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The Individual Enterprise
How mobility redefines business IBM Institute for Business Value
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Executive summary
Just as the Internet did before, mobile networks—and the devices that exploit them—are
radically changing the way we interact with the world. Everything, from how we transact
with merchants, to how we educate our students, to how we entertain ourselves, is moving to
mobile platforms with stunning speed. And just as with the Internet before, many businesses
are profoundly underestimating the full and lasting impact of this still nascent revolution.
We see the evidence of the mobile transformation all around us. Approximately ten times more
smartphones and tablets are sold every day than babies are born.5
The average person
checks their smartphone 150 times a day, or nearly once every six minutes.6
And the market
for wearable devices is projected to grow at least fivefold over the next four years.7
These mobile devices not only play an important role in our collective consumption of
information, they also generate a growing proportion of new information. There are more than
2.5 quintillion bytes of data created each day, including countless uploads of video, images,
geo-positioning information and daily updates to social media that increasingly originate from
mobile devices, growing mobile data traffic some 80 percent per year.8
Many businesses are
already using sophisticated data analytics to distill insights and context from this increasing
volume of digital information. Those insights are informing our understanding of the world
around us, and change how people, businesses and governments interact.
There will be
over 200 billion
connected devices1
By 2020
There will be over
12 billion machine-
to-machine devices2
Machine-generated
data will be 42% of
all data3
There will be 4x more digital
data than all the grains of
sand on earth4
Figure 1
The mobile transformation is all around us
1
But while businesses have been quick to adopt analytics as a competitive differentiator, and
are eager to embrace mobile, they have struggled with its full implications. Many of those who
have developed strategies for mobile haven’t yet moved beyond the first wave—using mobile
as a new channel through which they can transact with customers, or as an enterprise
communications tool, for example. Others don’t formally support mobile devices at all.
We believe the time has come for organizations of all sizes, in all industries, to look beyond
consumer applications and consider the full transformational potential of mobile inside the
enterprise. By combining the power of analytics with the ubiquity of mobile, organizations have
the opportunity to serve up rich data on location, within the proper context, based on user
preferences and behaviors. These “mobility” solutions will increasingly serve as a cognitive
extension, empowering employees and organizations to quickly acquire new skills, work more
and better together and improve decisions. Information platforms, tailored to each employee’s
specific needs, can dynamically reconfigure workflows to get the right information (and only the
right information) to the right people, at the right time, in the right place.
We call this the Individual Enterprise. It is enabled by mobile devices that are powered by
analytics, made manifest by a new breed of empowered employees. And we believe
organizations that architect their business and information systems with this model in mind
will unleash the full potential of their employees, evolve their business models, or even create
totally new ones, and thus realize the full transformational benefits of mobility. And all this
leads to ever more engaged and even excited end customers that get precisely what they
need, when and where they need it, at lower cost.
2	 The Individual Enterprise
The double revolution
That mobile has affected every aspect of our lives, personal and professional, is not in dispute.
Already there have been many innovative applications of the technology: GPS devices that
monitor driving habits and offer safe-driver insurance discounts; mobile payment systems in
Africa; location-based taxi-hailing apps in cities. These are just a few of the capabilities made
possible by the unique attributes of mobile devices: portable, connected, personal and
intelligent. Indeed, the customer experience will never be the same.
The business world is well aware of this shift. In the most recent IBM C-suite Study, 84 percent
of CIOs rated mobile solutions as a critical investment to get closer to customers,9
while
94 percent of CMOs ranked mobile apps as crucial to their digital marketing plans.10
Yet most
of the mobile applications they’re considering are customer facing, and that’s only half of
the equation.
For years, big data and analytics have been changing the way people work together, surfacing
previously unseen insights, enabling employees to make better decisions, and improving
everything from customer insight to operational efficiency. During this time, companies have
moved from maintaining “systems of record” (which store and organize highly structured
information in large and complex, mostly centralized computer systems) to “systems of
engagement” (which allow a wider set of users to retrieve and contribute to both structured
and unstructured data) to “systems of insight” (which make rapid, intelligent and predictive
sense of all of this disparate data).
Figure 2
Examples of mobility impacting how organizations conduct business
Mobility
Customer
Management
Marketing
and Sales
Research 
Development
Supply
Chain
Talent
Management
Finance
Management
Context-driven
interactions
Location-based
marketing
Mobile
tracking
Borderless
workforce
Instant
expensing
Augmented
reality
3
The potential for mobile to change the way we work is apparent. But its full value is only
unlocked with analytics. Together, they will completely redefine the way we work.
Mobile technology’s precise location and contextual information is the ideal filtering
mechanism for insights mined from sophisticated data analytics. By delivering these insights
to employees at the point of engagement—whether that engagement is with customers,
business partners or colleagues—the barriers between employees and the information
they need are removed.
Figure 3
The double revolution of mobile and analytics sparks the Individual Enterprise
Mobile
Tablets, phones,
and wearables
Individual
Enterprise
• Integrated ecosystems
• Insight at the point
of engagement
• Contextual actions in
the moment
Situational
Enterprise
• Networked organizations
• Dynamic processes
• Responsive individuals
Insightful
Enterprise
• Intelligent organizations
• Automated processes
• Empowered individuals
Functional
Enterprise
• Efficient organizations
• Streamlined processes
• Focused individuals
Analytics
Desktops and
laptops
Mainframes
and minis
Systems of
record
Systems of
engagement
Systems of
insight
4	 The Individual Enterprise
Defining the Individual Enterprise
The concept of the Individual Enterprise can feel futuristic and abstract. But the technology
and capabilities are already available. And the power lies simply in what information is
delivered to whom, when and where. The proper application of mobile and analytics can
substantially compress the time between identifying situations and taking action on them,
radically boosting productivity and allowing the fundamental redesign of workflows. And it
can improve the quality of decisions, small and large, inside and beyond the enterprise.
For example, in just the last few years, carmakers have greatly expanded their business
partner ecosystem, adding satellite service providers, GPS-based traffic services, mobile
device manufacturers, and concierge services. All of these new partners must seamlessly
interact, sending and receiving location-based, context-aware information to each other and
to the end user. Mobility is the primary force behind this change, pushing organizations
toward economic integration and new business value.
