Leading Digital Transformation

Rod Collins is a Director of Innovation and a leading expert on the future of business. He is also the author of the book 'Wiki Management'. In this episode, Rod talks to Rob Llewellyn about a revolutionary new model for a rapidly changing and collaborative world, and highlights some of the innovative tools and practices used by a new breed of business leaders.

Lee Bryant talks around his belief that the greatest priority for digital leaders today is to redesign their organisational operating systems to create connected companies.

While enterprise cybersecurity spend is at an all time high, the plethora of high-profile data breaches continues, with British Airways recently in the spotlight. In this episode of Leading Digital Transformation, I'm joined by Chris Hodson - author of the book "Cyber Risk Management" to explore the modern world of enterprise cybersecurity.

Rob Llewellyn interviews Frank Mattes, who is a leading expert on scaling up corporate startups. Frank has written the first book on this subject, together with his clients which are Fortune 10 to Fortune 200 companies, and widely seen as innovation leaders.

Leading Digital Transformation is a weekly podcast series produced by Rob Llewellyn and The Digital Transformation People. Rob interviews experienced practitioners, authors and thought leaders whose stories and experiences provide valuable insights for digital transformation success.

Leading Digital Transformation is a weekly podcast series produced by Rob Llewellyn and The Digital Transformation People. Rob interviews experienced practitioners, authors and thought leaders whose stories and experiences provide valuable insights for digital transformation success.

New business models are at the heart of new disruptive companies we sit up and take notice of. And antiquated business models are at the heart of other companies that are on the road to closure.

I'm going to provide a brief overview of a book that arrived with me in May 2019. It's called The Technology Fallacy - How People Are the Real Key to Digital Transformation by Gerald Kane, Anh Phillips, Jonathan Copulsky and Garth Andrus.

The irony is that while all digital transformation professionals expect the organisations they work with to take advantage of digital to thrive in the digital economy, many of these transformation professionals haven't yet recognised that they need to do exactly the same themselves.

The most successful transformation professionals don't wait for their managers to help them. They own their personal career transformation in the way a CEO owns their company's transformation.

While there are many roles that are important to transformation, this episode looks at eight of those key roles, each of which injects significant value into the undertaking, which in turn increases the odds of transformation success.

To be a transformational company like Ocado, the six guiding principles of THRIVE need to be accommodated. And these principles provide a way that leaders can navigate both the strategic and execution components of transformation.

Some of the most successful start-ups look crazy from the outside. Their cultures are often complete opposites to what we see in an established corporate environment. It's extremely important to consider how two polar opposite cultures could work well together.

As people have been sucked into fake news, now some companies have fallen prey to fake transformation, as they've become lost in the hype around the word digital and the meaning of business transformation.

I want more people who focus on digital to recognise that you don't need another company to take advantage of the digital economy. Those days are well and truly gone.

It’s important that transformation leaders envisage a new future, ensure the organisation is equipped to build that future, and then orchestrate the entire effort.

The Business Transformation Management Methodology (BTM²) is a four-phase holistic and integrated business transformation management methodology.

Instead of focusing on legitimate transformation and re-thinking their business, too many and caught up tinkering in the sweet and colourful world of digital sugar coating.

An operating model translates strategic intent into operational capabilities. It serves as the foundation for execution and provides a clear guide for enterprise leadership teams, line managers and operational teams.

Programme management involves the coordinated organisation, direction and implementation of projects and transformation activities to deliver outcomes and benefits relating to an organisation’s strategic objectives.