Charles Araujo

Founder

Charles Araujo is a technology analyst and internationally recognized authority on the Digital Enterprise and Leadership in the Digital Era who advises technology companies and enterprise leaders on how to navigate the transition from the Industrial Age to the Digital Era. Having spent over thirty years in the technology industry, he has been researching Digital Transformation long before it became the uber-buzzword of today, and is now focused on helping Digital Era Leaders prepare themselves and their organizations as the macro trends of the primacy of the customer and the primacy of the algorithm collide, ushering us into what he calls The New Human Age.

Former Principal Analyst with Intellyx, founder of The Institute for Digital Transformation, author of three books, and most recently the co-founder (with his wife) of The MAPS Institute, he is a sought-after keynote speaker and has been quoted or published in CIO, Time, InformationWeek, CIO Insight, NetworkWorld, Computerworld, USA Today, and Forbes.

Charlie has published the following articles on our site:

An Important Lesson Most IT Leaders Have Forgotten

An Important Lesson Most IT Leaders Have Forgotten

To be a digital leader, you must be well versed in a wide range of constantly changing subject areas, which ... Read More
Three Reasons You're Probably Not Curious

Three Reasons You’re Probably Not Curious

Despite the cultural barriers that urge you to suppress it, curiosity may be one of the most important competencies that ... Read More
Great IT Leaders Must Be Great Connectors

Great IT Leaders Must Be Great Connectors

If you want to be a Digital Renaissance Man or Woman, you must be a world-class connector of people with ... Read More
Is IT Part of the Business or a Service Provider?

Is IT Part of the Business or a Service Provider?

I recently spent three days doing something pretty special.  As part of my role on the board of itSMF USA, I ... Read More
Three Words that Separate Success from Failure

Three Words that Separate Success from Failure

I am not a great runner. Sometimes you just have to face facts.  I run for my health, but that ... Read More
Why Talk Isn't Cheap

Why Talk Isn’t Cheap

I crossed the line today. I joined the National Speakers Association. I have decided that at least part of my ... Read More
Are You an IT Leader?

Are You an IT Leader?

In a few hours, I'll be leaving for Australia. I'm headed there to deliver the opening keynote at the LEADit ... Read More
Why We All Need a Change in Perspective

Why We All Need a Change in Perspective

A little more than a week ago, some colleagues and I were at Morristown Municipal Airport in New Jersey, about ... Read More
The One Thing That is Holding You Back

The One Thing That is Holding You Back

Are you living up to your full potential? I know that I don't think that I am. It's a constant ... Read More