Some readers may think this is a borderline facetious question – transforming a company (technology, process, culture and skills inclusive) isn’t a case of gas mark 5 for 18-20 minutes. Indeed, writing on the Econsultancy blog, Karl Havard says that if you “believe there is a destination to reach, don’t put a timescale on it. […]
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Much has been written about what digital transformation is and its goals, but relatively little covers what needs to be in place for an initiative to get traction in a large organisation. To find out more about how large-scale digital transformation works, Econsultancy recently held a ‘fireside chat’ on the topic in association with Oracle
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“Our customers, they’re betting their business on us,” says Salesforce co-CEO Keith Block. “They’re disrupting their business models. They’re reinventing themselves leveraging our technology. They want to know that we have a trust-based relationship. At the end of the day, it is all about trust.” Block says that we are just at the dawn of
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According to a recent study by Tech Trust, 59% of UK charities still do not have a digital strategy in place, with the majority lacking investment in the tools and training needed to implement it. Given the benefits, this statistic is somewhat shocking. The same report suggests that charities with a digital strategy are in
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This week, we’ve got a 2019 trends round-up from an unusual field: law. Daniel Newman makes his predictions in Forbes for the top seven digital transformation trends for the legal profession in 2019. We’ve also got another creative analogy for digital transformation as Tony Saldhana explains why the Cheshire Cat is the ultimate digital transformation guru. Meanwhile, General
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Welcome to The Week in Digital Transformation, our regular look back at the most noteworthy ideas, analysis, and news from the world of digital transformation over the past week. This week, we’ve got some interesting ideas on digital transformation from Michael Fauscette, Chief Research Officer at G2 Crowd, who argues that we’re in the “second generation”
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There are numerous examples of corporates and start-ups that have formed partnerships to the huge benefit of both parties. When Coca-Cola teamed up with on demand stocking start-up Wonolo a few years back, for example, the result was a 75% cost reduction per outlet for Coke and a $5.7 million boost to Wonolo’s next funding
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Digital transformation, or the rethinking of business processes to help companies compete as technology evolves, continues to affect just about every industry on a global scale. One business which has yet to be transformed, though, is the humble petrol station. While there have been slight improvements made over the years, people worldwide still fill their
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This week, it’s all about iPhones and Australia: we look at what switching smartphone operating systems can teach us about how human beings respond to digital transformation, and how businesses and Government in Australia are making digital transformation a top priority. Plus, a start-up in Myanmar has taken it upon itself to propel the country’s
The end of the year always presents a great opportunity for organizations to take stock of their current competencies and plan how to improve for the following year. At Econsultancy, we’ve heard a lot from our partners about how they plan to educate their workforces in 2019 and wanted to share that information here. Our
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