Strategic Initiatives has been a thought leader for over a decade in the use of technology as an instrument of transformation.  Over the past three years, our thought leadership in this area has focused on three elements:

• leveraging technology to enhance performance and reduce costs
• articulating “value” the focus of institutional strategy, and
• utilizing “value on investment” as a metric for assessing enterprise’s deployment and leveraging of  technology.

Our thought leadership is reflected in four publications/white papers:

• “Leveraging Technology: Enhancing Performance and Reducing Cost”
• “Focusing on Value”
• “The Business Value Web”
• “Value on Investment in Higher Education”

Our thought leaders on the Use of Technology as an Instrument of Transformation include Donald Norris, Jon Mason, Paul Lefrere, Samuel Kirkpatrick, William Redeen, Chuck Thomas, Mark Olson, Pat McElroy, Joan Leonard, and Jay Cross.

The following publications demonstrate our thought leadership on Technology as an Instrument of Transformation:

Donald M. Norris, “Leveraging Technology: Enhancing Performance and Reducing Cost,” White Paper, 2006
Donald M. Norris and Anna Caraveli, “Focusing on Value,” White Paper, 2005
Donald M. Norris, “Value on Investment: A Benchmark for Technology in Higher Education,”
SCT Conference, 2003.
Donald M. Norris, “Redirecting Initiatives to Focus on Value,” WCET Conference, November 2003.
Donald M. Norris and Mark Olson, The Business Value Web, NACUBO, 2003.
Donald M. Norris, "Value on Investment in Higher Education,” ECAR Research Bulletin, September 2, 2003.
Donald M. Norris and Anne K. Keehn, “A Punch List for Using IT Planning to Build Value,”
SCT Conference, 2003.
Donald M. Norris and Mark A. Olson, “Rethinking Resourcing.” NACUBO Business Officer, September 2003.
Donald M. Norris, “Tough Times, Big Choices: Getting Value Out of Technology.” White Paper, 2003.
Donald M. Norris, “Value on Investment: A Benchmark for Technology in Higher Education,”
SCT Conference, 2003.
Donald M. Norris, “Redirecting Initiatives to Focus on Value,” WCET Conference, November 2003.
Donald M. Norris and Mark A. Olson, “Rethinking Resourcing,” NACUBO Business Officer, September 2003.
Donald M. Norris, “Expeditions in E-Business for Associations,” 2001 Edition, Association Trends, 2001.
Donald M. Norris, “Expeditions in E-Business for Associations,” 2000 Edition, Association Trends, 2000.
Donald M. Norris and Mark Olson, “E-Business in Education: What You Need to Know,” NACUBO, 1999.
Donald M. Norris, “What Every Board Needs to Know About E-Business,” 2000.
Donald M. Norris, “E-Procurement in Higher Education,” NAEB, 2001.