What is the key to driving a successful human-centric Digital Transformation and why?

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Director of IT in Healthcare and Biotech2 years ago

Digital transformation is vital for efficiency, cost reduction, and overall customer satisfactation. Human-centered digital transformation is necessary for success. The emphasis must be on the people who will use the technology, not simply the technology itself.

Empathy is the key to human-centric digital change. It's critical for a company to under their staff pain points, the needs of their customers and align those to their organization objectives and mission. 

Human capacity should be enhanced by technology. Making technological solutions easy, accessible, and efficient is crucial. We can promote a culture of creativity and make the transformation process a shared vision rather than a top-down mandate by emphasizing user experience and ensuring our solutions actually meet their demands.

Lead AI Architect in IT Services2 years ago

Pick your battles wisely.  There are never enough hours or engineers to please everyone.  Buy SaaS or vendor-hosted solutions whenever possible.  Build on cloud platforms (PaaS) if you must build something yourself.  Aim to eliminate IaaS and any self-managed infrastructure.  All of these free up cycles to do things which are truly transformative.  The goal is to remove as many unnecessary distractions as possible to maximize the % of time spent doing truly important, differentiated work.  Anything that can be done by a third party service provider probably should be.  If it is not core to your business and value proposition, let someone else deal with it.

Digital Adoption Consultant in Software2 years ago

We need to take a different approach. If Change Management worked, well we would all be change happy people by now. 
DT is about New technologies driving different business models to generate greater outcomes.
So let’s start by making technology people savvy, not the other way around. In my previous job, we used  a digital adoption platform to make tech more intuitive and easier to learn. The result was to return over 600k hours back to the company by reducing the amount of time it took employees to complete digital workflows. 
Change Management goes a lot further with a Digital Adoption Strategy to back it up. Desire + Ability = Digital Dexterity 

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VP of Software Engineering in Media2 years ago

I think it's all about focusing on creating a culture and environment where people can innovate, learn, and constantly evolve. People need to feel motivated, enabled, and inspired in their work for the best possible outcomes. This is why creating a digital culture that puts people first, and enables collaboration and creativity, is essential for a successful digital transformation.

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CEO in Healthcare and Biotech2 years ago

YOu need to look at the needs of all the stakeholders in the eco-system to understand their needs and ensure they get actionable information from the data. As otherwise, each can be a point of friction to the process, contributing the why digital transformation is , at best, 25% success (according to a McKinsey report)

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no title2 years ago

Do you think it's more about understanding the investors' needs or is it equal to employees and customers? If not equal, who do you think is given priority between them?

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