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Digital Transformation
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Digital Transformation GuideHistory of Digital and Transformation it has enabled
From a mere email conversation to significant business decisions, everything is done via digital mediums. It all began with a binary number system, and the modern digital advancements are not showing any signs of slowing down for decades.
Read →What is meaning of Digital in Digital Transformation
This is the most common question I am asked during all my years in digital transformation. It may come in various formats, but the intent is to understand the digital transformation scope. Every digital transformation lead will have a different answer based on the state of the company’s evolution. Hence no answer can be right or wrong […]
Read →Leading Digital Transformation (Step 8)- Institute Change
Articulate the connections between the new behaviors and organizational success, and develop the means to ensure leadership development and succession. Don’t manage – lead change before you have to. -Jack Welch Here are some of the things that I have seen implemented in order to solidify change that has been initiated or created due to […]
Read →Sustain Acceleration: Step 7 of Digital Transformation
By now you already have huge momentum in your digital transformation and you will like to know Step 7 of Digital Transformation. Frequent small wins and the guiding coalition is working in the favor of digital transformation to move to the next big and bold things that are right for the organization. At this stage […]
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Digital Transformation GuideLeading Digital Transformation (Step 6)- Generate short-term wins
Consistently produce, track, evaluate and celebrate volumes of small and large accomplishments – and correlate them to results of the digital transformation. “Track your small wins to motivate big accomplishments.” – Teresa Amabile Motivation is critical to leading digital transformation or any other big change. Motivation comes from organizational momentum that comes from a combination […]
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Digital Transformation GuideReframe Problems Before Solving
I recently understood the importance of reframing the problem before looking into solutions. It helps in creating simple, effective and economical solution in far shorter time. Here are Seven practices for effective reframing of problem in few minutes that I learnt from the HBR article: Establish legitimacy: It’s difficult to use reframing if you are […]
Read →Leading Digital Transformation (Step 5)- Empower and Remove Barriers
The purpose of this stage is to overcome barriers to Digital Transformation. It is crucial to remove barriers to change, change systems or structures that pose threats to digital transformation. These barriers could be structure, skills, systems and supervisors. Three main best practices for removing barriers to change are: Educate & Engage When major changes […]
Read →Leading Digital Transformation (Step 4) Communicate and Enlist volunteers
“Change happens when it is done by the people and not to the people!” Enlist Volunteers In step 2 we talked about building a guiding coalition. Now is the time to take participation in Digital Transformation to new levels by enlisting volunteers. It is just like software moving from Alpha to a beta stage. The intent […]
Read →Leading Digital Transformation (Step 3) Develop Vision & Strategy
Once a Sense of Urgency and the guiding coalition has been created for Digital Transformation we need to ensure that we have vision and strategy in place. Vision & Strategy provides Why & How to ensure that the end result of Digital Transformation is successfully delivered. Vision refers to a picture of the future with […]
Read →Leading Digital Transformation (Step 2) Build a Guiding Coalition
Assemble a diverse alliance of enthusiastic people with power, credibility and influence to think, design and support digital transformation. This alliance is what John Kotter refers to as build a guiding coalition. It is a Coalition and not a Team for digital transformation A coalition is a combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons, factions, […]
Read →Leading Digital Transformation (Step 1) Creating Sense of Urgency
“Sense of urgency is not the natural state of affairs. It has to be created and recreated.” – John Kotter from his book “A sense of Urgency” Leading Digital Transformation at any level requires an ability to create an atmosphere of urgency. An atmosphere that can motivate and keep the team focused on a […]
Read →8 Essential steps to digital transformation
I wish we could just call it business transformation but in the world full of buzzwords and keywords I will also call it digital transformation. Digital transformation is just a business transformation in the digital age. Some also call it digitization and digitalization (Read how they are different). Digital transformation is less about technology […]
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