By Joe McKendrick
Jason Bloomberg also picked up on this theme, urging EAs to take the lead as change agents within their enterprises. The outcome of change, of course, is greater and more responsive digitization. While EAs have long seen themselves in this role, the specter of digital disruption adds an incredible urgency to this role. “The EA should play a central role in this pursuit of greater business agility, as there are many different types of change that require different approaches. Taking a difficult, multifaceted problem and breaking it up into its core pieces in order to apply appropriate solutions, after all, is a core strength of the EA.”
The gist of Ross’ and Bloomberg’s statements: enterprises feel threatened as they never have been before in this digital economy, and are hungering for leaders to step up and show them how they can leverage all the technology around them. This is a natural role for EAs.
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