The document discusses how to build a digital culture through digital transformation. It recommends taking transformation in three stages: first making surface-level changes to test bigger transformation; second, transforming the audience experience within constraints; third, transforming internal operations to match the new audience experience. Examples are given of companies like Netflix that underwent successful three-stage transformations, starting with things like streaming tests before overhauling their entire business model. Barriers to transformation are also outlined.
6. Evolving an organisation’s ways of
working in order to continue
delivering its mission in the face of
changing technology, competition,
audience need and behaviour.
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29. “ To provide our customers
with the most convenient
access to media entertainment.”
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32. “To be the best global entertainment
distribution service.”
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34. THEN TO NOW:
NETFLIX
• 1997 Company founded
• 2007 1 billionth DVD delivered
• 2014 Spent $0 on marketing DVDs vs. $US65
million per quarter on streaming
• 2015 Launched in Australia and New Zealand
• 2016 Spending $US5 billion on programming
• 2017 Expanding to stream in 200 countries
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45. 10 Best CDO Practices for Dealing with Digital
Transformation
1. Buildahigh-performancedigitalteam
2. Digitalshouldbeeveryone'sjob
3. Don'tdodigitalforthesakeofdigital
4. Dofewerthingsbetter
5. Createanatmosphereofcollaboration
6. Bakedata-informedthinkingintotheculture
7. Thinkfromtheoutside-in
8. Sometimesit'sbettertobegforforgivenessthenaskpermission
9. Getexperimentalandanalytical
10. Managementneedstolivedigital
Perry Hewitt, Harvard Chief Digital Officer
46. BARRIERS TO
CHANGE
• Misconceptions about digital
• Departments trapped in silos
• Traditional culture and mind sets
• Rewards for being risk-averse
• Small budgets (and getting smaller)
• Wide gaps in audience knowledge
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47. “In the last 5 years, the world
has moved faster outside the
business than in it.”
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48. “Our structure is too
cumbersome, decision
making too slow.”
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49. “We will be faster with
innovation, smarter with
taking risks, bolder with
moves that drive
transformation.”
H O W W O U L D Y O U T R A N S F O R M ?
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58. • Audiences are already digital-first
• Competition from other sectors and areas
• Opportunities to cost-save and grow reach
• Competition for top staff talent
• ‘Traditional’ services under scrutiny
• Service ‘shelf life’ will only get shorter
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REASONS TO
CHANGE
71. STEP 1: TRANSFORM THE
SURFACE
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✱ Tackle a specific problem or perception
change online, with measurements in place.
✱ Create digital versions of existing offerings,
incentivising their adoption.
✱ Track everything and share victories widely
and loudly within the organisation.
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86. STEP 2: TRANSFORM FOR
AUDIENCES
✱ Collaborate outside comfort zones to enhance
experiences for priority audiences.
✱ Make on-going audience feedback and
engagement part of every new initiative.
✱ Track and escalate barriers to create plans and
business cases for overcoming them.
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101. STEP 3: TRANSFORM THE
INTERNAL
✱ Get the right investment and authority, set
expectations and update plans throughout.
✱ Tackle business critical processes and systems
first with clear benchmarks and targets.
✱ Identify and implement ‘quick wins’ throughout
using existing resources and skillsets.
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H O W T O B U I L D A D I G I T A L C U LT U R E
Hello & Welcome – Intros
DT – bandied about with exuberance
What does it really mean?
Look at orgs that have done it.
Practical tips for why and how you should do it
Start with the basics…
Digital touches every part of a business
Even ‘phygital’
Cross cuts internal departments and silos
Is a menu of options you can use to improve your business
Used well – digital can TRANSOFRM your business – or so we’re told
Panacea for all ills – e-bay millionaires to FB and Google
If only you can tap into it….
DT has gone top of agenda
But if you are not a FB or Google – what does DT mean?
Key to this is your mission..
That’s the secret
Not in isolation. Use differently depending on context of what you want to achieve
Digital and Business strategy are inextricably linked
How can digital help you better deliver to your business strategy?
