Bottom line: Digital Transformation is not as complicated as it seems, when you have a strategy.

When you decide to be part of “today", you have to be willing to adapt. Many organizations and businesses are facing difficulties in regards to digital adoption, just because not everyone is willing to change the way they operate. 

At the same time, research shows that only 49% of businesses have a digital strategy in place, which practically means that almost half of all the businesses out there are hoping to succeed with no digital strategy at all.

Not having a digital strategy in place sounds very irrelevant to our times, as every business owes to have a digital plan in the 21st century, a strategy that will lead the company into being contemporary and able to compete high in a crazy-pace evolving industry.

Is digital transformation worthwhile? Only a mad person would say it’s not, but looking into the challenges of it, it might make sense that many companies are still not taking the step.

It’s Monday morning and your CDO suggests that in order to achieve a truly thoroughgoing transformation, you will need to change the culture of your organization. What was your first reaction reading this line? Did it feel as if someone is trying to tell you how to raise your own child? There is only one thing you need to understand at this point: the world is changing and you have to change habits, as well, and this is for your “child’s” best interest.

“And what about the values of my company? Do I have to change these, too?”

In order for the values of the company to remain high and not be misrepresented, you need transformation trainers with methodology that fits your mentality, style and vision. Both lack of methodology or a method that doesn’t fit your company’s philosophy can be significant obstacles to a healthy and successful digital transformation. Be that as it may, no reasonable person would ever start renovating their house without doing any personal research and without having several meetings with different experts first. Value your decision to jump into a digital transformation process for your organization and take the time to build an in-depth digital strategy before now. Have meetings with consulting companies that will help you understand your needs better. A great consultant might even reveal to you needs that you didn’t even know you had and inform you of the ones that you are about to have as a consequence of your organization’s transformation. A great consultant is like a psychic; they predict future issues and help you solve them beforehand.

Another challenge that is worth mentioning is that different employees use the same technology in different ways and this can be an obstacle. That said, a very solid communication code is essential for a team to be able to work together as one and bring the fastest and most productive results for the company. This is probably one of the main reasons why companies are bringing more team-bonding and community-building events into their monthly routine (also in order to prevent employee burnouts, but we’ll look into this in another article).

The volume of digital data a business has to deal with is somehow a quite discouraging challenge for companies. Before any transformation plans are made, the company has to be ready to even hire new employees who will manage the sheer volume of data that will need to be handled as the transformation process will go on and preserve harmony and balance entering the new reality.

The potential to create innovative strategies and modernize your systems nowadays is unlimited.

Understanding the positive impact that Digital Transformation will have on your business can work as your biggest motivation. When adapting to new technologies is done through spherical knowledge and good consulting, chances are that you will see your organization moving better and faster in all aspects of production.

When designed well and implemented properly, Digital Transformation will be able to help your business:

• enable High-Quality User Experience. Customers could have visibility into available services and products, and an overall more comfortable and effortless experience. 
• get Data-driven customer insights. You’ll be able to collect and analyze data that you can turn into revenue-generating insights. 
• collaborate better across departments and with other companies. Digital transformation can transform the culture of the business, create a new working environment that supports strong communication and keep doors solid but open to new partnerships.
• have increased transparency. Transparency in business processes is critical for long-term success.
• save time and money. Once you go live through the integration of more efficient processes and quicker problem identification, time works in favor of the business’ development and, as we have heard, time is money.
• increase Agility. Increased agility helps innovation get faster and adaptation be easier while providing a pathway to improvement.
• limit Human Error. Digital processes are inherently smoother and less risky than any process that involves error-prone humans.

Digital Transformation is not new at all. It has been happening for at least three or four decades and it is a constant change.

Tactics and methods of transforming must be according to the company’s needs and philosophy. Don’t be overwhelmed by the enormous marketing out there about how every company needs to transform right away. Things have to be evaluated and prioritized, so that the transformation will be more manageable and the whole process will take place through healthy steps for the company.

Bottom line, Digital Transformation is not as complicated as it seems, when you have a strategy. You have to be in good hands and also do some serious work on your end. Is it worth it? Only you are able to answer this for your business.

Stay calm and keep walking at your pace.

Interas Labs helps accelerate the transformation journey both in application development and infrastructure modernization using cloud and containers. Our engineering team has developed quick starters that include best practices and security hardening that can help companies save time during their digital transformation adoption.

Kindly,

Interas Labs

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