Share this page: This is a high level guide to achieve a true digital transformation for an established business: 1. Determine whether you need to transform your business or just add digital to it Going through a true digital transformation will be a very painful process. It will require changing your DNA. In the end your company will not be[…]
Share this page: Poker is a game. So is corporate strategy, in some ways at least. Of course you can’t equal the two. But you can compare them. I think there are some interesting thoughts by looking at corporate strategy through the lens of poker. In poker as in corporate strategy, luck determines the outcome of a battle, but[…]
Share this page: Als die Kuoni-Gruppe 2015 ihr traditionelles Reisebüro- und Tour Operating-Geschäft an die deutsche REWE Gruppe verkaufte, löste sie damit viel Unverständnis und, ja, sogar Trauer aus: Für viele Schweizer war Kuoni das Synonym für «Reisebüro» schlechthin; ein nationales Symbol ähnlich wie Toblerone oder Swissair. Nun teilte auch Kuoni deren Schicksal, ins Ausland[…]
Share this page: Here are the success factors that I’ve identified in a variety of projects for a digital transformation to actually work. If you want to read how to do a digital transformation, please read my article on a business leader’s blue print for a digital transformation first. 1. Be serious Going digital for a company[…]
Share this page: Many business leaders understand digital as putting things online that were offline before (to save cost or to enable customer’s self service capabilities). Others consider it just the latest management buzz word but like to play around a bit with fancy projects or websites. Understanding digital as something you can just add on top[…]
Share this page:This is the story of Leodan, the first hybrid private bank. Its story proves that just adding digital to a business really is not the same as creating a digital business. Many incumbent business leaders understand digitization as synonym for making things digital that were done manually before, usually in order to save[…]