This same dynamic can occur within the enterprise. Linear business processes will evolve
into apps, organized around specific tasks and constantly combining the latest information
from multiple sources. Employees will no longer be limited by rigid processes or incomplete
knowledge, or by their skills, location or circumstances. Instead, dynamically configurable
platforms and apps will untether employees, allocating organizational expertise precisely
where and when needed, and serving as cognitive extensions to help employees make faster,
better-informed decisions.
Winning the in-store information race
Mobility equips in-store sales personnel with the
analytical power and tools they need to stay ahead
of price-comparison shoppers. Access to things
like product pricing comparisons and inventory
location, coupled with the data and autonomy to
make real-time decisions and offers, gives sales
personnel the tools they need to redress declining
in-store sales. Equipped with as-good-as or even
better information than customers obtain online,
store staff can deliver the true advantages of
traditional retail: personal interaction and advice,
the ability to “touch and test,” and rapid delivery at
competitive prices.
5
To be considered truly individual, an enterprise should exhibit four characteristics:
Create new business value
The faster response times enabled by mobility make the Individual Enterprise significantly more
nimble than its predecessor. Both individuals and the enterprise can do more with less by
increasing people efficiency and reducing process waste. Time-optimized decision-making
improves outcomes—for example, last-second pricing decisions optimize margins.
These productivity gains are amplified by mobility’s ability to spread critical capabilities and
expertise when and where it’s needed, maximizing these enterprise assets and helping identify
capability gaps. And as it has with most consumer-facing businesses, mobility enables
completely new business models via greater transparency and dynamism, while accelerating
both evolutionary and revolutionary innovations.
Powered by analytics
• Mobility amplifies analytics value through
real-time situational understanding
• Mobile analytics brings intelligence to
action in the moment
• Mobile analytics accelerates the return
on investment of information
Create new business value
• Mobility compresses time between
identifying situations and taking action
• Mobility drives a step change in
productivity growth
• Mobility allows fundamental redesign
of the enterprise
Designed first for mobile
• Mobility redefines operating models
• Mobility is the foundation of new
models of engagement
• Mobility shifts design to optimize for
the end user
Unleash empowered employees
• Mobility dynamically reconfigures
workflow around every individual
• Mobility stimulates skill acquisition and
sharpens career focus
• Mobility empowers individuals to create
their own work experience
1 2
4 3
Figure 4
Characteristics of the Individual Enterprise
6	 The Individual Enterprise
Powered by analytics
The value of analytics is amplified by mobile, not only by providing more precise information
about time and place, but through its ability to break down large decisions into a series of
smaller ones that can more accurately hone in on desired results. More precise inputs also
boost confidence in the quality of analytic insight. And in-the-moment analytical intelligence
creates real-time situational understanding that can improve responsiveness. In the end,
every step—from product and service creation through to every customer touch point—can
take advantage of advanced analytical capabilities. Simply put, mobile analytics can
accelerate the return on information investment.
Designed first for mobile
Mobility redefines possible operating and engagement models, shifting the design of
enterprise systems to focus on the experience of the end user. Building apps with time,
location, speed, temperature and ever more situational dimensions embedded and across
the most appropriate form factors (smartphone, tablets and wearables) makes possible an
anywhere-anytime environment. And all that with highly intuitive visual interfaces. Mobility
should not be an afterthought but the starting point.
Unleash empowered employees
The Individual Enterprise evolves from managing employees to optimizing ecosystems; from
assigning “a person for the process” to creating “a process for the person.” By dynamically
reconfiguring workflows around the individual, mobile combined with analytics can empower
employees to make better, context-rich decisions based on situational awareness. Immersive
augmented learning-on-demand and virtually unlimited opportunity to collaborate can
diversify and expand the skill sets of every employee. With the flexibility to create their own
work experiences, employees are free to find better ways of getting things done across
the ecosystem.
Passenger assistant—in the air
Mobility will deepen relationships between
passengers and airlines as flight attendants are
enabled to provide a full range of services in-flight.
Device-equipped flight attendants will offer real-
time information and calibration of customer travel
schedules, including re-booking flights mid-air.
Flight issues will be resolved when and where they
occur. Flight attendants will have real-time access
to scheduling and employee tools, improving their
personal efficiency. Mobility can reduce traveler
anxiety and improve passenger loyalty.
7
The five Individual Enterprise building blocks
Building the truly Individual Enterprise starts with leaders defining the mobility transformation
journey and championing a call to action. Using customer insights, leaders must envision the
change from the outside in, mapping the perspective of the individual customer to the
perspective of the individual employee.
Changes as profound as those we envision require a rock-solid foundation. The fundamental
building blocks of the Individual Enterprise include:
Security
Secure systems deliver the trust and confidence necessary for the enterprise and individuals
to embrace mobility.
Connectivity
“Always-on” mobile networks facilitate a continuum of information and services throughout
the enterprise.
Resiliency
Persistent availability of connections, data and services are essential to business continuity.
Orchestration
Processes and enterprises become configurable around workflows and situations in
real time.
Insights and learning
Mobility generates insights in the moment that responsively adapt to circumstances.
Figure 5
The fundamental building blocks of the Individual
Enterprise
Insights
Connectivity
Orchestration
Resiliency
Security
8	 The Individual Enterprise
Security
Even a casual glance at today’s business headlines underscores the essential role of data
security. High-profile security breaches have cost organizations billions of dollars, countless
customers, trusted reputations and even the jobs of top executives. As mobility accelerates
the flow of enterprise data, the imperative to secure that data grows exponentially more
critical.
The Individual Enterprise proactively monitors, controls and protects enterprise data from end
to end—even as the endpoints are in perpetual motion. Security controls not only enhance
the reliability and availability of vital information, they help protect the chain of relationships
throughout the ecosystems that share that data. It enables employees, partners, customers
and other stakeholders to access mission critical applications and data irrespective of
location or device.
Securing the Individual Enterprise will be no small challenge. Organizations must employ
centralized management of device security, while many will have to cope with the fragmented
device platforms driven by the increasingly popular bring your own device (BYOD)
phenomenon. Provisioning, supporting, monitoring and securing multiple platforms
with comprehensive compliance, management policies and processes is vital.
