Organizations are operating in a hyperconnected world where the strategic landscape rapidly changes underneath them. Those changes are predominantly driven by digital transformations, forcing leaders to be aware of what’s happening outside their organization as well as internally—and how all stakeholders are affected. The outcome is:

Leaders must not plan to have a digital strategy; rather, they have to have a strategy for a digital world.

This is not semantics; it’s a critical perception and positioning for success. Having a digital strategy narrows your perspective and opportunities. Having a strategy in a digital world dramatically broadens your viewpoint. You become acutely aware of what’s happening outside your organization, including geopolitical changes, sustainability demands, technology breakthroughs and ecosystem opportunities.

Transforming an organization in today’s digital world is more challenging than previous transformations, as both the technology and the organization have to change. Organizations must respond faster to customer requirements by leveraging technology and data. They require a powerful digital ambition that inspires and aligns the whole organization. They need to re-architecture their technology platform and create a data-driven culture. They also need to develop agile at scale and create a culture that supports adopting a new way of working while encouraging experimentation. Leaders must shift from vertical to horizontal management.

All of this is not easy; two-thirds of transformations in a digital world fail. The top three reasons for failing are:

• Leaders don’t change their mindset and approach.
• The organization’s culture works against the transformation.
• Leaders only apply “digital lipstick,” not whole business model transformation.

In this informative, and engaging keynote, you’ll discover what it takes to overcome common failures. You’ll learn how the many different moving parts of transformation in a digital world come together. And you’ll adopt a framework to guide your transformation, plus you’ll learn the secrets from the one in three organizations that are successful.

Presentation Highlights:

• Pinpointing why digital implementation frequently fails
• The Ticking Clock^© Model – highlighting strategic and operational requirements
• Explaining how the Ticking Clock works with examples and featuring use cases to reinforce key points

Discover how DBS did not only transform to being digitally driven but how it revolutionized banking while being recognized, for five years in a row, as the world’s best bank.

Uncover how DBS Bank achieved this sensational transformation under the stewardship of CEO Piyush Gupta by challenging its employees to “Make Banking Joyful” — not a term normally associated with banking.

This intriguing and insightful keynote highlights how DBS created a start-up culture, transformed its core to digital, and became customer-obsessed — the bank’s three strategic transformation principles. The keynote also explains how the bank succeeded where many organizations struggle and shares creative solutions to overcome the biggest challenges.

Discover how to:

• Align your whole organization behind its digital purpose.
• Place the customer at the core of everything by adopting customer journey mapping.
• Engage employees from the start by leveraging digital tools.
• Transform to a totally data-driven organization.
• Re-architect your core technology.
• Build effective ecosystems.
• Measure your digital strategy.
• Create a learning organization.