It's time to be Creative, Re-Invent, and Innovate

Digital Transformation (DT) is no longer an option nowadays, either you start this journey now; or die

Like any significant change, DT starts by a Mindset change, as we always say culture is everything.

You can buy and implement any technology quickly, but minds and hearts are the most difficult to reach.

For any company to drive its Digital Transformation correctly, it must allow time for all its employees and business functions to transition their Mindsets to the new norm.

The company's leadership must drive themselves the change and track progress and apply any needed modifications on the go.

Currently and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most People and Organizations started to understand well my above statement. Those who already started this transition a few years ago were the best to manage the As-Is situation with the minimal possible damages. They were able to continue their business operations and to support their clients globally. The ones who were considering the digital transformation as a myth or just a marketing trend and far away to become a reality soon, they were the most who suffered, unfortunately, and many of them went bankrupt.

It's now more than ever a must for many organizations to restructure their internal divisions and revise their processes and functions to make sure their business is agile, and technology teams cannot be separate islands anymore inside your organization and new divisions called Business Technology must emerge.

Companies should also revise their data governance regulations, so they classify their data in different categories.

They can push to the Cloud whatever possible to move; they must also adopt a Multi-Cloud policy, so they are not locked to any of the Cloud providers.

They should have the freedom to move their data loads between the different clouds, having the total flexibility to bring them back on-premises whenever the Cloud is not anymore an option to consider for many reasons.

The current pandemic has proven that big time, and for many organizations, the Cloud usage was their survival tool to continue operating while working remotely and from homes.

Cloud is now a must and vital part of any organization's future.

Finally, never miss a critical component, which is the end to end cyber-security part to consider all along your digital transformation journey from the beginning. It starts with your employee's security awareness and culture until you reach the different milestones of your journey.

Nowadays, with cloud adoption and public awareness, security becomes equivalent to any company's reputation.

Finally, it's not the biggest or most influential of Enterprises that will survive after the COVID-19 pandemic ends, but it's the ones who start their Digital Transformation Journey today and not even tomorrow.

Charles Chebli