How can IT and business leaders innovate better together?

6 ways financial services leaders can enable innovation

A simple question, complex answers, and small changes

In the mid-2000's, industries changed and leaders never saw it coming. Their confidence became their greatest weakness, which limited their innovation. The focus on digital in financial services offers a similar opportunity for disruption, but business leaders can help via collaborating and empowering their teams.

The question was this: “What advice would you give to business leaders in working with their technical leaders?”

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Here's what they had to say:

Stop talking about what you need the system to do
Change your perception of IT's role
Be IT's true partner
Provide help by clearing roadblocks
Understand tech basics
Include IT from the start

Are you putting these all into practice? If not, consider these tips:

Collect feedback: Challenge the team to give feedback. It works.
Reach out to your technical teams directly: Listen and learn.
Celebrate the wins: big and small

Which are you willing to try to lead innovation?

Collect feedback in a truly open way
Reach out to technical teams directly and listen
Celebrate wins more formally