Digital Transformation is a hot topic for companies across the globe.
Establish a robust foundation for the business Many leaders may be tempted to relegate Digital Transformation initiatives to their IT departments, or to product teams that have historically dealt with topics like tactical product related initiatives, but this would be a mistake. When executed well, digital transformation initiatives can achieve significant cost savings and establish a robust foundation for the business. So, how can digital transformation help your business? In 2007, I was part of a Wunderman team that engaged with 3 EMEA Microsoft markets (Poland, Czech Republic and Romania) and conducted a series of in-market workshops with senior executives to explore ways to use of digital technology to radically improve pipeline management performance and enable Microsoft Seattle to have greater visibility of market enterprise sales performance.
Combine digital activity with strong leadership Lately, I have been approached by various companies that are starting to take seriously digital transformation and the impact on their business model. Some of them are moving forward with digital transformation at varying paces and experiencing varying levels of success. Others are still seeing digital technology as simple add-on project. In our view, the best companies combine digital activity with strong leadership to turn technology into transformation. Opportunity: customer experience, operational processes and business models Leading digital change requires executives to have a vision of how to transform their company for a digital world. We are seeing executives digitally transforming three key areas of their enterprises: customer experience, operational processes and business models. Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence For the past few weeks, I have been connecting with a few industry colleagues and the main topic of the conversation is Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence. I strongly believe that Artificial Intelligence will be a key driver for digital transformation success and creation of new business models. This area is starting to see some serious investment activity and significant amount of industry coverage. However, most people see Artificial Intelligence, as just robots or customer service led technology. They are surprised, when I state and explain that there is more to Artificial Intelligence. Reviewed the 74 companies that received investment Over the last 3 months, a wave of start-ups received significant investment. We are seeing an increase in corporate activity, both through outright acquisitions and through a rise in the number of corporate investments or corporate venturing. Digital Business Partners reviewed the 74 companies that received investment and we see 4 startups, we think are most unique and have the potential to transform their industries. While there were many impressive Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning tech companies to choose from, these are the ones that excited us most.
Digital Business Partners Take-Away We strongly believe that digital transformation requires strong leadership to drive change. But it also requires a vision for what parts of the company you want to transform. We are seeing significant amount of companies that are experimenting and starting to making the most of digital transformation. You need to strive constantly identifying new ways to redefine the way you work in the new digital era. Ivan Fernandes, Senior Digital Business Transformation Consultant at www.wearedbp.com First Published on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-technologies-changing-face-business-ivan-fernandes
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