November 26th, 2020 by

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Redefining Digital Transformation for a with/post-covid world: the next 10 years

The ongoing covid-19 crisis represents a tremendous challenge as well as a unique opportunity for change. We are entering an era of Great Transformation (the WEF calls it ‘the great reset’), and we must proceed with foresight and practical wisdom. In 2020, ‘Big Tech’ emerged as a clear winner: the past 9 months have resulted in more ‘digital transformation’ than the entire 5 years before. Now it is time to take the next step and go beyond the mere pursuit of efficiency, optimization, automation and cost reduction, and to look at how technology can truly empower human resilience, agility and creativity, as we are heading into the most important decade in human history. What will the role of AI and the IoT be, in that larger context? 

Author: Gerd Leonhard

In the words of American poet John Berryman, “the possibility that has been overlooked is the future”. Most of us are far too busy coping with present challenges to explore the future in any depth – and when we do our own cravings and fears often run away with us, resulting in utopias or dystopias that are not very helpful in terms of planning and decisions. Today’s professionals, leaders and their organisations need a dedicated, passionate long-term understanding of the future if they are to successfully navigate the exponential waves of change. For countless individuals and organizations that intelligence is called Gerd Leonhard.

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