A Short, Haphazard Investigation Into #DigitalTransformation

I have been hunkered down inside all things #DigitalTransformation the last few months; trying to understand how we might kickstart a focus on this hot topic.

A colleague and I presented to the Exec team in May around various technologies, and the balancing requirement to “transform” not just “digitise”.

We covered off the “Big 8” – AI, VR, AR, robotics, 3D printing, drones, IoT, and blockchain. Of course, it was the last of these that created the most friction and confusion.

Two weeks later, and suddenly blockchain was centre stage – we are all about possibilities!

In the last 2 months I have met various local industry people, coders, consultants. All of them have been surprising humane and humble about the challenge:

coders who are libertarian and mined 200 bitcoin and have “retired”
coders who are frustrated with the slow pace of cyrpto/blockchain change; and want to rally the people to action
(also, all sorts of random ordinary people (like me) who are trying to fathom how to get involved in bitcoin/blockchain)
development houses who have to spend too much of their time educating clients about the blockchain potential; who struggle to find competent coders; and who are frustrated with the slow pace of embrace in Canada, surprisingly
corporate leaders who have gone for it big time, and are consequently milking the plaudits for all they are worth from envious industry people like me; but who deserve them, because they all admit, “this shit is hard yo!”
“Big 5” consultants who all take a slightly different focus to #DigitalTransforamtion…
- one have sensitive blockchain experts
- another are supply chain focused and very smart
- another are really design thinking focused
AR/VR developers who have pivoted because they find corporate people do not follow through on the commitment required to invest ongoing in developing work support VR. Everyone wants a one time win vs, the constant upgrade cycle as new work practices get developed.