Gartner Expert
Graham Waller
Distinguished VP Analyst
Graham Waller is a Distinguished Vice President in Gartner's Digital Business Leadership research team. He focuses on helping C-level executives with the leadership mindset, behavior and cultural shifts needed to succeed in the digital-era. Topics include; digital ambition, growth mindset, personal branding and leadership development. Mr. Waller currently leads a cross Gartner team researching the future of upskilling, reskilling and agile learning. He is a co-author of two Gartner books: "Digital to the Core" and "The CIO Edge: Seven Leadership Skills You Need to Drive Results".
Previous experience
Mr. Waller came to Gartner from Meta Group, where he led CIO-level research on transformational change as part of the Executive Directions service. This included publishing a significant primary-research, multiclient study titled "CIO as Enterprise Change Agent," as well as conference speaker engagements and serving as an expert analyst in numerous industry press articles on this topic.
Mr. Waller has more than 20 years of experience in driving business results and achieving measurable value from IT-enabled transformation. He has held both IT and business leadership positions within two Fortune 100 end-user and IT service provider companies. He is a hybrid business-IT leader and a recognized authority in the disciplines of leadership and driving value from technology investments.
Professional background
Meta Group
Senior Vice President, Executive Direction
Sears
Director, Strategy, E-Marketing and Customer Information
Teradata/NCR/AT&T
Senior Consultant, Business Value Realization
Areas of coverage
CIO Leadership of Innovation, Disruptive Trends and Emerging Practices
CIO Leadership, Culture and People
Executive Leadership: Digital Business
Executive Leadership: Talent
Education
B.Eng., Electrical Engineering, University of Liverpool
Certification, E-Business Strategy, University of Chicago
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Adapting CEO/CXO leadership and priorities for digital business
2Unlocking upskilling via agile learning to drive business outcomes
3Adding digital mindsets and behaviors to the leadership repertoire
4Defining digital business ambition; optimization and transformation
5Embracing growth mindsets foster resilience and accelerate change