So in the example of Precedent…
This is WHY we exist
In 1989 HOW delivered it = CD Roms in our studio in Shoreditch
Fast forward 26 years
HOW has changed dramatically
Grown – multi disciplines
Full service that deliver to clients changing needs.
Think about your mission or vision – will be relevant throughout the morning…
Digital natives
Far more interested in environment and being change makers and not totally driven by matieralism
Want to see the value of their input
Self drive cars
Digtial is impacting – things are getting more automated
As automation ncreases the need for particular roles is diminshed
World is getting smaller
Cant just think about your audience in location or physical building
Achieving things on a global scale – being world class
Lifes special moments are often seen through a viewfinder
Even something as intimate as a wedding is obscured by a smartphone
Technilogy adapting to climate change – narutal disaster – help people know you’re safe
Social networks
Instead of buy the world a coke its all about how it related to you as an individual
Knowing all of this – knowing your mission, understanding trends etc.. If you could start from scratch
Ithey are made up of millennials
So: critical to DT is establishing a digital culture
Wont achieve without it
Look at some e.g.s
not easy for everyone
DT is a journey – diff for everyone (SME v start up v university)
3 key stages – things you can do at every stage to harness potential
All about the presentation layer
Trial and test small changes to test water
Build business case
Clung rigidly to retail model
In face of changing entertainment industry
Transformed by the internet
Failed to listen to changing prefs, to value CX, to deliver to their brand promise
Result? Total annihilation by Netflix
Total antithesis to Blockbuster – Netflix constantly change and adapt
Mail order dvds
Recognised advent of streaming media online
Customers preferred online
Created online subscription model
Hugely successful - But didn’t stop there
Listened and learned to create new content – exclusive experience
But they didn’t stop there
Recognised disrupted experience by waiting
Sit on the sofa with a bag of doritos watching 24
Binge watching
Released series in one go
Result?
150 million new subscribers
Cut titles and raised subscription fees
Didn’t lose customers
Now THAT’s what you call valuing the customer experience and reaping the rewards
The second conversation took place in 2002, a few months after our IPO. Laura, our bookkeeper, was bright, hardworking, and creative. She’d been very important to our early growth, having devised a system for accurately tracking movie rentals so that we could pay the correct royalties. But now, as a public company, we needed CPAs and other fully credentialed, deeply experienced accounting professionals—and Laura had only an associate’s degree from a community college. Despite her work ethic, her track record, and the fact that we all really liked her, her skills were no longer adequate. Some of us talked about jury-rigging a new role for her, but we decided that wouldn’t be right.
We faced the latter challenge at Netflix in a fairly dramatic way as we began to shift from DVDs by mail to a streaming service. We had to store massive volumes of files in the cloud and figure out how huge numbers of people could reliably access them. (By some estimates, up to a third of peak residential internet traffic in the U.S. comes from customers streaming Netflix movies.) So we needed to find people deeply experienced with cloud services who worked for companies that operate on a giant scale—companies like Amazon, eBay, Google, and Facebook, which aren’t the easiest places to hire someone away from.
Our compensation philosophy helped a lot. Most of its principles stem from ideals described earlier: Be honest, and treat people like adults. For instance, during my tenure Netflix didn’t pay performance bonuses, because we believed that they’re unnecessary if you hire the right people. If your employees are fully formed adults who put the company first, an annual bonus won’t make them work harder or smarter. We also believed in market-based pay and would tell employees that it was smart to interview with competitors when they had the chance, in order to get a good sense of the market rate for their talent. Many HR people dislike it when employees talk to recruiters, but I always told employees to take the call, ask how much, and send me the number—it’s valuable information.
Even if you’ve hired people who want to perform well, you need to clearly communicate how the company makes money and what behaviors will drive its success. At Netflix, for instance, employees used to focus too heavily on subscriber growth, without much awareness that our expenses often ran ahead of it: We were spending huge amounts buying DVDs, setting up distribution centers, and ordering original programming, all before we’d collected a cent from our new subscribers. Our employees needed to learn that even though revenue was growing, managing expenses really mattered.
