DECEMBER 2021CIOAPPLICATIONS.COM6EditorialDigital Transformation: The Ultimate Key to SuccessModern-day businesses are leaving no stone unturned to increase their efficiency and maximize profits. So, confronting digital transformation challenges and winning over them isn't just a choice but a necessity for budding CEOs and CXOs. Digital transformation is the buzzword of the tech town, but do we understand its implementation process and the significant changes it carries forward in the overall experiences?With the evolution in technology, businesses ought to transform themselves into digital enterprises, no matter how small or big. At this point, it's not about companies "choosing" to transform, instead it is about "how" to carry forward the transformation. Though most decision-makers of the 21st-century recognize the need for digital transformation to improve their business processes, many equate the process of doing so with the chaotic deployment of complex technologies.The digital imperative isn't even new, as many companies were planning to digitalise aspects of their business well before COVID-19 hit. Digital transformation is no longer an avenue towards gaining a competitive advantage, but an essential process for keeping up with the modern world. What is new, however, is the acceleration of this imperative. After global lockdown measures were implemented, the world was suddenly awash in new digital adopters. Recent surveys show that digital transformation continues to be a top priority for IT organizations. CIOs and IT leaders are partnering with business leaders on a range of digital transformation initiatives aimed at bringing business benefits. They include developing new digitally enabled products, improving employee experiences, automating workflow steps, instituting data-driven practices, and experimenting with artificial intelligence, IoT and blockchain.A big part of the solution is to educate leaders across the enterprise on the value--and the urgent need--to adopt active listening skills, so that they can sense when people need help and when others are ready for greater challenges. Promoting self-organizing, diverse and multidisciplinary agile teams should be a top priority for all enterprise leaders. Organizations that haven't figured out how to extend agile practices beyond application development and include people from marketing, sales, finance and operations as agile teammates miss key benefits. Agile teams are empowered to commit to the work they accept and adjust their collaboration practices based on what's needed to deliver that work successfully. Agile equips teams to make adjustments to the circumstances and challenges facing them.Let us know your thoughts.Joe PhillipManaging Editoreditor@cioapplications.comJoe PhillipCopyright © 2021 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.DECEMBER 30, 2021, Volume 07 - Issue 38 (ISSN 2644-240X) Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to CIO ApplicationsVisit www.cioapplications.com Managing EditorJoe Phillip*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staffSalesSebastian Jacobsebastian@cioapplications.comEmailsales@cioapplications.comeditor@cioapplications.commarketing@cioapplications.comGraphics & ArtIssac GeorgeEditorial StaffBen JacksonDaniel HolmesEzra BenjaminJune MichaelRose DcruzSenior WritersClara MathewLeah JaneRoyce D'Souza
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