In this article Alessandro Santo shares key details on digital transformation, what it actually means for your organization, and explains what your first crucial step should be to ensure the process is successful.  What is a digital transformation? That seems like a simple question. But as organizations embark on massive changes, understanding what a digital transformation is—and isn’t—is emerging as a crucial success factor. In this interview with McKinsey’s Barr Seitz, Rob Roy, chief digital officer at Sprint, discusses the…

Morten Stilling shares a white paper that outlines a strategy-focused model for systematically identifying organizational pains and opportunities as well as underlying themes. “Industry 4.0 is here, and Digitalization is hyped. But most organizations pursue their digital agendas with a technology focus, which brings alluring short-term results but gets in the way of delivering true long-term value. This article outlines a strategy-focused model for systematically identifying organizational pains and opportunities as well as underlying themes. By applying The SPOT Model…

  Kaihan Krippendorff shares a post that explains why the trend toward platform and digital requires an entirely new mindset around how you serve your customers. Last week’s trend piece focused on Community Coordination — companies that create a platform for users to communicate and coordinate are better prepared for a future where consumers are using these platforms to connect quickly and make their voices heard. This trend toward coordinating the uncoordinated has been growing for many years and pervades…

Kaihan Krippendorff shares a post that draws attention to current societal shifts and the role that today’s technological innovations play in this post-modern world. In two of our previous trend pieces, The Future of Work and Future Organizational Models, we reviewed how traditional systems of hierarchy are being dismantled in the workplace. But this trend extends far outside the office. It’s touching all aspects of how we form communities within society and how and why we gather in groups. Stay-at-home…