MC DONALDS chief CEO
2008 where sales declined, stores were closing and the stock price was under 10$
2008 where sales declined, stores were closing and the stock price was under 10$
No better e.g. than Cancer Research’s R U V UGLY? campaign
reduce sunbed use in 16-18 year-old females
2 reasons for success
1 – tapped into mindset. No health message. Vanity – look old. Celebrities
2 – Took campaign to audiences - UV scanning cameras in shopping centres – free consultations.
In the weeks following the campaign, 46% of respondents reported that they had stopped using sunbeds, or were using them less. As a result of its success, the Department of Health decided to continue the campaign.
It was supported by a digital photo booth which took UV as well as normal photos, showing sun damage. It’s had great results, and since been commissioned by UK governments.
With an appearance obsessed audience, ‘prone to switching off to health messaging’ they focused on a pure-play vanity message – using a sunbed would make them look old before their time.
They used text speak, and came up with R UV UGLY? - leveraging the 'UV' in sunbeds and asking a question which could draw in engagement.
They used UV skin scanning cameras at the heart of the campaign, it graphically showed what lurked beneath the skin. This gave the audience an opportunity to see the damage already done - and therefore the very real risk of melanoma. Cancer research knew that their audience, obsessed with appearance, would find it irresistible, which a focus group confirmed.
Cancer Research intentionally targeted certain celebrities to support the campaign. These included Binky Felstead (Made in Chelsea), Maria Fowler and Sam & Billie Faiers (TOWIE), Gemma Merna (Hollyoaks), Kym Marsh (Coronation Street) and singer Paloma Faith. Their involvement was promoted through interview placements, placed skin assessments and by encouraging them to tweet to drive fans to the Facebook voucher page.
To make the campaign digital, they took it to where the audience hung out, creating a bespoke Facebook tab as a campaign hub. It contained information, as well as video tanning tips featuring Made in Chelsea's Binky.
46% of respondents reported that they had stopped using sunbeds, or were using them less.
Because they went the extra mile – potential savings in preventative measures
Department of Health decided to continue the campaign.
To win the fight against heart diseaseCharity
Revamp site
New strategy to focus on funding medical research
“to win the fight against heart disease”
Old site was all things to all men – reflected silo’s
Confusing to navigate or complete a task
Shifted to focus to the supporter
And 3 core areas of revenue generation – donations, fundraising event and furniture and electrical
Easier to find and complete these tasks
- stripped down donation form
- why are you donating today?
- robust tech platform to manage events
- teams can sign up, co-ordinate and promote efforts
Results?
277% increase in donations
Conversion rate of 29% up from 8
30% increase in furniture and electrical collection requests
1,800 new event registrations
Phenomenal
277% increase in donations
Conversion rate of 29% up from 8
. Furniture & Electrical collections requests were again over 20,000 for the month of March up 40% on March 2014 and representing roughly £1 million to the BHF.
. Event registrations were up 74% this month on the same month last year.
. Heart Matters sign-ups were up 25%.
. Furniture & Electrical collections requests were again over 20,000 for the month of March up 40% on March 2014 and representing roughly £1 million to the BHF.
. Event registrations were up 74% this month on the same month last year.
. Heart Matters sign-ups were up 25%.
700 customer surveys coming in a week. Waitrose’s sales rose 2.9%, a relatively strong performance in a market which expanded by just 1%. grocery prices overall fell by 2%.
April last year, the retailer surpassed its £1bn online sales target over a rolling 52-week period, a year earlier than planned. Its click-and-collect business is going from strength to strength with more than a third of all online orders collected in John Lewis or Waitrose stores.
Mobile now accounts for more than 40% of traffic to Johnlewis.com and traffic is up more than 115% year on year.
700 customer surveys coming in a week. Waitrose’s sales rose 2.9%, a relatively strong performance in a market which expanded by just 1%. grocery prices overall fell by 2%.
April last year, the retailer surpassed its £1bn online sales target over a rolling 52-week period, a year earlier than planned. Its click-and-collect business is going from strength to strength with more than a third of all online orders collected in John Lewis or Waitrose stores.
Mobile now accounts for more than 40% of traffic to Johnlewis.com and traffic is up more than 115% year on year.