“BOTTOM-UP TRANSFORMATION DOES NOT EXIST”

October 9, 2014

Sogeti Labs

Didier Bonnet from Capgemini Consulting was very clear: he has never seen a company successfully transform into a digital master without clear top-down vision and mandate. A pure bottom-up transformation does not exist! That said, adoption and engagement ARE key ingredients, just like governance and – of course – technology.more–>

Capgemini and MIT examined many companies and plotted them according to two measures: how mature are their digital capabilities and how mature is their leadership capability. Four quadrants describe the different types of companies there are, and… when correlated to financial performance, digital masters really outperform the others. The researchers are fairly confident that this is true causation and not just correlation, and in any case: it pays to learn from the top-performers.

So how to become a digital leader? There are four leadership capabilities that make you a digital leader: creating a transformative vision, design engagement, governance and fuse business and IT. And when to start? Now! Because if you look at what’s coming ‘you aint seen nothing yet’. If you’re not already at work becoming a digital master, how will you survive the big changes that are still coming our way: 3D printing, robotics, artificial intelligence, sharing economies, wearables, augmented reality, …

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