It’s easy to get caught up in the hype surrounding digital transformation and lose your way. These three indicators can help you stay on the right path.
“Get a digital transformation for only $199.95, but only if you call to order in the next 15 minutes!”
OK, so I haven’t seen an ad like this on late night TV—well, at least not yet. The unfortunate truth, however, is that the term “digital transformation” may be the greatest selling tool the enterprise technology industry has created in a generation.
Everywhere you turn, someone is selling something using the term “digital transformation.” The truth is, many of the things technology companies are selling are incredible new technologies that do, in fact, play a vital role in your digital transformation journey and are worthy of your consideration.
But digital transformation is not just about buying some new technology. In fact, the technology is the smallest part of it.
That’s why what I heard during a recent panel conversation about real world digital transformation so encouraged me.
I recently moderated a panel at an event entitled, Embracing the Digital Transformation Journey, presented by Eclipse, a DXC Technology company. The panel included Matt Calderwood, executive vice president with Eclipse; Paul Bergen, manager of enterprise financial systems with Teck Resources Limited; and Corey Wells of Microsoft.
During the lively and interactive conversation amongst the panelists and the audience, three key themes emerged. I came to realize that these three themes were, in fact, important indicators—telltales, I might call them—of an organization that is going beyond talk and hyperbole and pursuing an actual digital transformation effort.
Read the entire article at http://www.networkworld.com/article/3193848/leadership-management/3-telltale-signs-its-a-real-digital-transformation.html.
Disclosure: Eclipse paid a speaking fee and covered my travel expenses for this event, a standard industry practice. As of the time of writing, Microsoft is an Intellyx customer. None of the other organizations mentioned in this article are Intellyx customers. Image credit: ThinkStock.
