{"id":1796,"date":"2020-10-13T09:47:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T16:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/?p=1796"},"modified":"2020-10-21T08:04:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T15:04:19","slug":"why-the-itil-4-strategic-leader-program-is-the-pathway-to-organizational-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/why-the-itil-4-strategic-leader-program-is-the-pathway-to-organizational-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Is ITIL 4 Strategic Leader the Pathway to Organizational Success?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was talking to my good friend\u00a0<strong>Corde Wager<\/strong>\u00a0(ITIL\u00a04 Managing Professional\u00a0and all around good guy) today about how to explain the significance of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/do-you-have-what-it-take-to-become-an-itil-4-strategic-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ITIL 4 Strategic Leader Program<\/a><\/strong> and he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cITIL V3 showed us how to manage processes. \u00a0\u00a0With the growth of digital technology throughout the corporation and the advent of ITIL 4, organizations have to grow beyond processes and learn how to create successful digital direction for the entire organization and their customer base.\u00a0 To do this IT Leaders need to learn how to create and integrate a digital strategy. \u00a0\u00a0In addition, key managers and executives throughout the corporation need to be a part of this process.\u00a0 Technology is everywhere and this is just the beginning.\u00a0 Without an organizationally created and endorsed digital strategy, organizations will not see the future or be prepared for opportunities it offers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After I spoke to Corde, I received my weekly newsletter from\u00a0<strong>Ian Sachs of Rick Resource<\/strong>\u00a0that gives us the icing on the cake so to speak on the importance of becoming an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/do-you-have-what-it-take-to-become-an-itil-4-strategic-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ITIL 4 Strategic Leader<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Make sure you don\u2019t get left behind.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t have said it better (see below).\u00a0 Thank you Ian Sachs of Risk Resource.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Food for Thought: Projecting the Future<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of the world\u2019s most influential businesspeople and industry leaders failed to fully appreciate the capabilities of their own work while underestimating or misinterpreting the future. There is no better way to point this out than to consider some of the past century\u2019s most prominent examples.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Risk-Resource-Blog-Image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1798\" src=\"http:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Risk-Resource-Blog-Image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Risk-Resource-Blog-Image.png 765w, https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Risk-Resource-Blog-Image-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>1893 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Postmaster General John Wanamaker stated that the U.S. mail would be delivered by stagecoach and horseback, even 100 years in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>1899 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Charles H. Duell, commissioner of the U.S. Office of Patents, said, \u201cEverything that can be invented has been invented.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>1903 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0declared that flying machines were a waste of time just a week before the Wright brothers successfully flew their airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>1927 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Harry M. Warner, one of the founders of Warner Brothers, remarked during the era of silent movies, \u201cWho the hell wants to hear actors talk?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>1943 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, said \u201cI think there is a world market for maybe five computers.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>2000 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0John Antioco, CEO of Blockbuster, overlooked the capabilities of internet \u201cstreaming\u201d and turned down an offer to buy Netflix for $50M. Blockbuster, the company that pioneered movie rentals, filed for bankruptcy in 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As our society continues to course through exponential growth in technology, innovation, living standards, and of course, a pandemic, it\u2019s important to remain prudent and to think through all possible outcomes and scenarios before turning down opportunities or accepting new ones. Leave your ego and stubbornness at the door and make room for more thoughts and opinions. Don\u2019t be too quick to stick with comfortable decisions.\u00a0<strong>History rewards those who were bold \u2013 the gamblers that bet on the future and not against it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t get left behind.\u00a0 To Learn More about the\u00a0<strong>GogoTraining ITIL 4 Strategic Leader Program, <a href=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/do-you-have-what-it-take-to-become-an-itil-4-strategic-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click Here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>To ready the full article by Ian Sachs,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-LSURUsGGQH9n1RhgvJrjenYyGd48vWHBywYRGBUmMjz-ew-i4NZjXy9dGeJ16ETxUY3WWjYN-7EvWY4sylI8-yrY-tXrkg8J5LLFdE2eIhRxrHFaZksKrQajySwizPL6l41UrhdCbJqhkhfXBMIgSv0_KTmxw0W6lQQfNLogv-xlZVkitWwhpL4O-R0o5K3L-7GmqZwihk=&amp;c=BvoRiVCyTPt5cb4BMa1vAUEBoxjec0QBn1H9C3RrjccmBPLNCgZYPg==&amp;ch=G8H9fDirdTAEG9jSu8pWrVztNfqCafFa5xryBmBmpHrHu2G5J7JgrQ==\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001-LSURUsGGQH9n1RhgvJrjenYyGd48vWHBywYRGBUmMjz-ew-i4NZjXy9dGeJ16ETxUY3WWjYN-7EvWY4sylI8-yrY-tXrkg8J5LLFdE2eIhRxrHFaZksKrQajySwizPL6l41UrhdCbJqhkhfXBMIgSv0_KTmxw0W6lQQfNLogv-xlZVkitWwhpL4O-R0o5K3L-7GmqZwihk%3D%26c%3DBvoRiVCyTPt5cb4BMa1vAUEBoxjec0QBn1H9C3RrjccmBPLNCgZYPg%3D%3D%26ch%3DG8H9fDirdTAEG9jSu8pWrVztNfqCafFa5xryBmBmpHrHu2G5J7JgrQ%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1602686921014000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHwY4H_qnM5iBP4JIpZDQq7D7efFA\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was talking to my good friend\u00a0Corde Wager\u00a0(ITIL\u00a04 Managing Professional\u00a0and all around good guy) today about how to explain the significance of the ITIL 4 Strategic Leader Program and he said: \u201cITIL V3 showed us how to manage processes. \u00a0\u00a0With the growth of digital technology throughout the corporation and the advent of ITIL 4, organizations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[312],"tags":[221,3,81,292,340,342,337,336,302,322,320,341,156,161,158,220],"class_list":["post-1796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-itil-4-2","tag-axelos","tag-gogotraining","tag-itil","tag-itil-4","tag-itil-4-digital-and-it-strategy","tag-itil-4-direct-plan-and-improve","tag-itil-4-dits","tag-itil-4-dpi","tag-itil-4-foundation","tag-itil-4-managing-professional-transition","tag-itil-4-mpt","tag-itil-4-strategic-leader","tag-itil-certification","tag-itil-training","tag-itil-v3","tag-peoplecert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1796"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1809,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions\/1809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}