{"id":6847,"date":"2014-07-10T07:38:11","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T05:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poncier.org\/blog\/?p=6847"},"modified":"2014-09-10T15:40:39","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T13:40:39","slug":"digital-transformation-a-long-quest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poncier.org\/blog\/?p=6847","title":{"rendered":"Digital Transformation : a long quest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/poncier.org\/blog\/wp-content\/2014\/07\/monty-python-sacre-graal-02-g-e1404729688651.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6848\" src=\"http:\/\/poncier.org\/blog\/wp-content\/2014\/07\/monty-python-sacre-graal-02-g-e1404729688651.jpg\" alt=\"monty-python-sacre-graal-02-g\" width=\"400\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a>The digital transformation is the current Holy Grail of business (also known as Enterprise 2.0, social business), but our leaders have the same problem as the Knights of King Arthur, where to seek and with which\u00c2\u00a0knights?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>Holy Grail!<\/strong><br \/>\nAs you know, or not, the knights of King Arthur took time to understand the meaning of this quest, today business leaders also are a bit lost (if this analogy seems wrong, I remind you that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communityroundtable.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">community roundtable<\/a> is one of the most advanced think tank on this topic). The majority don&rsquo;t understand the issues related to transformation digital, while\u00c2\u00a0there is a real vision to support, share, explain &#8230; The proof, is that most of them\u00c2\u00a0focus on the word \u00ab\u00a0digital\u00a0\u00bb (without necessarily understand the ins and outs, we&rsquo;re not just talking about tools), while the important word is \u00ab\u00a0transformation\u00a0\u00bb. Digital is one of the causes of this transformation and at the same time a lever, but not\u00c2\u00a0an end or even a goal (especially since it&rsquo;s not measured most of the time, if we consider it as such).<br \/>\nFor practical purposes, two small reminders: people collaborates, not tools, and a company doesn&rsquo;t go for a transformation to get its employees stick\u00c2\u00a0to a tool, but to adapt itself to a shifting\u00c2\u00a0world and being able to confront\u00c2\u00a0new challenges &#8230;. To help\u00c2\u00a0a little bit the quest\u00c2\u00a0of \u00ab\u00a0our knights\u00a0\u00bb, here is a quick definition (it deserves to be refined) of the digital enterprise which can be defined around three dimensions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Internal<\/strong>: process changes force\u00c2\u00a0to review the management and managerial models. They are redefining the nature of relationships between men and require new skills among employees and managers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>External<\/strong>: driven by external contacts (customers, prospects, shareholders, suppliers, candidates, &#8230;) and the rapid evolution of their behavior, especially on\u00c2\u00a0social media, the company should review in emergency modes its communication, distribution, marketing, its customer service, the way to manage their online reputation &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Business model<\/strong>: companies are increasingly facing new competitors that are pure players or companies coming from any other sector, adopting a new look, free from coercion, scrambling situations established and reshuffling cards. And at a pace that traditional players struggling to keep up. Uber for transport, trade Amazon, Google in many areas, think a networked society, the examples are infinite in all sectors, energy, telecommunications, transport, &#8230;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How many divisions?<\/strong><br \/>\nIn its report on digital\u00c2\u00a0transformation, the New York Times explains that digital company profiles are ignored by the hierarchy. However, they are the ones who understand the current issues and new uses, with a different mindset&#8230; nothing better to\u00c2\u00a0prepare the digital transformation of the company. Rarely, people related to the problem of yesterday are the solution of tomorrow (there are exceptions, fortunately, but these persons\u00c2\u00a0are not in\u00c2\u00a0majority).<br \/>\nTo restart\u00c2\u00a0our historical comparison Stalin said: \u00ab\u00a0The Vatican, how many divisions?\u00a0\u00bb Speaking of the Pope &#8230; Indeed, for Stalin if the Pope is a recognized figure, without any army, it does not allow him to really influence events. Chief digital\u00c2\u00a0officers who begin to appear in companies quickly find themselves in this position. Attached to the board, they have\u00c2\u00a0this position, a kind of moral magister on the subject as the Pope (if you chose the right profile,\u00c2\u00a0otherwise you&rsquo;ll also have a trial for incompetence), but ultimately without troops, they can&rsquo;t really\u00c2\u00a0act. Or they are attached to a department\u00c2\u00a0(com, marketing, IT) and are part of the\u00c2\u00a0trench warfare, each one suspected to defend its silo and without real taking on the whole organization.<br \/>\nFinally, if the speech of the companies incorporated this vocabulary of digital transformation, the overhaul of internal processes, business model for a breakthrough innovation and a true customer focus is still to come. In the end, instead of\u00c2\u00a0reading\u00c2\u00a0Chretien de Troyes or Stalin, the <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.hightail.com\/e?phi_action=app\/orchestrateDownload&amp;batch_id=ZUczRFFaMHc5eFZwdmNUQw\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> of the New York Times should be read by all companies (not only\u00c2\u00a0those of the news industry) to understand hotspots link with the digital transformation of an organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The digital transformation is the current Holy Grail of business (also known as Enterprise 2.0, social business), but our leaders have the same problem as the Knights of King Arthur, where to seek and with which\u00c2\u00a0knights?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[164,231],"tags":[591,481,630,590,593,589,291,592,357],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poncier.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6847"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poncier.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poncier.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poncier.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poncier.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poncier.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poncier.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poncier.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poncier.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poncier.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}