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In a recent HP survey, almost half of all CEOs and senior business leaders agreed that their corporate IT departments have trouble today keeping pace with the rapidly changing demands of the business.
This is due in part to what is called the “inverted maintenance ratio,” which refers to IT spending the bulk of its time and resources on simply “keeping the lights on,” limiting flexibility and leaving very little room for innovation and change.
The surveyed executives were clear, maintaining a competitive advantage requires the enterprise to handle change and innovation effectively–to anticipate it, to understand it, and to move quickly to leverage its potential. The vast majority–84%–said that IT must play a critical role in enabling change and innovation in the future.
So what should IT leaders do when their departments are not meeting business expectations? The answer is turning that inverted ratio on its head and redirecting resources away from operations and toward innovation.
Sounds easy. So what’s the problem?
