Let’s face it: the education sector—especially K-12 public school systems—aren’t usually the earliest adopters of new technology. Despite the fact that they’re equipping our children for the future, they don’t always move the fastest to get there. For that reason, digital transformation trends in education move a bit slower than some other industries. Still, that doesn’t mean they aren’t happening. …
Workplace Agility: The True Secret to Improving Productivity and Efficiency
Agile has become a bit of a buzzword in the last year and for good reason. Agility is key to success in digital transformation. I’ve focused a lot of time on agile leadership, but I think it’s also critical to discuss workplace agility. If your employees are not buying in to digital transformation, or if your digital transformation is stalling, …
4 Ways to Let Your Culture Drive Digital Transformation
What if your organization could go throughout the digital transformation on its own? It isn’t impossible or magic. Instead, by creating an open space where employee and customer experiences are the focus, where people matter the most, where change is planned for and innovation takes center stage, you will develop an organizational culture that does just that. And you’ll see …
6 Tips To Frame Your Digital Transformation With Enterprise Architecture
On one hand, digital transformation is a wild beast, changing daily how we view business and the world we live in. To survive in the world of digital transformation is to be agile and open to uncertainty. It’s to thrive in chaos—and many companies have had trouble withstanding the storm. Perhaps that’s why—on the other hand—we’ve learned that despite its …
Samsung Tech Day: Making Memories and Driving Digital Transformation
Last week I had the opportunity to be part of Samsung Semiconductor’s Tech Day in San Jose. It was an action-packed day of product announcements that culminated with a lively conversation between Samsung Corporate Senior Vice President, Jim Elliott and Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak. Wozniak kept the audience at the edge of their seats as he shared his whit, humor …
The Top 10 Digital Transformation Trends of 2019
Over the past few years I have made the commitment to looking forward to the year ahead to predict some of the most significant digital transformation trends. Knowing that digital transformation is not only a technological shift, but an organizational change at the intersection of technology, business and people, such reflection must take into account countless possibilities. In this year’s …
Digital Transformation Trends: How Digitally Transformed CMOs are Impacted
Last month, I shared an article about the digital transformation trends to look forward to in 2019. But those trends won’t happen in a vacuum. They’ll impact everyone working in today’s digital landscape, including the digitally transformed CMO. It’s safe to say that when may of todays marketing executives finished college in the 80s and 90s, they could not have …
How Disrupters are Using aaS to Speed Up Digital Transformation
You know what makes for an agile and efficient digital transformation? A commitment to using resources efficiently—including, most importantly, human capital. That’s why many companies are speeding up digital transformation with new technology models, including the booming as-a-Service (aaS) model. Flexible. Efficient. Affordable. The aaS model levels the playing field for big and small companies both, allowing them to experiment …
3 New Digital Transformation Success Stories
Investments in digital transformation are expected to hit $2 trillion by 2019—up to 40 percent of IT spending. That’s good, right? After all, every company needs to enhance its tech adoption to move forward in today’s marketplace. Not so fast. Despite the free-wheeling investment in technology today, studies show that nearly 80 percent of CIOs rate their current digital strategy …
5 Critical Steps To Improve Your Digital (Transformation) Culture
The definition of insanity: doing the exact same thing—over and over again—and expecting different results. If that definition holds true, there are a lot of insane companies trying to find success in digital transformation. They want the benefits of new technology—increased social media presence—mobile connection—but they have no intention of creating a new, stronger, digital culture to support it. This …