This is the second annual round-up of most my popular blog posts, which were about strategy execution, digital transformation, weak signals and consulting. Read on to find which ones they were. Most popular posts on LinkedIn I wrote 38 posts … Read More
I want to share the story of the Philips digital strategy to illustrate a point that I have observed: A top-down transformation only gains momentum after bottom-up initiatives have reached their limits. When I made the digital strategy for Philips … Read More
“Most organisations start their digital transformations with proofs of concept, and 80% of those go nowhere.” – Steve Hewitt at AI & Big Data Expo The reason Steve gives is because they don’t start with the business value that the … Read More
It’s nice to read a book that describes the results of my own work! Menno Lanting shares positive examples of digital transformation, including Philips (where I worked on the digital strategy) which is praised for having a clear vision for … Read More
To keep the conversation going during lockdowns, I increased my online posting frequency this year. Many people mention that they have seen my content when I speak to them, and that they like what they read. That’s always good to … Read More
Step #9 in digital transformation success is to stay up to date. Digital technologies evolve rapidly, and digital competitors will enter your market with new business models. Even disruptors can get disrupted, as Spotify did to iTunes. So when you … Read More
I’ve been learning about Robotic Process Automation (RPA), which is using software to automate mundane tasks so that humans no longer have to do them. RPA mimics actions like scrolling, clicking and typing inside existing computer interfaces. It’s used to … Read More
Step #8 in digital transformation success is to build new skills in digital processes and products. This means both training existing employees as well as hiring new employees. It’s not an either/or, and trying to develop digital skills with only … Read More
Step #7 in digital transformation sucess is to adapt and innovate quickly. This is often taken to mean “adopt Agile development”, but that’s no use without speeding up management decision-making as well. Think about the steps for adopting an innovation: … Read More
Step #6 in digital transformation sucess is to integrate your systems. It follows directly from step #5, transform the whole company. Once you have multiple data sources, they must come together in a “single source of truth”. Ideally there would … Read More