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Gartner Report: 7 Actions Enterprise Architecture Leaders Must Take to Navigate Economic Headwinds

A turbulent economy requires smarter technology investment decisions, which means accelerating use of digital technologies, managing spend and leveraging talent.      Enterprise architecture leaders can help by taking our seven proven actions to respond to
economic headwinds.

Key takeaways from the report

• "We live in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous times. This forces C-suites
  and boards of directors to develop economic scenarios and business strategies to
  counter economic headwinds."
• "Organizations are committed to accelerating digital technology investments, but
  CEOs want to see top-line and bottom-line benefits of digital investments that
  counter economic turbulence."
• "Although corporate hiring is slowing, many organizations still struggle to hire the
  critical digital talent they need to accelerate the time to value of key digital
  initiatives."
• "Accelerate digital business by enhancing customer and employee experience,
  investing in AI and autonomous digital initiatives, and creating outcome-driven
  metrics."
• "Manage spend by facilitating technology trade-off decisions, while accelerating
  migration to the cloud and challenging existing processes to make the organization
  faster, simpler and more agile."

Gartner, 7 Actions Enterprise Architecture Leaders Must Take to Navigate Economic Headwinds,Saul Brand, 21 April 2023 
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