Information Revolution: Using the Information Evolution Model to Grow Your Business

Description

This book introduces and explains the Information Evolution Model (IEM), a patent-pending model that can be used to support the transition from a company that merely collects information to one that uses information to evolve into an intelligent enterprise. It also explains how other stimuli, including people, processes, corporate culture, and corporate infrastructure, can impact information usage positively or negatively.Some chapters include: (Introduction) Evolve or Perish, (1) Innovation: Key to Business Evolution, (2) Information Evolution Model: Levering Information for Competitive Gain, (3) Your Business GPS: Identifying Where You Are, (4) Corporate Treasure Map: Determining Where You Need to Be, (5) Getting Out of Operational Mode: Moving from Level 1 to Level 2, (6) Pulling It All Together: Moving from Level 2 to Level 3, (7) Exploiting Knowledge for Increased Profit: Moving from Level 3 to Level 4, (8) Fostering Continuous Innovation: Getting to Level 5, (9) Funding Innovation: IT Portfolio Management, (10) Continuous Innovation: Success Stories in Today's World.