Bringing financial advice to where it’s
needed
Mobility-enabled financial advisors will break down
physical barriers to connect with customers where
and when they want. Using mobile devices
enabled with big data, cognitive analytics and
recommendations, financial advisors will redefine
their role from technical analysis, to partnership
and collaboration. “Trusted advisors” will become
commonplace, driving increased customer
satisfaction. Advisor quality will improve as
technology equips advisors with leading edge
skills and capabilities.
9
Connectivity
Making enterprise assets accessible continuously across time and place will be the hallmark
of organizations of tomorrow. It requires seamless integration of information across enterprise
systems and platforms, as well as the ability to collect and coordinate data, and share it across
devices. Ubiquitous public and private wireless networks are essential. So too, will be
emerging technologies like near field communication, a radio standard that allows data
transfer so items don’t need an IP address to be connected and share data.
The inevitability of widespread mobile connections is evident in the explosive growth of the
Internet of Things, projected to reach 30 billion by 2020.11
According to one study, between
2013 and 2022, an estimated US$14.4 trillion of value (the combined impact of higher
revenues and lower costs) will be attributable to people, processes, data and things.12
Such
connectivity will allow immediate access to enterprise data, enabling collaboration, emergent
coordination and unprecedented levels of group behavior and synchronization. It will also
provide on-demand access to systems of record, faster response times and better asset
optimization.
Though the Internet of Things is here today, connecting more than 10 billion devices, limitless
connectivity is not without challenges. Platform complexities must be overcome and flexible
architectures that can easily incorporate changing components must be implemented.
Developing the necessary scalability and robustness of mobile networks is also crucial.
10	 The Individual Enterprise
Resiliency
Above all, network redundancy and resiliency is paramount. Reliability and availability of resources
must be uninterrupted regardless of challenges to devices or system failures. Just as they must
remain secure, data and applications need to remain available and functioning at the point of
engagement.
Enterprises should provide multiple touch points building system-wide redundancy using loosely
connected components and also implement elasticity in their network designs. They must design
for possible failures, with adequate disaster recovery and contingency plans, aligning policies to
business values and needs.
Orchestration
Mobility can be deployed to automate the arrangement, coordination and management
of complex workflows. By comprehending current situations and providing responsive solutions,
such implicitly intelligent systems will empower employees and help organizations do more with
less. Componentization of workflows creates efficiencies and enables both organizations and
individuals to quickly combine and recombine different applications, rapidly identifying and
implementing specific solutions based on current circumstances.
Insights and learning
If mobile enables the Individual Enterprise, advanced analytics powers it. The new breed of apps
that ingests, analyzes and manages location-based, context-rich data—both structured and
unstructured and fed by ever more precise and rich device features—can produce actionable
insights and better informed decisions. And these apps will grow more productive and powerful
with use over time. Continuous iterative exploration and investigation of data and transactions will
sharpen the organizational intelligence “baked into” these apps. Like the human brain, such
intelligence can grow more responsive and learn on the fly, ultimately enabling predictive and
prescriptive recommendations that further inform decision making.
Making complex simple for telco field
engineers
Mobile devices powered by analytics provide a
collaboration platform and sales support tool for
telecommunications field engineers, who can
establish real-time collaborations to solve complex
problems on location. With access to instantly
available expertise, repair and service times are
compressed while efficiencies expand. Scheduling
and other functions will allow for flexible rerouting
to address urgencies or fill open time slots.
Increased customer face-time can be used to
provide analytics-enabled suggestions and
recommendations for additional services.
11
Activating the Individual Enterprise
By definition, the Individual Enterprise will be highly customized. In the emerging era of
pervasive mobility and advanced analytics, no two organizations will look alike. Yet some of
the steps needed to achieve the vision are common across organizations and even industries.
And as with the Internet, first-mover advantage will deliver the lion’s share of the lasting
transformative value.
Innovators and
Early adopters
17%
Early majority
33%
Late majority
34%
Laggards
16%
zly
Technology
Figure 6 (illustrative)
Leaders will extract most of the value while laggards face possible value destruction
Value
acquisition
curve
Technology
adoption
curve
12	 The Individual Enterprise
We see a clear five-step progression toward the Individual Enterprise, comprising these
key steps:
1. Depict employee/user experiences via persona journey maps. Develop day-in-the-life
storylines based on a deep understanding of user needs, then share demos, templates and
functional information about the app(s).
2. Pilot test apps, and quantify costs and benefits. First identify mobile apps aligned with
organizational needs, then run pilot activities that provide hands-on experience and allow for
performance evaluation.
3. Build capabilities to realize the Individual Enterprise. Architect the strategy and develop
the technical transformation roadmap, then leverage the enterprise software and application
programming interface (API) catalog and development environment.
4. Leverage existing apps and solutions. Identify opportunities to use existing third-party
solutions and apps to enable faster time-to-market and reduce development costs. Leverage
and build upon existing apps using standard developer kits, while developing an app
marketplace and sourcing strategy.
5.	Promote the value and scale of the benefits. The toughest challenge for internal
proponents of the Individual Enterprise may be selling the sometimes intangible benefits of
tighter collaboration and data-driven decision making. Yet organizations must integrate
mobility as the primary mode of interaction within the enterprise and among partners in their
ecosystem. Establishing new ways of working and aligning organizational policies and
governance with the new mobility reality will be vital. So too, will be defining performance
parameters and success criteria, and doing cost-benefit analysis as the mobility strategy
continues to evolve.
Social service experts solve urgent issues
on the fly
Mobility can deliver the dual benefits of substantially
increased productivity and dramatically improved
client outcomes in social services. By enabling
real-time access to case records, recommended
actions, changing case priorities, resources and
experts, mobile enablement of social service case-
workers redresses institutionalized pain-points, and
promotes better, faster decisions. Mobility enables
real-time collaboration and informed decision-
making, mitigating cross-agency coordination
challenges. Clients experience improved outcomes
while an area that has typically been held back by
scarce resources can cover an increased range of
those in need.
