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'Digital transformation' has become the strategy buzz phrase of the moment. But while the world is going digital, digitization as a business strategy has become a road to equivalency. Digital initiatives alone are not enough to win in the marketplace-companies need to reimagine the compelling value they will offer and how they will create it in a differentiating way.
In Beyond Digital, a new book from
The book's findings are based on three years of research with 12 companies that have executed business-wide transformation strategies: Adobe, Citigroup,
Through in-depth interviews with the leaders who led these transformations, Beyond Digital identifies seven leadership imperatives that are essential for companies to transform their organizations and shape the future:
Reimagine your company's place in the world
Embrace and create value via ecosystems
Build a system of privileged insights with your customers
Make your organization outcome-oriented
Invert the focus of your leadership team
Reinvent the social contract with your people
Disrupt your own leadership approach
The book emphasizes that lasting business success requires building a capabilities-based organization, with outcome-oriented teams that are totally focused on delivering differentiating value. Leaders need to be brutally honest about gaps their companies have in the seven imperatives and there needs to be a commitment to executing all of the imperatives. An incremental approach focusing on only one or two is likely to fall short.
As demonstrated in Beyond Digital, achieving sustainable success in business transformation is accomplished by leading on differentiated capabilities and outcomes, not just digital initiatives.
Learn more about Beyond Digital here.
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ADVANCE PRAISE FOR BEYOND DIGITAL
'The authors...dispense plenty of advice for making organizations outcome-oriented, creating a focused leadership team, and reinventing a workplace's social contract. Leaders should 'establish [their] top team based on the right skills mix, rather than tenure,' they suggest, and reassure employees of their 'importance in shaping the company's future.' -
'Beyond Digital provides a detailed, well-researched road map for companies looking to transform themselves in an era when digitization is no longer a differentiator. The authors cite examples from successful international organizations to challenge leaders to push past the defeatist sentiment 'that's how we've always done it' to achieve true transformation.' -
'Many books have been written about transformation. But Beyond Digital addresses transformation for the first time from a very comprehensive and consequential perspective, addressing all the key elements. A must-read for leaders who are serious about moving away from incremental change or one-off change projects to a fundamental overhaul of the enterprise they are in charge of.' -
'This book will move your thinking into the mid-twenty-first century. The internet is over fifty years old-'digital' is yesterday. Here are seven insights about what comes next. But consider each one with care. Don't rush. A return to deeper, more complex thinking, followed by decisive, bold action is the only way to win in the post-digital world.' -
'Rather than writing one more book about how technology will change our lives, Leinwand and Mani have captured a future view of the world in which business leaders must cope. The fundamentals of every industry-demand, supply, and context for success-have changed forever, and Beyond Digital clearly describes the imperatives and actions that will make tomorrow's leaders successful.' -
'In Beyond Digital, Leinwand and Mani bypass the buzzwords and cliches and provide a rigorous foundation for digital business transformation. They show how successful strategies are grounded in answering core questions, such as 'What is our purpose?,' 'What unique value do we add for our customers?,' and 'What distinct capabilities do we need to deliver on our value proposition?' A timely, insightful, and eminently useful guide for anyone leading business transformation in today's digital environment.' -
'Beyond Digital challenges leaders to get past the obsessively competitive race toward digitization. Instead, this book helps them transform their companies by using technology to solve the massive challenges and opportunities facing society today.' -
'Recent technological innovations are accelerating structural change across industries while also facilitating the resolution of social issues. To make the best use of these innovations, today's companies must reimagine who they are, open new pathways to value creation, and transform their business. Based on an in-depth study of a dozen success stories, Beyond Digital reveals how any organization can translate this challenge into success.' -
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