Organization

David Ariens
Apr 20, 2024
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Bringing IT and OT together requires to cultivate a culture which fosters cooperation and maybe - in the end - a form of convergence. These are our most interesting articles on how to organize your digital transformation teams for success and how to make sure your own organization supports you in these steps.

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IT/OT cooperation models

Willem van Lammeren and David Ariens
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September 18, 2023
IT/OT cooperation models

The day OT systems got connected to IT systems, cooperation was needed. But what is cooperation? How do you describe it? Enter Team Topologies, a way to think and talk about teams and how they interact. So let’s see what happens when we apply these concepts when it comes to the infamous IT/OT convergence… meet our IT/OT cooperation patterns!

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IT/OT Cooperation Models: A Field Guide (Part 1)

David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren
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December 20, 2023
IT/OT Cooperation Models: A Field Guide (Part 1)

After publishing our IT/OT Cooperation Models article, we had no clue it would become so immensely popular. But the article doesn't help you when you want to move to a better cooperation model. Discover our 2 anti-patterns: IT/OT Convergence as a top-down decision by management and IT/OT Convergence is about making OT become more like IT (or vice versa)

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IT/OT Cooperation Models: A Field Guide (Part 2)

David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren
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Jan 9
IT/OT Cooperation Models: A Field Guide (Part 2)

In Part 2 we move from anti-patterns to patterns. Pattern 1: Real IT/OT Convergence is Expanding the Common Ground, both technically and organizationally and Pattern 2: Forget Convergence, start with Cooperation.

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Why your Why matters

David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren
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Feb 28
Why your Why matters

You don’t digitalize for the sake of digitalization. You do so because your business has certain problems you need to solve. In this article we sort out the different Why’s.

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The IT/OT Book Library: what should I read?

David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren
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November 7, 2023
The IT/OT Book Library: what should I read?

First things first, there are no books around IT/OT convergence (or we haven’t stumbled across them yet…) Surely, there are some books about “Industry 4.0” (and even about the hyped “Industry 5.0” buzzword), but they are (1) either sponsored by some organization trying to lure you into buying their miracle product or (2) too (or only) technology focused…

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