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Mobility makes us smarter, more productive
and faster
Mobile and analytics. Two coinciding phenomena that together will change the way business
gets done, putting real-time contextual information at employees’ fingertips and providing
predictive recommendations and insights to improve decision making. They will give people
access to collaboration opportunities when and where they need them and amplify
organizational expertise. Thus, employees will be better able to leverage the knowledge
of the entire enterprise, make better use of time and assets, and drive results faster.
In the end, this allows organizations to discover, define and refine new and emerging customer
wants and needs, and create truly unique, exciting experiences.
To learn more about this IBM Institute for Business Value study, please contact us at
iibv@us.ibm.com. For a full catalog of our research, visit ibm.com/iibv
14	 The Individual Enterprise
About the authors
Fred Balboni is the Global Managing Partner of Strategy and Analytics within IBM Global
Business Services. He integrates IBM management consulting with expertise in vertical
industries, big data, analytics, mathematical sciences and information management to help
clients create sustainable advantage by identifying, predicting and taking action on business
insights. He was recognized for his leadership in big data and analytics by Consulting
Magazine, which named him among the Top 25 Consultants of 2011. Fred can be reached
at fbalboni@us.ibm.com.
Saul J. Berman, Ph.D. is Partner and Vice President, Chief Strategist in IBM Global Business
Services. He works closely with major corporations around the globe on strategic business
issues. He has more than 25 years of consulting experience advising senior management of
large corporate and start-up organizations and was named as one of the Top 25 Consultants
of 2005 by Consulting Magazine. Saul has authored numerous books and publications,
including   Not For Free: Revenue Strategies for a New World. He can be reached at
saul.berman@us.ibm.com.
Peter J. Korsten is Partner and Vice President, Global Leader Thought Leadership and
Eminence in IBM Global Business Services (GBS). He leads the IBM Institute for Business
Value, IBM benchmarking consulting activities and the GBS global eminence program. He is
a recognized expert in contemporary strategy and top management performance and
leads the IBM C-suite Study series, in which over 4,000 board members participate. In 2008,
Consulting Magazine selected him as one of their Top 25 Consultants. Peter can be reached
at peter.korsten@nl.ibm.com.
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About the study leader
Anthony Marshall is the Strategy and Analytics Leader in the IBM Institute for Business Value.
Anthony has 20 years experience in consulting and analysis, working with numerous Global
1200 companies. He led a wide range of client engagements in the IBM Strategy and
Innovation Financial Services Practice, and has deep public sector experience, particularly in
privatization and deregulation. Anthony has lectured in economics at Barnard College in
New York City and Universities in Australia. He can be reached at anthony2@us.ibm.com.
Contributors
Kevin Custis, David Lubowe and Katharyn White.
Acknowledgements
We would like to also thank Sachi Desai, Rachna Handa, Christine Kinser, Kristin Meadows,
Aniruddha Ray and Rajrohit Teer.
Notes and sources
1 	 EMC Digital Universe (with Research  Analysis by IDC). “The Digital Universe of Opportunities: Rich Data
and the Increasing Value of the Internet of Things.” April 2014. http://www.emc.com/leadership/digital-
universe/2014iview/internet-of-things.htm
2 	 Machina Research. “Machine-to-Machine connections to hit 12 billion in 2020, generating EUR714 billion
revenue.” Media Release. October 10, 2011. https://machinaresearch.com/static/media/uploads/machina_
research_press_release_m2m_global_forecast_analysis_2010_20.pdf
3 	 EMC Digital Universe 2010-2020 (with Research  Analysis by IDC). “The Digital Universe in 2020, Big,
Bigger, Biggest.” December 2012. http://www.emc.com/infographics/digital-universe-consumer-
infographic.htm
4 	 Phillips, Judah. Building a Digital Analytics Organization: Create Value by Integrating Analytical Processes,
Technology, and People into Business Operations. FT Press Analytics. August 2013.
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5 	 Approximately 130,000,000 babies born each year. http://www.unicef.org/immunization/index_25339.html;
Approximately 1 billion smartphones shipped in 2013. http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-
business/1-billion-smartphones-shipped-in-2013/d/d-id/1113603; Approximately 195 million tablets shipped
in 2013. http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/03/gartner-195m-tablets-sold-in-2013-android-grabs-top-spot-
from-ipad-with-62-share/; For the U.S., approximately 4 million babies born each year. http://www.cdc.gov/
nchs/births.htm; For the U.S., approximately 120 million smartphones sold in 2013. http://appleinsider.com/
articles/14/02/20/apples-iphone-led-2013-us-consumer-smartphone-sales-with-45-share---npd; For the
U.S., approximately 70 million tablets sold in 2013. http://tabtimes.com/resources/the-state-of-the-
tablet-market
6	 Ahonen, Tomi. “The Annual Mobile Industry Numbers and Stats Blog—Yep, this year we will hit the Mobile
Moment.” Communities Dominate Brands: Business and Marketing Challenges of the 21st Century blog of
the book. March 6, 2013. http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2013/03/the-annual-mobile-
industry-numbers-and-stats-blog-yep-this-year-we-will-hit-the-mobile-moment.html. Accessed on August
13, 2014.
7 	 “Worldwide Wearable Computing Market Gains Momentum with Shipments Reaching 19.2 Million in 2014
and Climbing to Nearly 112 Million in 2018, Says IDC.” IDC. April 10, 2014. http://www.idc.com/getdoc.
jsp?containerId=prUS24794914. Accessed August 13, 2014.
8 	 Meeker, Mary. “Internet Trends 2014 - Code Conference.” Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield, Byers (KPCB). May 28,
2014. http://www.kpcb.com/internet-trends. Accessed August 13, 2014.
