Build your own reality Put your customized business plan into action with the Cloud Continuum With abundance comes opportunity, a sense But organizations also must recognize the BHI brings proactivity of limitlessness and true blue-sky thinking. But “all-hands” nature of the challenge—everyone to the table abundance can also lead to paralysis—too many across the organization needs to be aware choices and concern for how to integrate them of the cloud’s potential and best practices. At BHI, a construction company, the transition into existing and future goals. Therefore, it’s Innovation can come from anywhere, and to Google Cloud has transformed the company critical that leaders understand how to balance when more people with varying perspectives culture. In essence, BHI’s employees trust their own Continuum ambitions with strategic and skillsets are invited into the conversation, Google Cloud (and AppSheet) so much that priorities that will keep the business focused. more possibilities abound. they’re constantly asking, “What else can I do?” Speci昀椀cally, leadership needs to establish To that end, we see that leadership is They have been empowered by this digital business objectives, appropriate levels of responsible for not only setting ambitious yet transformation and are constantly trying to 昀椀nd risk-taking, and evangelize a culture for agility attainable goals and touting an exciting vision, innovative solutions using the technologies at and growth. This is easy enough to say, but in but also organization-wide education and hand. According to their Director of IT, “In just practice, there can be complexities around evangelism. three years of using these technologies, IT has budgeting mentality, how business interacts gone from being support overhead to being with IT, risks and incentives, how success is Leadership should intentionally go through the proactively brought to the table to take part in measured and the project-versus-product enterprise and ask, “What awareness are we the business strategy.” mindset. This is why the call to action needs to building?” “How well do employees at all levels come from the top—and with as much clarity understand the goals and the potential of the and focus as possible. Cloud Continuum?” Ever–ready for every opportunity 34