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CAN YOUR DIGITAL
OPERATING MODEL
SUPPORT YOUR
DIGITAL STRATEGY?
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THE RACE TO DIGITAL
Young, fast and agile digital disruptors are increasingly posing
competitive threats to incumbents. Many legacy companies
have responded to these threats by creating a forward-looking
digital business strategy.
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AN OLD DRAG
ON A NEW STRATEGY
The problem they often encounter, however, is that the weight of
an old, out-of-date operating model is a drag on the new strategy.
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CLOSING THE GAP
BETWEEN YOUR
STRATEGY AND
OPERATING MODEL
Such a model — or models — is critical to
executing digital business strategies
successfully, overcoming disruption and
creating value.
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KEY ELEMENTS OF AN
EFFECTIVE DIGITAL
OPERATING MODEL
These four elements can be highly leveraged to deliver business
benefits in a digital context:
• Organization: Creating structural agility to enable speed
• Incentives: Driving the right behaviors
• Culture: The missing glue
• Capabilities: Establishing a digital foundation for success
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TAKING ACTION
Traditional companies need to learn how to adapt operating
models to the specificities of different functions.
• Based on Accenture research, 75% of incumbents agree that
successful digital operating models will be flexible, dynamic
and customer-centric.
• 81% acknowledge the need to manage multiple operating
models in parallel.
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FOUR KEYS TO
CREATING A FLEXIBLE
AND ADAPTIVE
OPERATING MODEL:
Re-shape organization structures and governance to allow
for speed. Digital innovations hubs — or a centralized "Digital
Hub" — can help traditional companies get the speed they need
to keep up with the fast pace of digital disrupters.
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FOUR KEYS TO
CREATING A FLEXIBLE
AND ADAPTIVE
OPERATING MODEL:
Re-think board & C-suite incentive structures to help reallocate
capital to fund new bets. Giving the C-suite flexibility to pursue
strategic growth initiatives outside of optimizing traditional "cash
cows" can provide the capital ad focus required to be successful.
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FOUR KEYS TO
CREATING A FLEXIBLE
AND ADAPTIVE
OPERATING MODEL:
Invest in fundamental digital capabilities regardless of your
digital strategy. Specific digital capabilities — such as rapid
prototyping combined with a deeper empathetic understanding
of customer needs — can provide a higher degree of certainty
that your strategy will be successful.
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FOUR KEYS TO
CREATING A FLEXIBLE
AND ADAPTIVE
OPERATING MODEL:
Transform corporate culture to accommodate open ecosystems,
innovation, risk-taking, openness and customer obsession.
Culture change that moves traditional companies away from "the
way we've always done things" and embraces failing quickly can
embed startup-like concepts into the corporate DNA.
11. Learn more about how selecting the right digital operating models
can help overcome disruption and create value with our full report:
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