September 8, 2020
WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU MEAN BY ‘BECOMING DIGITAL’ ?
I overheard a conversation recently between two experienced professionals comparing how ‘digital’ different businesses are “…this organisation I know really understand digital; they now have all their contact details for clients in Outlook…and instead of production plans on spreadsheets, they use an ERP system”
Whilst it may seem semantics there is a significant difference between digital, digitisation and digitalisation and in order to truly harness the full potential of Digital Transformation, it is essential that you and your organisation are clear on the difference. According to an MIT CapGemini Consulting report, one of the most significant barriers to Digital Transformation is ‘lack of familiarity with digital – “we don’t know how to do that”, without being clear in what we mean by ‘becoming Digital’ any progress will stall.