The document outlines a comprehensive digital transformation strategy that emphasizes innovation, agility, and customer-centricity to overcome contemporary business challenges. It details key components and tools necessary for successful digital transformation, including clear targets, secure investment, and a focus on the human aspect of technology implementation. Furthermore, the document discusses emerging technologies such as AI, 5G, and blockchain, which are poised to shape the future of digital transformation in various industries.

1. Digital Transformation Strategy,
Framework And Tools
By embracing innovation, agility, and customer-centricity, digital transformation
strategy fosters organisational progress.
It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive, but those who
can best manage change.
CHARLES DARWIN
Digital Transformation Strategy: Framework & Tools
Is your business facing challenges set up by the merging of the physical, digital, and human
worlds? Well, then it’s time for you to pep up your knowledge about digital transformation
strategy.
Digital transformation strategy is a detailed plan for how your business will solve these
key hurdles and challenges. Companies of all sizes are seeing desirable business outcomes
from digital transformation efforts. For instance service & product improvement and
innovation, operational efficiency, and increased swiftness across the value chain.
Willing to develop such a strategy for your own business too? Look nowhere, you are at the
right place. Through this article we will take you on a step by step journey to understand
how digital transformation can boost your business and take you to new heights.
The journey towards value of any type starts with defining a strategy for your specific
business needs and desired outcomes. So, Learn Transformation helps your organization
in the same direction.

2. • Clear targets, management buy-in, and targeting easy wins early are just some of the
key aspects of a successful digital transformation. According to experts from Learn
Transformation. Digital transformation provides a lot of opportunities and
organizations use them to improve their customer services, reform their internal
operations and invent their way to a sustainable future.
• Learn Transformation’s experience says that successful digital transformation must
rest on a foundation of smart digital transformation strategy. And making fine
investment alternatives to widen competitive advantage, profit, and value—and
then implementing them with direction is a smart business strategy.
• According to Learn Transformation, any digital transformation strategy looks at the
goals, current situation and how to move forward on a transformational journey in a
way that makes sense and connects the dots.
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Table of Conntents:
• Digital Transformation Strategy: Framework & Tools
• Two questions that top every CEO’s digital agenda:
• Key Tenets of Effective Digital strategy
• Tools of the Digital Transformation
o Frequently asked questions
o Key Takeaways:
Two questions that top every CEO’s digital agenda:
1. What does the company of the future look like?
2. How do we get there?
Key Tenets of Effective Digital strategy
1. Set clear targets
• What will digital transformation do for your company? The first step in your digital
transformation journey is finding an answer to this question and this makes it
significant for all those involved.
• Firms must identify key milestones and targets for the organization to aim
for. Ideally with low-hanging fruit first to help build momentum – before relaying
the road-map clearly to key stakeholder groups, and keeping them up-to-date
through detailed communications plans.
• Learn Transformation thinks that targets are needed for each source of value
creation – cost savings, revenues, for better work of agents, and gratification of
members and customers—and for different ways of working.
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2) Secure investment

3. • In this the phase “you get what you pay for” holds true, and only firms willing to
truly commit to the investment needed will be able to pull off a digital
transformation framework.
• Learn Transformation Experts thinks that if “Investment is likely to result in lower
profits for a while. But without it there is a serious risk to profits in the longer term.”
• Superiorly, companies do need to assign investment & with this the current business
will improve and new business will be built up.
3) Align digital transformation strategies with business goals
• According to Learn Transformation, humans, and not the technology, are at the heart
of digital transformation.
• Leaders need to communicate that switching to digital is the ideal strategy, figuring
out the end result, & reducing the panic of the ‘eventual effect’ whereby previous
products or processes are replaced by brand new or digital ones.
4) Make experimentation with digital technologies easy
• Companies must set parameters around digital transformation that allow frequent
testing of theory. Obtaining practical learning, and further modifying or getting rid of
investigation.
• Companies who share three 3 finest operations. They connect revolution to a big-
picture vision, make trials easy for employees, and also, share duties among
everyone with a tie up in the innovation.
5) Develop your communications plan
• Learn Transformation focuses on encouraging the right culture. A culture that will
get the wheels of a digital transformation in motion. That’s why education should be
any organization’s primary focus.
• It’s vital for every employee to understand why things are the way they are. why
changes are happening within the business? And also, what type of behaviors will be
needed to make the changes effective? Without this basic transparency, it will prove
impossible to get a company’s various teams behind any digital transformation
framework.
• Moreover, change can begin in areas where there are fewer risks—in marketing. For
instance, by testing messages and channels to find out what is most effective.
6) Expertise in risk management
• Every single thing about digital transformation and troublesome business models
seems to go against the traditional IT concepts of risk controls. Digital
transformation is about moving fast & growing and scaling new technologies.
• It requires the good design of risk management and controls around the digital
transformation effort.
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Tools of the Digital Transformation