9 	 IBM Institute for Business Value. “Moving from the back office to the front lines: CIO Insights from the Global
C-Suite Study.” November 2013. http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/en/c-suite/csuitestudy2013/
10 	IBM Institute for Business Value. “Stepping up to the challenge: CMO Insights.” March 2014. http://www-
935.ibm.com/services/us/en/c-suite/csuitestudy2013/
11	 EMC Digital Universe (with Research  Analysis by IDC). “The Digital Universe of Opportunities: Rich Data
and the Increasing Value of the Internet of Things.” April 2014. http://www.emc.com/leadership/digital-
universe/2014iview/internet-of-things.htm
12 	Barbier, Joel, Joseph Bradley and Doug Handler. “Embracing the Internet of Everything To Capture Your
Share of $14.4 Trillion.” Cisco. 2013. http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/innov/IoE_Economy.pdf
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The Individual Enterprise

  • 1. IBM Institute for Business ValueIBM Institute for Business Value The Individual Enterprise How mobility redefines business IBM Institute for Business Value
  • 2. The right partner for a changing world At IBM, we collaborate with our clients, bringing together business insight, advanced research and technology to give them a distinct advantage in today’s rapidly changing environment. IBM Institute for Business Value The IBM Institute for Business Value, part of IBM Global Business Services, develops fact-based strategic insights for senior business executives around critical public and private sector issues. Executive Report Strategy and Analytics
  • 3. Executive summary Just as the Internet did before, mobile networks—and the devices that exploit them—are radically changing the way we interact with the world. Everything, from how we transact with merchants, to how we educate our students, to how we entertain ourselves, is moving to mobile platforms with stunning speed. And just as with the Internet before, many businesses are profoundly underestimating the full and lasting impact of this still nascent revolution. We see the evidence of the mobile transformation all around us. Approximately ten times more smartphones and tablets are sold every day than babies are born.5 The average person checks their smartphone 150 times a day, or nearly once every six minutes.6 And the market for wearable devices is projected to grow at least fivefold over the next four years.7 These mobile devices not only play an important role in our collective consumption of information, they also generate a growing proportion of new information. There are more than 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created each day, including countless uploads of video, images, geo-positioning information and daily updates to social media that increasingly originate from mobile devices, growing mobile data traffic some 80 percent per year.8 Many businesses are already using sophisticated data analytics to distill insights and context from this increasing volume of digital information. Those insights are informing our understanding of the world around us, and change how people, businesses and governments interact. There will be over 200 billion connected devices1 By 2020 There will be over 12 billion machine- to-machine devices2 Machine-generated data will be 42% of all data3 There will be 4x more digital data than all the grains of sand on earth4 Figure 1 The mobile transformation is all around us 1
  • 4. But while businesses have been quick to adopt analytics as a competitive differentiator, and are eager to embrace mobile, they have struggled with its full implications. Many of those who have developed strategies for mobile haven’t yet moved beyond the first wave—using mobile as a new channel through which they can transact with customers, or as an enterprise communications tool, for example. Others don’t formally support mobile devices at all. We believe the time has come for organizations of all sizes, in all industries, to look beyond consumer applications and consider the full transformational potential of mobile inside the enterprise. By combining the power of analytics with the ubiquity of mobile, organizations have the opportunity to serve up rich data on location, within the proper context, based on user preferences and behaviors. These “mobility” solutions will increasingly serve as a cognitive extension, empowering employees and organizations to quickly acquire new skills, work more and better together and improve decisions. Information platforms, tailored to each employee’s specific needs, can dynamically reconfigure workflows to get the right information (and only the right information) to the right people, at the right time, in the right place. We call this the Individual Enterprise. It is enabled by mobile devices that are powered by analytics, made manifest by a new breed of empowered employees. And we believe organizations that architect their business and information systems with this model in mind will unleash the full potential of their employees, evolve their business models, or even create totally new ones, and thus realize the full transformational benefits of mobility. And all this leads to ever more engaged and even excited end customers that get precisely what they need, when and where they need it, at lower cost. 2 The Individual Enterprise
  • 5. The double revolution That mobile has affected every aspect of our lives, personal and professional, is not in dispute. Already there have been many innovative applications of the technology: GPS devices that monitor driving habits and offer safe-driver insurance discounts; mobile payment systems in Africa; location-based taxi-hailing apps in cities. These are just a few of the capabilities made possible by the unique attributes of mobile devices: portable, connected, personal and intelligent. Indeed, the customer experience will never be the same. The business world is well aware of this shift. In the most recent IBM C-suite Study, 84 percent of CIOs rated mobile solutions as a critical investment to get closer to customers,9 while 94 percent of CMOs ranked mobile apps as crucial to their digital marketing plans.10 Yet most of the mobile applications they’re considering are customer facing, and that’s only half of the equation. For years, big data and analytics have been changing the way people work together, surfacing previously unseen insights, enabling employees to make better decisions, and improving everything from customer insight to operational efficiency. During this time, companies have moved from maintaining “systems of record” (which store and organize highly structured information in large and complex, mostly centralized computer systems) to “systems of engagement” (which allow a wider set of users to retrieve and contribute to both structured and unstructured data) to “systems of insight” (which make rapid, intelligent and predictive sense of all of this disparate data). Figure 2 Examples of mobility impacting how organizations conduct business Mobility Customer Management Marketing and Sales Research Development Supply Chain Talent Management Finance Management Context-driven interactions Location-based marketing Mobile tracking Borderless workforce Instant expensing Augmented reality 3
  • 6. The potential for mobile to change the way we work is apparent. But its full value is only unlocked with analytics. Together, they will completely redefine the way we work. Mobile technology’s precise location and contextual information is the ideal filtering mechanism for insights mined from sophisticated data analytics. By delivering these insights to employees at the point of engagement—whether that engagement is with customers, business partners or colleagues—the barriers between employees and the information they need are removed. Figure 3 The double revolution of mobile and analytics sparks the Individual Enterprise Mobile Tablets, phones, and wearables Individual Enterprise • Integrated ecosystems • Insight at the point of engagement • Contextual actions in the moment Situational Enterprise • Networked organizations • Dynamic processes • Responsive individuals Insightful Enterprise • Intelligent organizations • Automated processes • Empowered individuals Functional Enterprise • Efficient organizations • Streamlined processes • Focused individuals Analytics Desktops and laptops Mainframes and minis Systems of record Systems of engagement Systems of insight 4 The Individual Enterprise
