Journal · Technology
A Number Is Not a Decision
The bench data existed. What was missing was the chain from that data to a decision, and from the decision to action.
October 20264 min read
Read article →Devendra Kumar
I started with technology.I learned to think beyond it.
This is my journal. I write about technology, leadership and what three decades inside enterprise programmes taught me, including the parts that did not go to plan.
Some of it is settled conviction. Some of it is a position I expect to revise.
Why I write
Three decades in technology taught me something simple.
Transformation rarely fails because technology is unavailable.
It fails when decisions, operating models, governance, leadership and value are not aligned.
This site is where I explore those ideas.
Experience
Three decades in corporate technology leadership, across engineering, global delivery and enterprise transformation. In those roles I led portfolios worth more than €200M, teams of more than 300 people and programmes spanning more than 1,200 business-critical applications.
Read my story →What I write about
Four threads run through the writing.
Technology
AI, cloud, automation and architecture, and what each choice asks of the organisation around it.
Leadership
Judgement, decisions, accountability and the people who make a plan work.
Experience
Lessons from transformation programmes, global delivery and service operations, told as they happened.
Perspective
Considered opinions on business and technology, including the ones I am still working out.
My advisory practice, DK Transformation, is separate. Visit dktransformation.com.