4. Digital transformation is not only a technological switch, but an organizational change at the
convergence of business & people. Such reflection must take into account countless
possibilities.
And as a message to everyone that reads this, remember, the technology in itself does not
equate to digital transformation. The culture, customer & employees accompanying
business progression must be at the heart of each & every technology investment.
As digital business transformation is going to take the limelight of most organizations.
Therefore here are the some digital transformation technologies that will influence the
enterprise landscape in the 21st century. Including AI, 5G, advanced data analytics, and also
some that may amaze you. So, without further ado, here are those trends that I believe will
be the most significant in 21st century.
Leader’s Tip:
Communicate and align: Make sure the vision is well communicated, that
stakeholders are involved, and that there is alignment at all organisational
levels.
1. 5G for Everyone
21st century will be the era of 5G. With some of the major names in telecommunications,
like AT&T, Qualcomm, Ericsson, Verizon, Nokia & Huawei. Making sure that global 5G
placement stay on pace & the world’s finest Android handset creators already releasing 5G
phones, 5G will strike the ground running in this century.
Additionally to bringing us all quicker broadband speeds & more reliable mobile networks.
The reproduction of 5G will also quicken advancements in smart manufacturing, smart
vehicle, and smart city. In other words, the true worth of 5G won’t be restricted to phones.
Just about every industry that pushes our daily lives will be modified – for the better – by
the technological advancement that will define this century.
2. Cloud Data Management will increase data mobility & portability
Businesses will look to Cloud Data Management to ensure the possibility of data covering
all storage surroundings in 21st century. Data needs to be fluid in the hybrid & multi-cloud
landscape. And Cloud Data Management’s function to expand data mobility & portability is
the reason it has become an industry in and of itself.
The 2019 Veeam Cloud Data Management report disclosed that organizations vowed to
spend an average of US$41 million on establishing Cloud Data Management technologies
this year. The sight of ‘your data, when you require it, where you require it’ can only be
obtained through a vigorous CDM strategy. So, its importance will only grow over the
course of next year and hence it becomes an undeniable necessity for anybody creating a
robust digital marketing strategy for their business.
3. Blockchain in Mainstream
We believe that digital transformation services will boom with conventional applications
coming out in 21st century. That will rapidly transform areas such as digital identity
verification, data security & intelligent automation. Sectors such as regulatory bodies, BFSI,
logistics, and government agencies have already begun using blockchain. Further, They use

