David Rogers | David Rogers

Digital transformation is not a project. It’s a continuous journey for organizations, to get better and better at continuous adaptation. Hear how The New York Times and others are thriving in the digital age.

Thanks Sean Ammirati for having me on the Agile Giants podcast. It was a real pleasure to talk with you about innovation and growth in established businesses!

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When it comes to digital transformation, real change has to happen at every level of your organization, and involve every team. In this conversation on the terrific InsideOutside.io podcast, Brian Ardinger and I discuss the five steps essential to driving real change through digital transformation. Big thank you to Brian for having me on the show!

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It was a pleasure to kick off the 15th annual BRITE Conference, with a keynote on my forthcoming book, “The Digital Transformation Roadmap.” I shared a brief overview of my 5-step roadmap to transform any organization for a digital era of continuous change.

Thanks again to Matthew Quint for organizing an amazing event, the audience for your insightful questions, and the fantastic speakers for your insights on the future of AI, ecommerce, music, climate change, post-pandemic consumer behavior, and more.

I’m delighted to share this fantastic conversation I had with Kaihan Krippendorff on his Outthinker podcast.

In a fast-paced 20 minutes, we managed to discuss:

What companies get most wrong in pursuing Digital Transformation

What’s my definition of strategy

Lessons from cases such as Intel, Disney, Amazon, and The New York Times

The most important thing I’ve changed my mind about (in business)

Why digital technologies are changing how organizations will be organized

I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I did!

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I’m so happy to see that Daniel Lubetzky, Founder of KIND Snacks and an amazing business leader is the recipient of the 2023 Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics from Columbia Business School.

I had a wonderful conversation with Lubetzky onstage at the BRITE ’16 conference. You can watch it below.

I’m thrilled to announce that my latest book, “The Digital Transformation Playbook: Rethink Your Business for the Digital Age” is now published in 12 languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, German, Russian, Serbian, Turkish, Persian, Romanian, … and English (the original). It’s also available in audiobook in English, Portuguese, and Vietnamese.

Please share this page with anyone you think would benefit from an edition in their language!

ENGLISH

The Digital Transformation
Playbook: Rethink Your Business
for the Digital Age

Publisher: Columbia University
Press

Buy Print edition: Amazon;
Buy Ebook: Amazon Kindle, Apple iBooks, Google Play, Kobo

ENGLISH AUDIOBOOK

The Digital Transformation
Playbook: Rethink Your Business
for the Digital Age

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Buy Audiobook:
https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Digital-Transformation-Playbook-Audiobook/1977382460

SPANISH

Guía estratégica para la
transformación digital: Reinventa tu negocio para la era digital

Publisher: Empresa Activa

Buy Print edition:
https://www.amazon.com/-/es/David-Rogers/dp/8416997446/

PORTUGUESE

Transformação Digital:
Repensando o seu negócio para a era digital

Publisher: Autêntica Business

Buy Print and Ebook:
https://www.amazon.com.br/Transforma%C3%A7%C3%A3o-Digital-Repensando-Neg%C3%B3cio-Digital/dp/8551302728/

PORTUGUESE AUDIOBOOK

Transformação Digital:
Repensando o seu negócio para a era digital

Publisher: Grupo Autêntica

Buy Audiobook:
https://www.ubook.com/audiobook/617041/transformacao-digital-repensando-o-seu-negocio-para-a-era-digital

CHINESE

中国人民大学出版社有限公司

Publisher: China Renmin University Press

Buy Print edition:
https://www.amazon.cn/dp/B0718VVZ5V

JAPANESE

DX戦略立案書: CC-DIVフレームワークでつかむデジタル経営変革の考え方

Publisher: Hakuto-Shobo

Buy Print edition:
https://www.hakutou.co.jp/book/b553663.html

KOREAN

디지털 트랜스포메이션 생존 전략 [빠르게 변하는 비즈니스 세계에서 살아남기]

Publisher: Acorn Publishing

Buy Print edition:
http://acornpub.co.kr/book/digital-transformaion

VIETNAMESE

Cải Tổ Doanh Nghiệp Trong Thời Đại Số

Publisher: PACE Management
Institute

Buy Print edition:
https://tiki.vn/cai-to-doanh-nghiep-trong-thoi-dai-so-p10075759.html

VIETNAMESE AUDIOBOOK

Cải Tổ Doanh Nghiệp Trong Thời Đại Số

Publisher: PACE Management
Institute

Buy Audiobook:
https://tiki.vn/cai-to-doanh-nghiep-trong-thoi-dai-so-p10075759.html

GERMAN

Digitale Transformation. Das
Playbook: Wie Sie Ihr
Unternehmen erfolgreich in das digitale Zeitalter führen und die digitale Disruption meistern

Publisher: mitp Business

Buy Print and Ebook:
https://www.amazon.de/Digitale-Transformation-Das-Playbook-Unternehmen/dp/3958455735/

