I recently polled a few of my collaborators about lessons they learned from their digital endeavors. I wanted to hear unusual lessons beyond the cliches, like have an executive sponsor and align business and IT priorities. In the end, we had 20 ideas and voted on the top five.

Lesson 1) Decentralize innovation, centralize scale
Lesson 2) Have someone own the results
Lesson 3) Share the success with the team
Lesson 4) Outsource the mundane, insource innovation
Lesson 5) Speed - Cut time in half - Go for Speed