Nobel laureate Herbert Simon wrote that design is about “changing existing circumstances into preferred ones.” The challenge for many businesses embarking upon a transformation journey, however, is that they don’t always have a clear vision of their preferred destination, only hints of where they are going and how…
We live in an age where disruption is no longer the exception, but the norm. For the majority of firms, however, their response to disruption has focused on digital strategies. Firms are looking to technology to adapt their business model, create greater efficiency, drive cost savings, and maintain…
Transformation is the new business mantra. Managers are told that they need to change, and to transform their organisations before they are disrupted by some external force. Share markets reward the disrupters and penalise firms that don’t respond quickly enough. And yet, for many managers, this call-to-action is…