  • 7. Defining the Individual Enterprise The concept of the Individual Enterprise can feel futuristic and abstract. But the technology and capabilities are already available. And the power lies simply in what information is delivered to whom, when and where. The proper application of mobile and analytics can substantially compress the time between identifying situations and taking action on them, radically boosting productivity and allowing the fundamental redesign of workflows. And it can improve the quality of decisions, small and large, inside and beyond the enterprise. For example, in just the last few years, carmakers have greatly expanded their business partner ecosystem, adding satellite service providers, GPS-based traffic services, mobile device manufacturers, and concierge services. All of these new partners must seamlessly interact, sending and receiving location-based, context-aware information to each other and to the end user. Mobility is the primary force behind this change, pushing organizations toward economic integration and new business value. This same dynamic can occur within the enterprise. Linear business processes will evolve into apps, organized around specific tasks and constantly combining the latest information from multiple sources. Employees will no longer be limited by rigid processes or incomplete knowledge, or by their skills, location or circumstances. Instead, dynamically configurable platforms and apps will untether employees, allocating organizational expertise precisely where and when needed, and serving as cognitive extensions to help employees make faster, better-informed decisions. Winning the in-store information race Mobility equips in-store sales personnel with the analytical power and tools they need to stay ahead of price-comparison shoppers. Access to things like product pricing comparisons and inventory location, coupled with the data and autonomy to make real-time decisions and offers, gives sales personnel the tools they need to redress declining in-store sales. Equipped with as-good-as or even better information than customers obtain online, store staff can deliver the true advantages of traditional retail: personal interaction and advice, the ability to “touch and test,” and rapid delivery at competitive prices. 5
  • 8. To be considered truly individual, an enterprise should exhibit four characteristics: Create new business value The faster response times enabled by mobility make the Individual Enterprise significantly more nimble than its predecessor. Both individuals and the enterprise can do more with less by increasing people efficiency and reducing process waste. Time-optimized decision-making improves outcomes—for example, last-second pricing decisions optimize margins. These productivity gains are amplified by mobility’s ability to spread critical capabilities and expertise when and where it’s needed, maximizing these enterprise assets and helping identify capability gaps. And as it has with most consumer-facing businesses, mobility enables completely new business models via greater transparency and dynamism, while accelerating both evolutionary and revolutionary innovations. Powered by analytics • Mobility amplifies analytics value through real-time situational understanding • Mobile analytics brings intelligence to action in the moment • Mobile analytics accelerates the return on investment of information Create new business value • Mobility compresses time between identifying situations and taking action • Mobility drives a step change in productivity growth • Mobility allows fundamental redesign of the enterprise Designed first for mobile • Mobility redefines operating models • Mobility is the foundation of new models of engagement • Mobility shifts design to optimize for the end user Unleash empowered employees • Mobility dynamically reconfigures workflow around every individual • Mobility stimulates skill acquisition and sharpens career focus • Mobility empowers individuals to create their own work experience 1 2 4 3 Figure 4 Characteristics of the Individual Enterprise 6 The Individual Enterprise
  • 9. Powered by analytics The value of analytics is amplified by mobile, not only by providing more precise information about time and place, but through its ability to break down large decisions into a series of smaller ones that can more accurately hone in on desired results. More precise inputs also boost confidence in the quality of analytic insight. And in-the-moment analytical intelligence creates real-time situational understanding that can improve responsiveness. In the end, every step—from product and service creation through to every customer touch point—can take advantage of advanced analytical capabilities. Simply put, mobile analytics can accelerate the return on information investment. Designed first for mobile Mobility redefines possible operating and engagement models, shifting the design of enterprise systems to focus on the experience of the end user. Building apps with time, location, speed, temperature and ever more situational dimensions embedded and across the most appropriate form factors (smartphone, tablets and wearables) makes possible an anywhere-anytime environment. And all that with highly intuitive visual interfaces. Mobility should not be an afterthought but the starting point. Unleash empowered employees The Individual Enterprise evolves from managing employees to optimizing ecosystems; from assigning “a person for the process” to creating “a process for the person.” By dynamically reconfiguring workflows around the individual, mobile combined with analytics can empower employees to make better, context-rich decisions based on situational awareness. Immersive augmented learning-on-demand and virtually unlimited opportunity to collaborate can diversify and expand the skill sets of every employee. With the flexibility to create their own work experiences, employees are free to find better ways of getting things done across the ecosystem. Passenger assistant—in the air Mobility will deepen relationships between passengers and airlines as flight attendants are enabled to provide a full range of services in-flight. Device-equipped flight attendants will offer real- time information and calibration of customer travel schedules, including re-booking flights mid-air. Flight issues will be resolved when and where they occur. Flight attendants will have real-time access to scheduling and employee tools, improving their personal efficiency. Mobility can reduce traveler anxiety and improve passenger loyalty. 7
  • 10. The five Individual Enterprise building blocks Building the truly Individual Enterprise starts with leaders defining the mobility transformation journey and championing a call to action. Using customer insights, leaders must envision the change from the outside in, mapping the perspective of the individual customer to the perspective of the individual employee. Changes as profound as those we envision require a rock-solid foundation. The fundamental building blocks of the Individual Enterprise include: Security Secure systems deliver the trust and confidence necessary for the enterprise and individuals to embrace mobility. Connectivity “Always-on” mobile networks facilitate a continuum of information and services throughout the enterprise. Resiliency Persistent availability of connections, data and services are essential to business continuity. Orchestration Processes and enterprises become configurable around workflows and situations in real time. Insights and learning Mobility generates insights in the moment that responsively adapt to circumstances. Figure 5 The fundamental building blocks of the Individual Enterprise Insights Connectivity Orchestration Resiliency Security 8 The Individual Enterprise
