Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 35 | Page 41

////////////////////////// In what ways can Digital Transformation make enterprises more competitive? In the digital world, everything must be immediate, intelligent and intuitive. But advances in technology don’t necessarily mean faster, smarter and better. Today, time is still in short supply and productivity growth is stuck in the slow lane. By intelligently connecting humans, machines and data, enterprises can boost productivity. They can bring new services to market faster, ideally acting on the moment, to enrich and monetise customer experience, while operating ultra-efficiently. With the right architecture and automated network operations and analytics, enterprises can achieve even more. Enabling machines and humans to do what they each do best creates time for what matters most. These days life happens in digital time. How can Nokia help enterprises begin their Digital Transformation journey? We know that Digital Transformation promises a lot. Most of the companies in our industry are in the process of some sort of Digital Transformation. According to a study made by Forbes, on a global basis, enterprises are expected to spend about US$1.3 Trillion on Digital Transformation. However, the sad truth is that 70% of their projects fail. This is an expensive proposition! With 70% of them falling short of their stated goals, that is a US$900 billion miss. One can say that this is a massive mismanagement. This is the time when we collectively must take a step back and look at what we are doing and find a way to increase our success rate. For that we should look at the 30% of the projects that succeed. What do they have in common? They move in digital time, with a corporate wide approach to digitalisation, without fear of disruption. They are bold. They also have a thoughtful approach to digitisation. For that reason, we should not talk about Digital Transformation but rather Digital Reinvention. This involves getting rid of the notion of transformation entirely. Digital leaders don’t transform slowly. They reinvent quickly. They do it by: www.intelligentcio.com Henrique Vale, Head of Nokia Software for MEA at Nokia “ BY INTELLIGENTLY CONNECTING HUMANS, MACHINES AND DATA, ENTERPRISES CAN BOOST PRODUCTIVITY. 1. Setting a clear digital ambition 2. Having a clear e2e design point 3. Launching smart pilot projects that go beyond providing new technology and rather aim at exploring new ways of working. Such pilots are important as they provide the opportunity to either succeed or quickly fail 4. Then scaling successful projects with the newly created knowledge from the pilot INTELLIGENTCIO 41