3. Transformation

Digital Transformation That Reinforces Legacy Behaviour

From a technological perspective this is an amazing time to be alive.

Every day there’s something new — new digital services, new gadgets, amazing devices that are growing in capability and growing our capability.

We now have millions of applications that we didn’t have even two or three years ago. They make it possible to do things we hadn’t even realized we needed to do.

Talk of digital transformation and automation is on many businesses lips — these words are spoken with an equal mix of excitement and sheer panic.

Grasping The Nettle

It’s Time To Really Pay Attention

Any business who thinks this is not a concern for them is probably not long for this world.

Implementing new technology means more than simply bringing in new hardware and software to solve a problem. Doing so suggests a fundamental lack of appreciation for how things work.

In Summary — Making Change Happen

Transforming the efficiency of an existing organisation means revisiting the fundamentals of the organiSation. It demands that we properly understand how it needs to work.

It means knowing what skills are needed — the roles that currently exist in the organiSation, what will be required in the future and understanding how the the supply and demand of critical information will drive it.

In many ways this has always been the case. It’s absence is often been the root cause of many a failed implementation.

Now the stakes are much higher.