  • 11. Security Even a casual glance at today’s business headlines underscores the essential role of data security. High-profile security breaches have cost organizations billions of dollars, countless customers, trusted reputations and even the jobs of top executives. As mobility accelerates the flow of enterprise data, the imperative to secure that data grows exponentially more critical. The Individual Enterprise proactively monitors, controls and protects enterprise data from end to end—even as the endpoints are in perpetual motion. Security controls not only enhance the reliability and availability of vital information, they help protect the chain of relationships throughout the ecosystems that share that data. It enables employees, partners, customers and other stakeholders to access mission critical applications and data irrespective of location or device. Securing the Individual Enterprise will be no small challenge. Organizations must employ centralized management of device security, while many will have to cope with the fragmented device platforms driven by the increasingly popular bring your own device (BYOD) phenomenon. Provisioning, supporting, monitoring and securing multiple platforms with comprehensive compliance, management policies and processes is vital. Bringing financial advice to where it’s needed Mobility-enabled financial advisors will break down physical barriers to connect with customers where and when they want. Using mobile devices enabled with big data, cognitive analytics and recommendations, financial advisors will redefine their role from technical analysis, to partnership and collaboration. “Trusted advisors” will become commonplace, driving increased customer satisfaction. Advisor quality will improve as technology equips advisors with leading edge skills and capabilities. 9
  • 12. Connectivity Making enterprise assets accessible continuously across time and place will be the hallmark of organizations of tomorrow. It requires seamless integration of information across enterprise systems and platforms, as well as the ability to collect and coordinate data, and share it across devices. Ubiquitous public and private wireless networks are essential. So too, will be emerging technologies like near field communication, a radio standard that allows data transfer so items don’t need an IP address to be connected and share data. The inevitability of widespread mobile connections is evident in the explosive growth of the Internet of Things, projected to reach 30 billion by 2020.11 According to one study, between 2013 and 2022, an estimated US$14.4 trillion of value (the combined impact of higher revenues and lower costs) will be attributable to people, processes, data and things.12 Such connectivity will allow immediate access to enterprise data, enabling collaboration, emergent coordination and unprecedented levels of group behavior and synchronization. It will also provide on-demand access to systems of record, faster response times and better asset optimization. Though the Internet of Things is here today, connecting more than 10 billion devices, limitless connectivity is not without challenges. Platform complexities must be overcome and flexible architectures that can easily incorporate changing components must be implemented. Developing the necessary scalability and robustness of mobile networks is also crucial. 10 The Individual Enterprise
  • 13. Resiliency Above all, network redundancy and resiliency is paramount. Reliability and availability of resources must be uninterrupted regardless of challenges to devices or system failures. Just as they must remain secure, data and applications need to remain available and functioning at the point of engagement. Enterprises should provide multiple touch points building system-wide redundancy using loosely connected components and also implement elasticity in their network designs. They must design for possible failures, with adequate disaster recovery and contingency plans, aligning policies to business values and needs. Orchestration Mobility can be deployed to automate the arrangement, coordination and management of complex workflows. By comprehending current situations and providing responsive solutions, such implicitly intelligent systems will empower employees and help organizations do more with less. Componentization of workflows creates efficiencies and enables both organizations and individuals to quickly combine and recombine different applications, rapidly identifying and implementing specific solutions based on current circumstances. Insights and learning If mobile enables the Individual Enterprise, advanced analytics powers it. The new breed of apps that ingests, analyzes and manages location-based, context-rich data—both structured and unstructured and fed by ever more precise and rich device features—can produce actionable insights and better informed decisions. And these apps will grow more productive and powerful with use over time. Continuous iterative exploration and investigation of data and transactions will sharpen the organizational intelligence “baked into” these apps. Like the human brain, such intelligence can grow more responsive and learn on the fly, ultimately enabling predictive and prescriptive recommendations that further inform decision making. Making complex simple for telco field engineers Mobile devices powered by analytics provide a collaboration platform and sales support tool for telecommunications field engineers, who can establish real-time collaborations to solve complex problems on location. With access to instantly available expertise, repair and service times are compressed while efficiencies expand. Scheduling and other functions will allow for flexible rerouting to address urgencies or fill open time slots. Increased customer face-time can be used to provide analytics-enabled suggestions and recommendations for additional services. 11
  • 14. Activating the Individual Enterprise By definition, the Individual Enterprise will be highly customized. In the emerging era of pervasive mobility and advanced analytics, no two organizations will look alike. Yet some of the steps needed to achieve the vision are common across organizations and even industries. And as with the Internet, first-mover advantage will deliver the lion’s share of the lasting transformative value. Innovators and Early adopters 17% Early majority 33% Late majority 34% Laggards 16% zly Technology Figure 6 (illustrative) Leaders will extract most of the value while laggards face possible value destruction Value acquisition curve Technology adoption curve 12 The Individual Enterprise
  • 15. We see a clear five-step progression toward the Individual Enterprise, comprising these key steps: 1. Depict employee/user experiences via persona journey maps. Develop day-in-the-life storylines based on a deep understanding of user needs, then share demos, templates and functional information about the app(s). 2. Pilot test apps, and quantify costs and benefits. First identify mobile apps aligned with organizational needs, then run pilot activities that provide hands-on experience and allow for performance evaluation. 3. Build capabilities to realize the Individual Enterprise. Architect the strategy and develop the technical transformation roadmap, then leverage the enterprise software and application programming interface (API) catalog and development environment. 4. Leverage existing apps and solutions. Identify opportunities to use existing third-party solutions and apps to enable faster time-to-market and reduce development costs. Leverage and build upon existing apps using standard developer kits, while developing an app marketplace and sourcing strategy. 5. Promote the value and scale of the benefits. The toughest challenge for internal proponents of the Individual Enterprise may be selling the sometimes intangible benefits of tighter collaboration and data-driven decision making. Yet organizations must integrate mobility as the primary mode of interaction within the enterprise and among partners in their ecosystem. Establishing new ways of working and aligning organizational policies and governance with the new mobility reality will be vital. So too, will be defining performance parameters and success criteria, and doing cost-benefit analysis as the mobility strategy continues to evolve. Social service experts solve urgent issues on the fly Mobility can deliver the dual benefits of substantially increased productivity and dramatically improved client outcomes in social services. By enabling real-time access to case records, recommended actions, changing case priorities, resources and experts, mobile enablement of social service case- workers redresses institutionalized pain-points, and promotes better, faster decisions. Mobility enables real-time collaboration and informed decision- making, mitigating cross-agency coordination challenges. Clients experience improved outcomes while an area that has typically been held back by scarce resources can cover an increased range of those in need. 13
