What Digital Transformation Actually Is About

Roland Rust·6 March 2018·The Case For Digital Transformation

...After publishing an article about what Digital Transformation is NOT, a lot of people told me that I have the obligation now to explain what it actually is. I’ve done so over the last years, tried a lot of different definitions but I have to admit: with little success. Read More...

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How To Make Your Case As An Agent of Change

Phil Darby·28 February 2018·People & Change

...It makes no sense for any business to resist transformation. Nobody can be in any doubt these days that traditional business models are the road to ruin. The problem is, not everyone appreciates what business transformation means or entails and fewer still have a clue where to start. The… Read More...

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A How to Guide for Digital Transformation: Four Exceptional Books to Help you Succeed.

The Digital Transformation People·6 February 2018·The Case For Digital Transformation

...If you’re just starting with digital transformation then the purpose of this post is to fast track you to some of the best literature and sources of thought leadership that I have found, since launching The Digital Transformation People back in January 2016. Here are 4 excellent books that will… Read More...

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6 key barriers to execute Corporate Innovation

Kunal Chakraborty·1 February 2018·Strategy & Innovation

...Over the last one year I have been fortunate enough to consult CEOs /CxOs of Fortune Global 1000 companies across different industries. My clients include a F500 retailer, a major transportation company, a retail bank, one of the largest health insurers and a very well-known media company. All of them… Read More...

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Transformation – From order to a state of constant change.

Phil Darby·17 January 2018·The Case For Digital Transformation

...Few business leaders fully appreciate what transformation is until they actually start theirs and it’s fair to say that most find the new business paradigm pretty uncomfortable. It’s not just the principle of change that is causing the discomfort, nor the resulting environment. When your business experience is built on a culture of rigid long-term plans and fixed processes even the approach you have to take to transformation can make traditional business leaders feel insecure. Read More...

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Retailing 2020 – Your Life Transforms Into a Digital Shopping Platform

Tony D'Onofrio·16 January 2018·Customer Engagement

...At its roots, retail has always been a human covenant between a shopkeeper and a consumer. For much of the industry's history, the transactional interactions were highly personal. The shopkeeper welcomed the customer by their name and adapted the goods sold based on their preferences. Read More...

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Artificial Intelligence Shouldn’t Scare the Legal Sector.  It Should Excite It.

Sebastian Haire·29 November 2017·Enabling Technologies

...The legal sector is currently undergoing change. In the last seven years, a significant number of firms have either ceased trading or merged, from regional firms to multinationals such as Dentons (most recently taking on Maclay), Eversheds (with Sutherland), Norton Rose Fulbrights (with Chadbourne), and the three-way merger between CMS, Olswang, and Nabarro. There are plenty more examples out there, but the point is the world of legal is changing. Read More...

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Digital Transformation – Part II: Collective Intelligence Is the Game Changer

Rod Collins·31 October 2017·The Case For Digital Transformation

...The science fiction writer William Gibson once astutely observed, “The future has already arrived; it’s just not evenly distributed.” As described in last month’s blog, our future is a digitally transformed world that will usher in an entirely new human epoch where the dominant top-down hierarchical structures of the first 10,000 years of human civilization will rapidly give way to the far more powerful peer-to-peer network architecture that is now possible, practical, and increasingly more pervasive thanks to the proliferation of digital technology. Read More...

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Logic, emotion, and the decline of corporate innovation

Ted Bauer·22 October 2017·Strategy & Innovation

...Let's talk for a hot second about the innovation process that goes on (or doesn't even remotely go on) in most companies. This is a very nuanced topic, but we'll try to address it here. I guess the easiest place to begin is this. There are, typically, three major words used in companies that almost everyone is using incorrectly. Read More...

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Why Banks Should Reinvent Banking in the Era of Platform Economy

Deepthi Rajan·20 September 2017·Strategy & Innovation

...Six of the ten most valuable companies in the world are platform companies. None of the six is a bank. Admittedly, banks are late to the platform party. Nonetheless, banks are set on — what would have been considered impossible until a few years ago — transforming themselves from impassable… Read More...

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The Employee vs. the Organisation: The Mechanics of Employee Experience Design

Jeff Wellstead·4 September 2017·People & Change

...Sound like some sort of a media driven grudge match between two heavyweight prize fighters? It is – based in large measure on my own challenging experience working for 15 companies over the course of 30 years – but as an HR Director, I’m also telling this story from thousands of varying perspectives, through the eyes of my customers (the employees whom I have represented).   Read More...

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Blockchain: What are the opportunities for Procurement?

Bertrand Maltaverne·23 July 2017·Enabling Technologies

...To be honest, I haven’t totally figured out all of the details of the inner workings of the blockchain technology. And, I do not think I will ever try to as some of it is very technical. I also do not believe that Procurement professionals should take a deep dive either.    Read More...

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