Damani Short Named Entrepreneur of the Year: A Milestone for Lexico
We’re thrilled to share a proud moment for Lexico: our Founder and CEO, Damani Short, has been named Entrepreneur of the Year at the 4th Annual Technology Leaders Awards and …
Perspectives
Talent Transformation: Why Redefine Talent?
Why redefine talent? Damani Short breaks down the benefits: reduced risk, capability time and cost efficiency. Embracing a broader view enhances adaptability and enriches experiences for all team members. Explore …
Redefining Talent & Combating Workforce Challenges: Embracing all Contributors
In this week’s episode, Damani Short emphasizes the critical need to think more broadly than just purely badged employees when redefining talent. With widespread talent shortages and high turnover intentions, …
The Power of a Business Capability-Driven Approach to Talent Strategy
Damani Short delves into the power of focusing on business capabilities—ranging from market entry strategies and product development to customer relationship growth and back-office support. By mapping these capabilities, organizations …
Broadening the Talent Definition: Overcoming Challenges of Your Talent Development Strategy
Damani Short breaks down some of the challenges of broadening the talent definition, emphasizing the need for a deeper understanding and integration across all levels of an organization. At Lexico, …
Talent vs. Capabilities: What Truly Drives Organizational Success?
Damani Short delves into a pivotal question faced by organizations worldwide: Do businesses thrive on talent, or is it the capabilities that truly matter? What are business capabilities? Business capabilities …
Redefining Talent: Damani Short on Overcoming Organizational Design Challenges
While the industry buzzes about the challenges in attracting, developing, and retaining talent, Damani Short takes a step further to question the definition of talent and its role in enabling …
Transform Your Business with a Capability-Driven Talent Strategy
Your talent strategy isn’t just a component of your business – it’s the backbone of your success. It’s crucial to continuously invest in employee growth, align talent plans with your …
Rethinking the Rulebook with Integrative Thinking
By Cynthia Short Leaders, lean in. It’s time to challenge the gospel of business as usual. You’ve likely heard whispers of Integrative Thinking, a concept pioneered by Roger Martin, former Dean …
3 Ways to Prioritize The People Part of Transformation
By Cynthia Short A transformational change initiative is one of the most important things an organization can take on. It’s also one of the most difficult. It can involve widespread changes …
4 Step Value Realization Framework Strategy For Successful Business Transformation
Roughly 70 percent of transformations fail, leaving the value of the transformation unrealized and potentially putting the organization at risk. There is a tool that can be employed by leadership to manage and drive better outcomes, sustainably.
Human-Centered Design Principles Can Play a Key Role in Transformation
By Cynthia Short What is Human-Centered Design? Human-centered design is very often narrowly thought of as being applied to a product, visual, or interface design work. But human-centered design is an …
Staying Focused on Important Business Fundamentals
By Damani Short Focus on Fundamentals of Business At the start of 2022, many business leaders find themselves staring down the barrel of change. They’re dealing with challenges related to inflation, …
4 Reasons Why Team Mindset is Important for Transformation
The success of any transformation comes down to execution, which is driven by teams. And the most successful transformations are executed by teams with the appropriate mindset, one that is agile and growth-oriented.
The Data-Driven Organization: Design, Characteristics and Decision-Making
In our video series on data-driven organizations, Cynthia Short and Dan Mishich discuss how being data-driven translates to the everyday actions of an organizations, and the outcomes it delivers. They also cover data democratization and the importance of empowering teams with access to data.
The Data-Driven Organization: Defining Data-Driven
Our new video series on data-driven organizations starts by discussing the huge push for businesses to be more data-driven. You hear the phrase “data-driven” everywhere, but with most organizations, it is not a buzzword – it’s a business imperative. So where do you start? Cynthia Short and Dan Mishich share their perspectives.
3 Common Transformation Pitfalls
By Damani Short I’ve had the opportunity to lead business transformations for companies like Newell Rubbermaid, United States Olympic Committee, Johnson Controls, and Shutterfly throughout my career. And through Lexico, a …
The “What” of Business Remains as the “How” of Business Shifts
In a time of constant and unprecedented change, a return to fundamentals can guide you to successfully manage and conduct business.
The 4 Tiers of Digital Transformation
By Damani Short What is Digital Transformation? Digital transformation is the process of using technology to create better customer experiences and more effective business operations. It’s not just about the latest …
3 Ways to Bridge the Gaps Between Technology and The Change Management Process
To reverse the failure rate of technology initiatives, it’s important to plan for the change that spans people, process and technology.
The Mindset of Leaders is Key to Transformation Success
While there are many bright shiny objects of technology that get all the attention, mindset is a critical element to successful transformation work. Without it, no amount of technology can successfully transform the organization.
Maximize Technology Investment with Capability Based Framework
Organizations can take a different approach to modeling to make more informed decisions, resulting in clearer prioritization, smarter decision making and achievement of key performance indicators.
Digital Investment Trends Confirm Importance of Business-Centered Technology
Despite the detrimental economic effects of the pandemic, technology investment is holding steady and even increasing, according to recent studies of C-suite leaders on digital transformation.
3 Key Questions for Leaders to Deliver a Higher Return on Technology Investment
To prove the ROI of technology, leaders need to ask themselves three key questions to make the shift to a business-centered technology approach that will deliver a higher return on investment.
The Secret to a Successful Transformation: Leadership Communication
Lexico’s Transformation video series not only defines what transformation is, but acts as a guide to help business leaders design the required cultural shift to enable and avoid common pitfalls along the way.
3 Ways to Improve Customer Experience & Build Your Business
There are three main considerations to ensure our customer experience work is contributing positively to our business, and not becoming a liability in these times of change.
Blind Spots in Business: What they are and how to overcome them
Blind spots can have serious impacts on business growth. Their hidden nature makes them hard to see, and even harder to remove. What’s more, very few blind spots are one-dimensional. …
Go Beyond Technology For Digital Transformation Best Practices
By Cynthia Short Why Digital Transformation? I often get asked why we focus on transformation work, specifically at Lexico. Digital transformation can not only improve cost savings and efficiency, but also …
5 Steps to Maximize Your Technology Investment
Reflecting on the recent budgeting process, the specter of the pandemic loomed largely, adding yet another layer of uncertainty for executives to manage. A new approach to budget planning can be used to continuously evolve plans, no matter what happens in the year ahead.
Accelerated Digital Transformation Requires a Business-Centered Technology Approach
The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation, according to recent studies of C-suite leaders. But leaders need to take a business-centered technology approach to ensure their faster transformation train doesn’t go off the rails, and instead delivers strong returns for the business.
Why Business-Centered Technology is an Imperative for CIOs
Lexico CEO Damani Short discusses the importance of IT-business alignment and collaboration in delivering business-centered technology solutions.
Businesses Can Thrive, Not Just Survive, In COVID-19
Virtual work can deliver better outcomes to keep business moving forward.
Lexico Welcomes Randy Melvin
Lexico is excited to welcome Randy Melvin, our new Head of Talent.
Lexico Welcomes Jon Elordi
Lexico is excited to welcome Jon Elordi, our new VP of Growth Development.
Business-Centered Technology Approach Fosters Resilience in Business
Organizations that embrace a business-centered technology approach are proven to be more resilient and as a result, more competitive, which is especially important when in the midst of adversity.