RUSSIAN

Цифровая Трансформация

Publisher: Publishing Group Point

Buy Print edition:
http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/143794950/

SERBIAN

Vodič kroz digitalnu
transformaciju

Publisher: Finesa

Buy Print edition:
https://www.finesa.edu.rs/vodic-kroz-digitalnu-transformaciju/

TURKISH

Dijital Dönüşümde Oyunun
Kuralları

Publisher: Optimist/Mapfre
Sigorta

Buy Print edition:
http://www.optimistkitap.com/detay-dijital-donusumde-oyunun-kurallari-110.html

PERSIAN

راهنمای کاربردی تحول دیجیتال

Publisher: Mehraban Nashr

Buy Print edition:
http://www.cheshmandazketab.ir/product/راهنمای-کاربردی-تحول-دیجیتال

ROMANIAN

Transformarea digitală

Publisher: Curtea Veche Publishing

Buy Print edition:
https://www.curteaveche.ro/p/transformarea-digitala

I’m delighted to share a first peek at my forthcoming book, “The Digital Transformation Roadmap.” In this 30-minute webinar video, I explain how effective transformation starts with defining a shared vision of your digital future, the role you will play, and why.

In the video, I discuss:

Why any digital transformation will fail without a shared vision
How a legacy auto maker and a global financial services firm redefined their digital future
Four essential tools to make your case and align shareholders & employees

Thank you to everyone who joined the webinar live and submitted questions, to Mark Roberts for moderating, and to Columbia Business School Executive Education for hosting it.

I am thrilled to announce that I submitted my final book manuscript to my publisher for “The Digital Transformation Roadmap: Rebuild your organization for continuous change” (to be published later this year).

[Photo: me belatedly popping the champagne on 2023, after clicking “share” on my Dropbox folder!]

The new book will be a sequel of sorts to my LAST book (The DX “Playbook”), which focused on the challenge of rethinking strategy for any established business in the digital age.

The NEW book will focus squarely on the challenge of rebuilding the organization itself for the digital era. It tackles such topics as defining a shared vision, governance for growth, innovation at scale, culture change, and much, much more. And it provides practical tools and a 5-Step Roadmap framework to overcome the barriers that stop so many companies from reaching digital transformation success.

I look forward to sharing much more of the book in the months leading up to our big release!

I’m delighted to be featured in this month’s issue of Research-Technology Management, which is focused on digital innovation.

I was interviewed by Editor-in-chief, James Euchner. We had a fascinating conversation on how digital is transforming the practice of strategy and innovation, and how leaders can keep pace with change. Much of it covers topics from my forthcoming book, which I’m finishing this fall.

Topics we discussed include:

The three ways technology is impacting strategy
Lessons from Amazon Web Services for innovation beyond your core
Why digital transformation is not about technology
The Three Paths to Growth for legacy businesses
How to compete when you’re on someone else’s platform
Lessons from Ford Motors on accelerating digital innovation
Building a Corporate Innovation Stack to scale growth
Lessons from GE Digital on management overreach
Driving strategy from the bottom up
Rethinking leadership for the digital era

DOWNLOAD:
I’m happy to share 50 free downloads of my interview with this link:
https://bit.ly/RTM-interview-DRogers

BUY:
Purchase the article or the full issue at https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/urtm20/65/5

I’m happy to have contributed to this important research from Harvard Business Review Analytics, “Digital Transformation Refocused: New Goals Require New Strategies”

We asked global executives about their agenda for digital transformation (DX), as organizations emerge from survival mode of the last 2 years of Covid.

Among the findings:

Digital priorities are shifting — From business continuity and efficiency to accelerating innovation and growing the customer base
People matter — Firms that are succeeding in DX have a much higher commitment to culture change, and to involving the entire organization
Strategy first — Rather than starting from new technologies or legacy metrics, companies should begin DX with a clear vision of growth and the future customer

Along with myself, other experts shared exceptional insights: Tom Davenport, Charlene Li, Melissa Swift, and George Westerman.

Many thanks to Kristin Burnham for including me in the research study and white paper, which was sponsored by Red Hat.

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Author Archives: David Rogers

Agile Giants Podcast with Sean Ammirati

InsideOutside Podcast

BRITE Conference Keynote on my forthcoming book, “The Digital Transformation Roadmap”

Outthinkers Podcast

Daniel Lubetzky receives Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics from Columbia Business School.

In 13 Languages + 3 Audiobooks: “The Digital Transformation Playbook”

ENGLISH

ENGLISH AUDIOBOOK

SPANISH

PORTUGUESE

PORTUGUESE AUDIOBOOK

CHINESE

JAPANESE

KOREAN

VIETNAMESE

VIETNAMESE AUDIOBOOK

GERMAN

RUSSIAN

SERBIAN

TURKISH

PERSIAN

ROMANIAN

[Webinar] Define a Shared Vision

The Digital Transformation Roadmap Manuscript Submitted!

Interview in Research-Technology Management

Digital Transformation Refocused: New Goals Require New Strategies