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TECHNOLOGY
So you’ve been asked to
author your organisation’s
digital strategy
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Second, don’t simply accept
“mission impossible”, which it
is for any CIO alone, be ready
to shape the scope with the
board and get commitment
from most of them to work
with you on this.
DIGITAL
WORKPLACE
TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFORMATION
SCOPE
Digital is already the most overused
word on the planet so there is a
very high likelihood that every
stakeholder in the organisation will
have a different perception of what
the digital strategy should be, getting
that shared understanding is an
important first step. We’ve identified 4
common facets of digital strategy that
we think are quite helpful in these
conversations.
DIGITAL
PARTNER AND
SUPPLY CHAIN
INTEGRATION
DIGITAL
CUSTOMER
ENGAGEMENT
OD
ON
First of all, take a bit of time to
congratulate yourself. We are
seeing an increasing number
of CIO’s being overlooked in
this brief. Its definitely got
scope to be a poison chalice
but you must have done
something right if your board
asks you for this.
LET’S LOOK AT EACH OF
THESE IN TURN:
1. DIGITAL WORKPLACE TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFORMATION – Tom Read’s article on
pages 10-12 touches on this. If you aren’t
empowering your workforce to operate in a digital way
then they won’t be able to see the opportunities digital
presents, this will constrain innovation, automation,
simplification, well-being and retention. They need to be
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encouraged to continually evolve their ways of working as
new tools become available, experiment and choose.
A locked down laptop running office apps developed 3-5
years ago and email as the only real collaboration tool is a
big fail here.