Tag: digital transformation
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AI Will Probably be a Productivity Bust
Before we get to the bold productivity prediction, know where I’m coming from… I am of two minds on Artificial Intelligence: the large language models of Chat GPT and so forth. Like some of those eminent in the field, I think AIs may represent a mortal threat to humanity. Even if the computers do not…
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Productivity: the no. 1 digital transformation shortfall
I have nothing against digital transformation imperatives or the millions of dollars and hours put toward it over the past decade. It was and remains an essential foundation of 21st-century value production. Picking up on a recent post, I will say that if anything the job is not done. Productivity Recognition: Digital Transformation’s final frontier…
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Failing Productivity? What About All That Digital Transformation?
The Canadian character lends itself to millennialist productivity flagellation (e.g., recent Globe & Mail-only: Canada’s declining productivity streak adds to inflation problem, The productivity problem in Canada’s economy is really a marketing and sales problem, Canada has a productivity problem. The solution is training, not factories, one expert says, Canada’s productivity lag could be helped…
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Profiting from Capitalist Transformations
The transformation of capitalism is an ongoing process influenced by various factors such as technological advancements, changing societal values, and environmental concerns. This transformation presents both challenges and opportunities for businesses and individuals seeking to profit from the evolving landscape. Let’s explore some obvious (and less obvious) paths to profit from the transformation of…
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Transformation is not just a buzzword anymore
I’m often asked—told, really: “Transformation’s just a buzzword.” (You have to imagine the rising intonation and modifier before “buzzword” yourself.) Typically, it’s right after I disclose what I do to a middle ranking corporate or government manager. I have no choice but to say, “It certainly can be.” Digital transformation got us started… …
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7 Powerful Transformation Trends in 2023
In 2023, expect to see several transformation trends emerge to shape the way organizations deal with their changing worlds. As the world rapidly changes and evolves, so too businesses must adapt to stay competitive and relevant, let alone successful in the face of shifting market dynamics, customer demands, and technological advancements. 1. Digital Transformation This…
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Rome was not transformed… in a day
This is an op-ed piece originally published in Canadian Government Executive in January 2018. It suggests that government stick with its transformation initiatives though they may be hard. (715 words; 3 min read) Like any other consultant and successful business book writer, I pontificate like an oracle at Delphi. In my case, about digital transformation.…
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Who says government can’t innovate?
In fact, we’d be lost without it. Op-Ed article printed in The Ottawa Citizen The New York Times carried a story earlier this month, Energy Idea for Mars Yields a Clue for Powering Data Centers, that accidentally challenges a common private-sector saw that government can’t innovate. Not only can it, we would be lost without it.…
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NAFTA digital trigger
Investing in deeper digital transformation may be the best NAFTA gift to the business NAFTA may or may not survive 2018. To prepare for its failure, Canadian businesses have investment in digital transformation for the productivity gains needed to compete successfully. If NAFTA is successfully renegotiated, the digital productivity gains will make Canadian businesses stronger…
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Digital Transactionality
Why Relationships and Everything Else is Different The transactionality (in personal relationships) that has exploded since the mid-nineties is the natural, if not expected result of exponentially expanding digitization. If the decaying state of interpersonal connection is a bellwether for other critical consequences of digital transformation, understanding it may provide the perspective to foresee the…
