The future of business is digital, yet most organizations (including many with high-tech origins) are struggling to adapt despite high levels of planning and multiyear investments. As it turns out, the key to digital transformation is hidden in plain sight ― Stop trying to predict the future. Instead, create the conditions for unanticipated innovations (AKA ”happy accidents”) to occur and then rapidly exploit them. APIs and optionality are what make this path possible.
Unbundling the Enterprise provides a blueprint―proven but until now unarticulated―on how to architect your business for success in the digital economy. In this book, you will learn the power of using APIs to unlock your organization''s existing business capabilities to accumulate optionality, and how that optionality can drive innovation and create new organic growth inside of your enterprise.
In Unbundling the Enterprise, digital strategists Matt McLarty and Stephen Fishman document the insights they have gained from speaking with business and IT leaders at digital native companies like Amazon, Google, and Slack, as well as with established enterprises like Cox Automotive, Best Buy, and Coca Cola. By reading this book, you will see the landscape of digital business in a whole new way, and be able to apply what you''ve learned through its practical methods. You will be ready to take a compelling new model for creating impactful innovation into your enterprise and take advantage of all those happy accidents waiting to happen.
Stephen Fishman (Fish) is the NA Field CTO for Boomi. He is a practicing technologist who brings creativity, rigor, and a human-centric lens to problem-solving. Known as an expert in aligning technology and business strategy, Stephen places a premium on pushing business and technology leaders to embrace iteration and the critical need to collaborate across disciplines. Throughout his career, Stephen has consulted with organizations desiring to transform their technology-based offerings to better meet the needs of organizations and the people they serve. In addition to consulting with large organizations, Stephen is an in-demand speaker and advisor. Stephen has led multidisciplinary teams to deliver amazing results at Salesforce, MuleSoft, Cox Automotive, Sapient, Macy's, and multiple public sector institutions, including the US Federal Reserve and the CDC. He lives in Atlanta with his family, and when he's not working, he can be found biking on the many trails in Georgia.
Matt McLarty is the Chief Technology Officer for Boomi. He works with organizations worldwide to help them digitally transform using a composable approach. He is an active member of the global API community, has led global technical teams at Salesforce, IBM, and CA Technologies, and started his career in financial technology. Matt is an internationally known expert on APIs, microservices, and integration. He is coauthor of the O'Reilly books Microservice Architecture and Securing Microservice APIs and co-host of the API Experience podcast. He lives with his wife and two sons in Vancouver, BC.
