An Intellyx BrainBlog by Jason English, for GigaSpaces
In business, waiting for change is no longer in style.
Today’s enterprise has an endless fascination with achieving innovative new capabilities that will provide a competitive advantage — as well as a short attention span when it comes to the organizational and technical limitations holding it back.
The urgent need for significant technology-enabled change within enterprises has created an executive opening over the last decade for the emerging Chief Digital Officer (or CDO) role.
Whereas the CIO focuses on managing internal systems, a COO might focus on organizational efficiency and sales, and a CTO could work toward productizing technology, the CDO’s leadership should include an avid devotion toward customer-centric improvements, strategically enabled by technology.
A recent research brief said that 82% of enterprise leaders believe their CDO has helped them achieve their digital transformation (DX) and customer-centric business goals.
That’s an insanely successful track record, given two-thirds of enterprise IT projects are still running over time and budget goals, and fewer than 30% of projects are considered successful by some reports.
What’s the CDO’s secret to successful digital transformation? …
Read the entire article on the GigaSpaces Blog here: https://www.gigaspaces.com/blog/how-do-chief-digital-officers-promote-transformation-by-rethinking-integration
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