The document discusses how digitalization is affecting IT and the need for IT to develop new skills like DevOps, service design, and service analytics to transition to a more proactive, automated, and predictive operating model. It outlines five stages of IT operating model maturity from reactive "firefighting" to an automated, predictive "sentient IT" environment. Achieving higher levels of maturity requires combining service management best practices with an optimized delivery model, standardized processes, and tools enabled by data and artificial intelligence. The future vision is for "sentient IT" that can automatically detect and resolve issues without human intervention through standardization, partnerships, and reduced headcount as IT adapts continuously.