Organizations still struggle to advance digital transformation. A common language that transcends technology could be the key to strategic transformation. By Rich Nanda, Ragu Gurumurthy, Sam Roddick, Deborah Golden.
From disruptors and disruptive tech to pandemics, political unrest, and climate change, winning the future depends on adaptation. To survive and thrive, leaders should determine how to maintain a competitive advantage and enable an ability to win in a way that doesn’t just withstand change but embraces it to generate new strategic possibilities.
The article then dives into:
- Framing the digital transformation conversation
- Five imperatives to drive digital transformation
- Putting the imperatives to work: Align strategy and drive transformation
- Change, compete, win: Getting to value with the five imperatives
- A language for today’s transformation and tomorrow’s
Our digital imperatives can enable organizations to drive transformations that align to their overarching ambition while remaining open to future strategy changes. They acknowledge the importance of AI, cloud, and cybersecurity today but leave room to evolve toward “horizon next” technologies, avoiding the trap of leaping at every shiny new technology. Ultimately, they help design-adaptive business processes and technology architectures (modular “capability stacks”) that embrace constant change and reconfiguration in the face of ongoing disruption and risk with the goal of compatibility for multiple possible futures. Excellent read!
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