user’s data always remains in the user’s control.