  • 16. Mobility makes us smarter, more productive and faster Mobile and analytics. Two coinciding phenomena that together will change the way business gets done, putting real-time contextual information at employees’ fingertips and providing predictive recommendations and insights to improve decision making. They will give people access to collaboration opportunities when and where they need them and amplify organizational expertise. Thus, employees will be better able to leverage the knowledge of the entire enterprise, make better use of time and assets, and drive results faster. In the end, this allows organizations to discover, define and refine new and emerging customer wants and needs, and create truly unique, exciting experiences. To learn more about this IBM Institute for Business Value study, please contact us at iibv@us.ibm.com. For a full catalog of our research, visit ibm.com/iibv 14 The Individual Enterprise
  • 17. About the authors Fred Balboni is the Global Managing Partner of Strategy and Analytics within IBM Global Business Services. He integrates IBM management consulting with expertise in vertical industries, big data, analytics, mathematical sciences and information management to help clients create sustainable advantage by identifying, predicting and taking action on business insights. He was recognized for his leadership in big data and analytics by Consulting Magazine, which named him among the Top 25 Consultants of 2011. Fred can be reached at fbalboni@us.ibm.com. Saul J. Berman, Ph.D. is Partner and Vice President, Chief Strategist in IBM Global Business Services. He works closely with major corporations around the globe on strategic business issues. He has more than 25 years of consulting experience advising senior management of large corporate and start-up organizations and was named as one of the Top 25 Consultants of 2005 by Consulting Magazine. Saul has authored numerous books and publications, including   Not For Free: Revenue Strategies for a New World. He can be reached at saul.berman@us.ibm.com. Peter J. Korsten is Partner and Vice President, Global Leader Thought Leadership and Eminence in IBM Global Business Services (GBS). He leads the IBM Institute for Business Value, IBM benchmarking consulting activities and the GBS global eminence program. He is a recognized expert in contemporary strategy and top management performance and leads the IBM C-suite Study series, in which over 4,000 board members participate. In 2008, Consulting Magazine selected him as one of their Top 25 Consultants. Peter can be reached at peter.korsten@nl.ibm.com. 15
  • 18. About the study leader Anthony Marshall is the Strategy and Analytics Leader in the IBM Institute for Business Value. Anthony has 20 years experience in consulting and analysis, working with numerous Global 1200 companies. He led a wide range of client engagements in the IBM Strategy and Innovation Financial Services Practice, and has deep public sector experience, particularly in privatization and deregulation. Anthony has lectured in economics at Barnard College in New York City and Universities in Australia. He can be reached at anthony2@us.ibm.com. Contributors Kevin Custis, David Lubowe and Katharyn White. Acknowledgements We would like to also thank Sachi Desai, Rachna Handa, Christine Kinser, Kristin Meadows, Aniruddha Ray and Rajrohit Teer. Notes and sources 1 EMC Digital Universe (with Research Analysis by IDC). “The Digital Universe of Opportunities: Rich Data and the Increasing Value of the Internet of Things.” April 2014. http://www.emc.com/leadership/digital- universe/2014iview/internet-of-things.htm 2 Machina Research. “Machine-to-Machine connections to hit 12 billion in 2020, generating EUR714 billion revenue.” Media Release. October 10, 2011. https://machinaresearch.com/static/media/uploads/machina_ research_press_release_m2m_global_forecast_analysis_2010_20.pdf 3 EMC Digital Universe 2010-2020 (with Research Analysis by IDC). “The Digital Universe in 2020, Big, Bigger, Biggest.” December 2012. http://www.emc.com/infographics/digital-universe-consumer- infographic.htm 4 Phillips, Judah. Building a Digital Analytics Organization: Create Value by Integrating Analytical Processes, Technology, and People into Business Operations. FT Press Analytics. August 2013. 16 The Individual Enterprise
  • 19. 5 Approximately 130,000,000 babies born each year. http://www.unicef.org/immunization/index_25339.html; Approximately 1 billion smartphones shipped in 2013. http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile- business/1-billion-smartphones-shipped-in-2013/d/d-id/1113603; Approximately 195 million tablets shipped in 2013. http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/03/gartner-195m-tablets-sold-in-2013-android-grabs-top-spot- from-ipad-with-62-share/; For the U.S., approximately 4 million babies born each year. http://www.cdc.gov/ nchs/births.htm; For the U.S., approximately 120 million smartphones sold in 2013. http://appleinsider.com/ articles/14/02/20/apples-iphone-led-2013-us-consumer-smartphone-sales-with-45-share---npd; For the U.S., approximately 70 million tablets sold in 2013. http://tabtimes.com/resources/the-state-of-the- tablet-market 6 Ahonen, Tomi. “The Annual Mobile Industry Numbers and Stats Blog—Yep, this year we will hit the Mobile Moment.” Communities Dominate Brands: Business and Marketing Challenges of the 21st Century blog of the book. March 6, 2013. http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2013/03/the-annual-mobile- industry-numbers-and-stats-blog-yep-this-year-we-will-hit-the-mobile-moment.html. Accessed on August 13, 2014. 7 “Worldwide Wearable Computing Market Gains Momentum with Shipments Reaching 19.2 Million in 2014 and Climbing to Nearly 112 Million in 2018, Says IDC.” IDC. April 10, 2014. http://www.idc.com/getdoc. jsp?containerId=prUS24794914. Accessed August 13, 2014. 8 Meeker, Mary. “Internet Trends 2014 - Code Conference.” Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield, Byers (KPCB). May 28, 2014. http://www.kpcb.com/internet-trends. Accessed August 13, 2014. 9 IBM Institute for Business Value. “Moving from the back office to the front lines: CIO Insights from the Global C-Suite Study.” November 2013. http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/en/c-suite/csuitestudy2013/ 10 IBM Institute for Business Value. “Stepping up to the challenge: CMO Insights.” March 2014. http://www- 935.ibm.com/services/us/en/c-suite/csuitestudy2013/ 11 EMC Digital Universe (with Research Analysis by IDC). “The Digital Universe of Opportunities: Rich Data and the Increasing Value of the Internet of Things.” April 2014. http://www.emc.com/leadership/digital- universe/2014iview/internet-of-things.htm 12 Barbier, Joel, Joseph Bradley and Doug Handler. “Embracing the Internet of Everything To Capture Your Share of $14.4 Trillion.” Cisco. 2013. http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/innov/IoE_Economy.pdf 17
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