Transform Your Business with These Essential Digital Tools

So, you’re convinced you need to modernize your business’s systems by implementing technological solutions.

You know that tech tools will make you even more competitive, that they will allow you to efficiently conduct business and that they will bring you quick wins to motivate your team. Now, where to start? Here are seven essential digital tools, listed in no particular order, to help you get started.

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A Workable Business Plan: A Business Model Canvas

If you aren't already using the Business Model Canvas, you're missing out on a powerful tool that can help you get a better grasp on your business!

Remember that old business plan you created at the beginning of your entrepreneurial journey?

I’m guessing you’d have to blow dust off of it now just in order to read it. Instead of a complex written document, I suggest creating a Business Model Canvas, a visual way to outline your business foundations. Not only is it a valuable exercise the first time, it becomes an even more valuable tool when you update it every quarter. As a base-line tool, I will be referring to it in future videos and blog posts since, you will surely gain perspective concerning your digital transformation by filling in your own Business Model Canvas. It will guide you in determining WHAT technology to implement and WHEN.

Exhibiting Leadership in a Digital Transformation: The Three-Step Process to Change Management 

NO Change Management! NO Transformation! Period!

So, you’ve realized that you need to embark on a digital transformation journey for the future success of your business.

Now it’s time to get your team on board. Because, as you well know, people are often resistant to change… and transformation means a fundamental, overarching change. Guiding your team members in embracing this transformation is primordial because without careful change management, there is no digital transformation. 

The Success of your Business’s Digital Transformation Depends on Management’s Involvement

In any mandate that I take, I make sure that the management team is fully engaged. If not, we won't succeed!

Without management’s support, your company’s digital transformation will fail.

How dare I make such a bold claim? Not only is it based on my own experience, but this conclusion is supported by a study published in MIT’s Sloan Management Review in conjunction with Capgemini Consulting. The study entitled, “The Digital Advantage: how digital leaders outperform their peers in every industry,” found that the HOW is management support and involvement in the digital transformation. Yes, that is right: The success of a digital transformation rises and falls on the shoulders of management and this in every industry. 

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