5 digital transformation trends for 2019

1. Digital transformation morphs into focused innovation
2. The return of operational efficiency
3. Product management hits the big time
4. The rise of B2B platforms and commerce
5. AI will become more embedded in the digital stack

7 secrets for getting digital transformation right

1. Digital transformation is really about human transformation
2. Take a customer-centric approach
3. Create new teams
4. Fostering collaboration as technology is deployed
5. Be unapologetic about change
6. Adopt a startup mentality
7. Drive management buy-in

7 skills of successful digital leaders

1. Being a good communicator and listener
2. Simplifying the approach and helping the business practice agile
3. Hiring for intellectual curiosity and a company-first mentality
4. Getting in the trenches
5. Accepting that mistakes will be made and embracing them
6. Making friends — not just in high places
7. Looking to the future

7 digital transformation myths

1. Digital transformation is an IT function
2. True transformation is a blue chip’s journey
3. Digital transformation is about reducing the workforce
4. Digital transformation is all about the technology
5. Executive buy-in is a sure thing
6. Digital transformation brings IT-business harmony
7. The digital journey ends at implementation

4 things successful CIOs know about digital transformation

1. Changing priorities
2. Skyrocketing digital
3. Embracing agile
4. Strengths and challenges

10 ways to survive and thrive in Digital disruption

1. Embrace the new logic
2. Start now, but move deliberately
3. Earn your right to win
4. Craft your customers’ future
5. Let pricing drive demand
6. Profit from idle assets
7. Control your place in the platform
8. Don’t isolate skunkworks
9. Challenge the rules
10. Define a new way of working

12 reasons why digital transformations fail

1. Lack of consensus on what digital transformation means
2. Lack of CEO sponsorship
3. Lack of focus
4. Resistance to change
5. Trouble with ‘what and how’
6. Lack of pace
7. Talent deficit
8. Back-end focus can crimp customer innovation
9. Integration Woes
10. The digital moat
11. Strapped for cash
12. Lack of continuity