Why Digital Transformations Fail: The Surprising Disciplines of How to Take Off and Stay Ahead

by Tony Saldanha Narrated by Wayne Shepherd

Overview

Former Procter & Gamble Vice President for IT and Shared Services, Tony Saldanha gives you the keys to a successful digital transformation: a proven five-stage model and a disciplined process for executing it.

Digital transformation is more important than ever now that we're in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where the lines between the physical, digital, and biological worlds are becoming ever more blurred. But fully 70 percent of digital transformations fail.

Why? Tony Saldanha, a globally awarded industry thought-leader who led operations around the world and major digital changes at Procter & Gamble, discovered it's not due to innovation or technological problems. Rather, the devil is in the details: a lack of clear goals and a disciplined process for achieving them. In this book, Saldanha lays out a five-stage process for moving from digitally automating processes here and there to making digital technology the very backbone of your company. For each of these five stages, Saldanha describes two associated disciplines vital to the success of that stage and a checklist of questions to keep you on track.

You want to disrupt before you are disrupted-be the next Netflix, not the next Blockbuster. Using dozens of case studies and his own considerable experience, Saldanha shows how digital transformation can be made routinely successful, and instead of representing an existential threat, it will become the opportunity of a lifetime.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Tony’s mastery in getting digital transformation done is unsurpassed. His work at P&G is a testament to the power of exponential organizations. Why Digital Transformations Fail is an important building block of our Exponential Organizations book series specifically covering successfully scaling transformations.”
—Salim Ismail, bestselling author of Exponential Organizations, angel investor, speaker, and technology strategist
 
“Tony has taken all the great learnings from P&G to provide a clear, practical, and experience-based pathway to succeeding in digital transformation. Executing innovation with discipline is critical to winning in digital transformation and enabling long-term business growth. An enlightening read for anyone!”
—Shailesh Jejurikar, President, Global Fabric Care and Fabric & Home Care Sector, and Executive Sponsor, Global Sustainability, Procter & Gamble
 
“A must-read for anyone currently undergoing or planning a digital transformation journey.”
—Simen Munter, Chief Operating Officer, Personal Banking, Nordea, Stockholm
 
“Tony, as usual, delivers a powerful guide by making a complex topic simple, logical, and practical—that’s what comes out of the decades of experience in internally disrupting operations!”
—Christian Mertin, EY Global Business Services and EY Global Client Service Partner, Ernst & Young
 
“Tony has mentored many IT professionals (including myself) on how to deliver IT projects and run IT operations with excellence. He now brings his thoughtful and meticulous approach to digital transformations to provide an outstanding road map for succeeding in the digital era.”
—Yazdi Bagli, Senior Vice President, Global Business Services and Emerging Technologies, Walmart
 
“Tony Saldanha has written the breakthrough, actionable guide to transitioning your organization to the digital future and to keep it winning in the face of constant disruptions.”
—Rebecca Rhoads, President, Global Business Services, Raytheon

Library Journal

06/28/2019

Newer. Better. Quicker. Businesses have always sought a competitive advantage, sometimes through product, sometimes through delivery method. The first struggle of a new business is to grow and be profitable. Following that, the company must sustain and improve. Today's focus is on digital. The thesis of this debut by Saldanha, former Procter & Gamble VP for IT and shared services, now president of the consulting firm Transformant, is that C-level executives and directors are deficient in their knowledge of technology, especially business application development. The book presents methods and checklists for businesses to keep advancing, rather than marching in place. Saldanha uses a number of relevant examples from companies such as Virgin Group, Google, and Amazon and includes a postmortem on some failures. In the final analysis, this business resource is on the continuum of works starting with Peter Drucker's Management: Challenges for the 21st Century and moving on to Clayton Christiansen's The Innovator's Solution. VERDICT A useful primer for the next generation in IT and business management.—Steven Silkunas, Fernandina Beach, FL

Product Details

BN ID:	2940174016828
Publisher:	Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Publication date:	07/23/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	902,745

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