Digital Transformation Leadership

The decay of rules-based trade means that companies can no longer find growth as easily by expanding to new locations, or expanding demand through low-cost single point sourcing. In this context, companies seeking growth must develop innovative offerings to expand demand. These offerings are, essentially, products of imagination — conceiving of and realizing new possibilities — a challenge that companies struggle with.

Impactful DX requires a business-centric approach supported by the right skills, culture, and strategy. Here’s how to assess whether your digital journey is on the path to success.

Successful transformation often requires organizational culture change to make the improvements stick. Leadership teams can increase their odds by focusing on three measures.

Successful digital transformations are CEO-driven, long-term, and integrated.

For decades, digital transformation has been used to describe the way businesses approach the future. But is the term outdated, now that digital is the norm?

For IT to function better, the business side of the company has to get more involved.

New research reveals that while business leaders know using data is important to their business, the vast majority are struggling to harness its power for better decision-making and business results.

Learn how to become a data-driven company with this step-by-step guide. Define your data strategy, build the right team, collect and analyze data, leverage insights to make decisions, and measure results for success.

Today, decades into the digital age, transformation efforts still fail more often than they succeed. Your success will depend on anticipating and avoiding looming pitfalls. Here are six tips to help ensure a successful digital transformation.

Having the right people and culture is crucial if companies want a transformation strategy that keeps up with the pace of technology

Navigating 2023 will require CIOs to become even more adept at having the foresight to create the future for their organizations while addressing their current needs.

In much the same way an athlete is constantly dedicated to an all-encompassing lifestyle in staying fit and preparing for success, organizations hoping for transformation must embrace a cultural commitment to digital fitness

The theme of innovation took on new a form when the pandemic accelerated the digital journey.

Fostering a data-driven culture is essential in creating the conditions for success in the digital transformation projects that lie ahead for every organization.

When interest rates rise, innovation budgets often fall. Yet preserving cash and fostering innovation are not mutually exclusive strategies. On the contrary, companies should embrace innovation even in challenging times. This principle held true during the Great Depression and in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, as innovative companies thrived and outperformed their peers in both the short and the long term.

Leading a customer-experience (CX) transformation requires a new mindset and a new way of operating.

Six signature moves led by the C-suite can build organizations that will outperform in the age of digital and AI.

Even the most digitally savvy organizations need visionary, strategic-minded leaders who can accept short-term disruption to drive innovation and growth.

The risk and ambiguity inherent in innovation can make employees shy away from it. Creating an innovation culture where risk-taking is embraced must start at the top.

Creating a culture of innovation calls for CIOs to consider a business's risk tolerance and ability to operationalize tech. Read about those challenges.

Regardless of where you fit in this puzzle, the need to innovate has never been more acute.

A crisis is a terrific catalyst for innovation. When things are going smoothly, it’s easy to nod and agree to a concept like this; however, this belief can easily go out the window when the wheels are coming off a venture you’ve built from the ground up.

In the digital economy, data is the driving force of progress. Yet as companies continue to ingest large amounts of data – from hundreds of different sources – they continue to face internal obstacles that can stall productivity and innovation.

Think before you transform. The culture may not be conducive, data may not be ready, people may not be ready to collaborate as they need to.

Viewing data as an integral business asset that should be cultivated and maximized will determine whether a digital transformation succeeds.