Top recurrent trends in digital transformation!

Digital Transformation is transforming. A few years ago it was just a flashy buzzword, but it has quickly changed into a must-do for businesses to succeed and thrive in modern world.

Yesterday, we discussed the current state of digital transformation and what we believe the future of digital transformation will be at the weekly IDG Tech Talk Twitter chat. During the conversation, we saw a few trends and best practices emerging from our experts.

Avoid ‘bright shiny object syndrome’

Digital transformation won’t work if it isn’t tailored to the needs of your company. Nicole Scalese‏ summed this up perfectly in her tweet below:

Another company’s digital transformation journey may look very different from yours. That doesn’t mean either one is ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ as long as the strategy is catered to each organization’s unique needs.

You’ll be held accountable

CIOs have been executing digital transformation tactics for years. CIOs wil be accountable for tracking and showing progress. Isaac Sacolick‏, a social CIO, digital transformation leader and the author of Driving Digital, predicts that as digital transformation takes a larger role in driving business success there will be more emphasis on demonstrating growth and proving digital transformation success to upper management.

Digital should be part of a company’s DNA

We could not have said it better than Toby Buechsenschuetz‏ who brought up the importance of putting digital at the core of your business, which requires a new mindset for many organizations.

Jessica Marie‏ also stressed the need for the CIO to work closely with teams across the entire organization to ensure proper implementation and onboarding of a digital transformation plan. In order to do that successfully, digital has to be at the core of your organization.

IoT will be bigger than blockchain

Our experts nearly unanimously agreed that IoT will be far more disruptive in the coming year than other trends such as blockchain. Forbes predicted the same in their recent report. According to the report they predicted that the global IoT market will grow from $157B in 2016 to $457B by 2020.

This was certainly an exciting chat with lots of great insights shared by our experts. If you would like to be part of our next conversation please join us on Twitter, every Thursday at 12pm ET and follow the hashtag #idgtechtalk.