John Thorp

John Thorp is an internationally recognized thought leader in the field of value and benefits management. With over 50 years’ experience in the information management field, a frequent speaker, and author of The Information Paradox, John’s passion revolves around helping individuals, organizations and society realize value from information technology-enabled change. In today’s age of digital exploration, realizing this value requires going beyond frameworks and methodologies – it will require a fundamental mindset shift around organizational leadership and governance. John led the development of ISACA’s Val IT™ Enterprise Value Framework, is a member of ISO’s subcommittee on IT Service Management and IT Governance, the Board of APM’s Benefits Management SIG, a Fellow of the Innovation Value Institute (IVI), and a member of IVI’s Business Value Management (BVM) workgroup.

John has published the following articles on our site:

Digital Transformation – Breaking Free of the Industrial Age Straitjacket

A search for Digital Transformation on Google finds ~500,000,000 results, which is likely close to ~500,000,000 more than would have ... Read More

Fear, Frustration and Hope in a Covid-19 Threatened Digital World

We live in unprecedented times. With Covid19, we are in a global war with an invisible enemy – a war ... Read More

Beating the Odds at the Digital Casino

We are living today in the middle of a “perfect storm” of technological change. The pace and reach of technological ... Read More

The Dark Side of Digital

Four years ago, I wrote a post reflecting on my 50 years in IT, and the pursuit of value from ... Read More

Why Digital Leadership Must Be Much More than IT Leadership

Editors Note: This piece by Institute Fellow, John Thorp, was originally published on his personal website at www.thorpnet.com. While we generally ... Read More