5. it to set up complex autonomous verification & validation systems that need minimal
human intervention, thanks to the capacity of blockchain to be immutable.
As we know that Amazon Web Services adjusting blockchain technology with their
subscription based blockchain-as-a-service platform. And they are not solo on this effort.
Many other universal leaders are also playing in this area, including IBM, Samsung, China’s
Alibaba & Microsoft.
What’s more, we are starting to see real use cases for the technology far off payments &
cryptocurrencies. Look to how blockchain will be utilized in intellectual property &
royalties, food safety, and real estate/asset management for instance. Moreover, 21st
century is marking the potential importance of Blockchain in digital transformation
framework.
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4. Analytics are the fierce trump card
Companies that aren’t investing deliberately in analytics by 2020 probably won’t be in
business in 2021. There is simply far too much valuable customer data to be collected,
processed & turned into insights for any company to be competitive without making full use
of modern analytics tools.
Every other business is grasping experienced analytics tools to find out problems, solutions
& opportunities. That’s why we are seeing a combination of analytical capabilities across
the tech world. From Salesforce obtaining Tableau to Microsoft developing its own Power
Platform.
Every major tech company has already estimated that the future is in data—most
indicatively, the real-time processing of it. And so, nevertheless of what industry you’re in,
analytics will again be one of the most ruling central points of digital transformation in
coming years.
5. AI and Machine Learning propagating data analytics
If you will invest in analytics, you also need to invest in AI & machine learning to get ready
to navigate the huge, boiling seas of information & data that you aim to put to good use.
The worth of AI & machine learning to data analytics can be refined into 3 separate value
propositions: speed, scale & convenience. Speed and scale refer to the benefit of automating
the inspection of huge data sets. As opposed to allocating human data analysts to the task.
Thanks to AI and machine learning, you can analyze complex data sets in a snippet of the
time which it used to take just two years ago.
This is not because AI & machine learning algorithms have become exceptionally good at
data analysis. And also, because that analysis can easily be scaled in the cloud. On the
convenience side the inclusion of AI & machine learning to analytics tools has made them
instinctive. Much more reliable as well as easy to use.
6. A faster Wi-Fi for a faster world
Although Wi-Fi 6 and 5G are entirely different technologies, both will be bringing us much
faster processing & wireless connection speeds in this century’s digital transformation

6. journey. 5G and Wi-Fi 6 will generate an ideal end-to-end combination of ultra-fast
connectivity for home & office. You can expect download speeds up to 3x faster than were
achievable with Wi-Fi 5. But that isn’t the best measure of the new standard’s value.
The true worth of Wi-Fi 6 will be its capacity to increase quicker data speeds to far more
devices than Wi-Fi 5 was able to manage.
So, This is important for two main reasons:
• The first is that the no. of connected devices on the average Wi-Fi network is
awaited to rise from roughly 10 now to 60 over the next few years. And that increase
will need quicker, more efficient & smarter Wi-Fi capabilities.
• The quality & volume of data gripped through Wi-Fi networks are both increasing as
well, and Wi-Fi 5 can’t handle the load all that well. Wi-Fi 6 will remove these
problem areas beginning in 21st century.
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7. Conversational Artificial Intelligence
One major thing that has achieved attention now is conversational bots. From websites to
major apps, a lot of customer-facing interactions are now handled by programmed bots that
can clarify queries & respond intelligently.
Whether it is ordering food from a restaurant, carrying out a banking transaction or
booking a cab. Tech-savvy consumers are progressively depending on personal digital
assistants or bots to assist them. The reproduction of smart devices like wearables
& IoT enabled home and personal electronic devices. Smart home speakers have created
huge possibilities for a business to connect more efficiently with end users. At present this
is the best digital transformation strategy a company can leverage to expand its
boundaries.
Today, you can ask your smart coffee maker to brew a coffee in the most delicate
alternatives of taste & smell without even touching the coffee maker. You can simply ask the
personal assistant on your phone to do so. If this is not a massive technological revolution
then what else is?
8. Immersive Experiences
2020 is seeing consumer experiences shifting to a more immersive phenomenon. A
phenomenon where almost everyone from a local retail shop to an e-commerce giant will
offer interactive experiences, courtesy of technology like augmented & virtual reality.
Gartner says – this digital transformation journey is going to be the most remarkable one as
by 2022. As, Nearly 70% of all businesses would be using immersive customer experiences
in some form on an experimental basis.
Such immersive technology will find its way into a no. of consumer-facing scenarios. For
instance virtual assistants, demonstrations, field services and so on. With gadgets
supporting immersive experiences like smart glasses & wearables being available for very
affordable prices. Furthermore, The consumer base requiring such experiences will grow
enormously in the coming years. The possibilities are limitless and businesses small or big
can undergo this digital transformation. And then, take advantage of this opportunity to
improve their competence.

