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Mike Robuck
Mike Robuck
7/19/2016 10:23:32 AM
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I guess I see it the other way: cultural transformation is a big component that involves changing the way businesses work. Don't we need cultural transformations for new services and technologies, such as SDN/NFV, DevOps, big data analytics, web scale operations and services? For breaking down those silos? 

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dmendyk
dmendyk
7/19/2016 10:12:35 AM
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Re: Too generalissimo
Cultural transformation -- the king sponge of spongy terms. Here, we enter chicken/egg territory. From my limited experience, business transformation drives cultural transformation, rather than the other way around.

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Mike Robuck
Mike Robuck
7/19/2016 10:06:31 AM
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Thanks for the comments Dennis. In another survey I was reading yesterday, "going paperless" was the top initiative for IT decision makers while "cultural transformation" came in dead last. Whatever the definition of digital transformation is, it will be hard to achieve without cultural transformations. 

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dmendyk
dmendyk
7/19/2016 9:24:39 AM
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Too generalissimo
Mike -- It's not surprising that a vaguely defined concept like "digital transformation" would elicit such spongy survey results. Digital transformation began when businesses started swapping out ledger books for computers -- which means this process is now almost 60 years in the making. The truth is that everyone in every organization has some involvement in "digital transformation." And as far as evolutionary processes go, having a completely defined blueprint or roadmap is far less important than identifying and then implementing new processes as they make sense for the business.

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