- I hope you feel better equipped
to face the opportunities and the pitfalls
associated with digital transformation.
Now that you have the tools to gauge
how mature your organization is,
I suggest you do so.
You may find that you're further behind
than you anticipated.
Don't worry.
The first step towards progress
and better performance is better understanding
where you're beginning the journey.
Then you can plot a path to better performance.
If you'd like to read more about digital transformation,
I recommend the book Driving Digital Strategy:
a Guide to Reimagining Your Business,
by Sunil Gupta of Harvard Business School.
I also like the book,
What's Your Digital Business Model?:
Six Questions
to Help You Build the Next-Generation Enterprise
by Peter Weill and Stephanie Woerner.
You should also follow people in media
who write about digital change.
Some of my favorites are Chris Davis,
who writes for cio.com,
Kim Nash, of the CIO Journal of the Wall Street Journal,
and Steven Norton,
who writes for a variety of periodicals.
The pace of change has never been faster.
But it's true that it will never be slower
than it is today.
Therefore, don't wait to embark on the necessary changes
to become digitally mature.
There will be challenges ahead, to be sure,
but the path should be an exciting and fulfilling one.
I wish you the best of luck.