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9. Autonomous drones, connected vehicles & Smart Cities become our
new reality
The combination of edge compute and 5G will bring us significantly closer to truly
autonomous cars, drones, and smart cities in 21st century. Tesla distinctly is the first name
which is bringing this to market, but this isn’t something only Elon Musk is trying to gear.
Moreover, This is happening by the direct strategic alignment between digital
transformation technology makers & automotive manufacturers.
Companies like Qualcomm/ Intel/ Nvidia & Ford/ BMW/ Volvo/ are merging up while Uber
is building their autonomous fleet & Amazon is looking to cover your every need to your
door via an autonomous drone to ultimately bring these long-committed digital
transformation technologies to the market.
Leader’s Tip:
Encourage experimentation, reward originality, and provide resources for
ongoing learning and development to promote an innovative culture.
10. UX/CX, XaaS & privacy: How technology-adjacent Digital
Transformation trends will take to center stage in 2020
Change itself is a core driver of Digital Transformation. Because of this, I am highlighting the
technology-adjacent trends that I believe will rule Digital Transformation discussions: At
the top of my list are UX/CX (User/Customer Experience), XaaS (everything as a service)
and digital privacy.
i. User and Customer Experience:
As digital transformation success is closely knitted with user and customer experience
(UX/CX), that stress will continue to lead business investments in digital transformation
strategy. On the other, improvements in connectivity (5G, Wi-Fi 6), smart automation (RPA,
AI), intuitive user interfaces (conversational AI, gesture analysis, AR), compute capabilities
(cloud, edge, machine learning),), and will combine to make coming years an inflection
point for UX and CX across a span of industries ranging from retail & hospitality to
healthcare as well as transportation.
ii. XaaS:
Everything-as-a-Service will obtain even more strength in this 21st century, in even the
most hardware-driven industries/sectors of digital transformation technology. Hewlett
Packard Enterprise declared they would provide everything in their portfolio as a service by
2022. This is just one big example, but all of the on-premise providers are switching in same
direction of digital transformation. As we continue to see the rise of hybrid, onsite, cloud,
etc., “big IT” will move on-premises as-a-Service, right alongside analytics, big
data, blockchain & more.
iii. Digital Privacy:
Thanks to the privacy failures from technology companies in current years, the
establishment of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, and rising calls in the U.S. to
urge controls on technology companies, we will be seeing more companies finally getting
serious about privacy & data security issues in 2020.

8. We expect that many will adopt privacy & transparency as a brand differentiator, allowing
users to opt in or out of data collection schemes with greater ease & awareness than in the
past.
The actual question will be whether companies like Amazon (via Alexa) and Facebook will
join in or carry on with silently gather all the data from users. Beyond that, the opportunity
for legacy high-tech companies like including but not limited to Cisco, Dell, IBM & HPE to
develop some actual & meaningful structure around data security and privacy could drive
the way to a digital privacy rejuvenation starting in 2020. So, It will be riveting to see which
companies stay status quo, what companies step up to drive privacy.
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iv. Digital Modeling
The notion is to develop a digital persona for every product or service business has to offer
its customers. This persona would be used to arrive at choosing the right supporting digital
enablers like data generators (sensors, IoT enabled devices, etc.) as well as the right
decision path (data models & implementations of data science to arrive at success models).
Such persona would be used to find out an offering’s fitness to the market, the cost needed
to maintain it feasible, the business models & processes that need re-defining to support it
and so on. This entire exercise of digital transformation, though a bit tough, will bring about
a strategic advantage to adopters as their business offerings would be more aligned for
digital success than competitors.
Final word
At last, Business leaders need to sharpen their digital skills to keep pace with the quickly
growing market. Thus, We believe that these specific tools will rule digital transformation
discussions.
Frequently asked questions
What are some challenges organizations may face during digital transformation strategy
implementation?
Challenges can include resistance to change, skill gaps, legacy system integration, data
security concerns, organizational silos, and the need for cultural transformation.
What are the key components of a digital transformation strategy?
Key components may include defining goals and objectives, assessing current digital
capabilities, identifying technology and process gaps, prioritizing initiatives, developing a
roadmap, and establishing metrics to measure success.
Key Takeaways:
• Accept change: Adopting a growth-oriented mindset is necessary for
digital transformation.
• Put the customer at the centre of the plan by concentrating on
providing them with excellent experiences and value.
• Agility and adaptability: To stay ahead in the digital environment, be
adaptable, constantly change, and make use of developing technology.

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