The Digital Transformation Playbook

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What You Need to Know and Do is an indispensable resource for you and your organization as you embark on the exciting and challenging journey of digital transformation. It features insightful ideas and best practices that drive digital transformation. Contributors include leading thinkers and practitioners drawn from around the world.

The stakes are high. As Project Management Institute President and CEO Pierre Le Manh writes: “Ultimately, digital transformation is about driving business growth and success through technology. It is about finding new and innovative ways to deliver value to your customers and stay ahead of the competition. With the right tools, strategies, and mindset, you can emerge stronger and more competitive than ever before.”

  • 1st edition / 2023
  • 190 pages
  • ISBN13: 978-1-62825-781-6
  • Language: English
  • Published by: Project Management Institute, Inc
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About the book

Digital transformation has become imperative. In today’s fast-paced,digital-first world, businesses of all sizes and industries must embrace digital technologies in order to stay competitive and relevant. This is true for a small business in Oregon just as much as it is for a large corporation in South Korea.

Successful digital transformation is a journey that requires a deep understanding of both technology and people. It is not just about investing in the latest tech tools but about finding the right technology for your business and then using it to transform your processes, people, and culture. The Digital Transformation Playbook: What You Need to Know and Do, created by the Brightline® Initiative of Project Management Institute and Thinkers50, offers a selection of insights and experiences from world-leading thinkers, as well as practical tools and frameworks to help leaders to deal with this complex and demanding process.

While digital transformation can lead to growth, scale, efficiency, and expansion for businesses of all sizes, it requires a commitment to learning and experimentation and the ability to adapt and pivot as needed. You will also need to consider the impact that digital technologies will have on your organization. Ultimately, digital transformation is about driving business growth and success by the use of technology. It is about finding new and innovative ways to deliver value to your customers and to stay ahead of the competition. With the right tools, strategies, and mindset, you can emerge stronger and more competitive than ever before.

I believe The Digital Transformation Playbook: What You Need to Know and Do will be a valuable resource for you and your organization as you embark on this exciting and challenging journey.

Pierre Le Manh
President and CEO, Project Management Institute

Table of contents

  • Foreword
    • Pierre Le Manh
  • Innovation at Speed at Scale: Competing in the Digital Era with the Flywheel Operating Model
    • Charles Gildehaus, David Allred, Allison Bailey, Amanda Luther, and Sesh Iyer
  • Walk Before You Run: A Learning Curve in Digital Transformation
    • Didier Bonnet
  • Are You Willing and Ready to Embrace AI
    • Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez and Ricardo Viana Vargas
  • The Heart of Digital Transformation
    • Scott D. Anthony and Paul Cobban
  • The Digital Transformation Imperative
    • Emil Andersson, Tahirou Assane Oumarou, and Tony O'Driscoll
  • Pipelines to Platforms to Protocols: Reconfiguring Value and Redesigning Markets
    • Sangeet Paul Choudary
  • Securing Innovation and Antifragility as Part of Your Digital Transformation Strategy
    • Vincenzo Corvello and Annika Steiber
  • How Established Companies Can Surf New Tech Waves
    • Elisa Farri and Fabio Veronese
  • Joint Action Model
    • Janka Krings-Klebe and Jörg Schreiner
  • Overcoming the Resistance to Behavioral Change
    • Kaihan Krippendorff
  • Preempting Digital Disruption: The Nightmare Competitor Contest
    • Kurt Matzler, Christian Stadler, and Julia Hautz
  • Beyond Digital: Why Reimagination Is the New Execution
    • Terence Mauri
  • Citizen Development: Bridging the Gap Between the Business and IT
    • Dalibor Ninkovic and Laura Faughtenberry
  • The Five Questions to Answer in Your Digitalization Strategy
    • Josef Oehmen and Udo Hielscher
  • The Why of Digital Transformation
    • Martin Reeves and Adam Job
  • How to Design and Unlock the Strategic Value of Your Transformation Office
    • Andrew Schuster, Karsten Kuhrmeier, Julie McClean, and Samuel Pownall
  • Transformation in a Digital World
    • Robin Speculand
  • The Digital Transformation of Industrial Firms
    • Annika Steiber
  • Rethinking Business for the Digital Age
    • Shekhar Tankhiwale and Habeeb Mahboob
  • AI-Powered ESG: Our Chance to Make a Real Difference?
    • Terence Tse, Mark Esposito, and Danny Goh
  • Disrupting the Disruptors: How Human Capital Makes or Breaks Digital Innovation
    • Ricardo Viana Vargas