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Transformation, we are all Dorothy in the Wizard of Oztra
A friend of mine in the world of Citizen Development, Mario Trentim, referred me to “The Technology Fallacy: How People Are the Real Key to Digital Transformation (Management on the Cutting Edge)”. The book is also a lovely combination of new project management, new leadership, citizen development and innovation.
Wizard of Oz
The book starts with that as CEOs; we are all Dorothy in the wizard of Oz. The story of The Wizard of Oz isn’t really about the cyclone. In the same way, the story of digital disruption we explore here isn’t really about technology. Instead, it is about how companies navigate their way through the new competitive environment to which technology has brought us.
The cyclone
Let’s start with the cyclone. Digital disruption has just begun. Analytics and data science have come into their prime and other technologies, such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, virtual and augmented reality, and autonomous vehicles, loom on the horizon. It’s the speed at which the landscape is changing through digital, allowing new competitors to play, that makes it really transformative. The shelf-life of knowledge used to be 10 to 12 years. Now it is 18 months.
Here are a few questions:
- Are you continuously innovating?
