TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The authors of “The Digital Fallacy” are interviewed by veteran strategist David Rader. They envision digital implementation as a learning journey rather than a time-boxed program. They name the journey “Digital Maturity.”Design/methodology/approach Explains how Digital Maturity is a way of applying digital technology – at first to promote efficiency and ultimately in creative ways to innovate new business models – an operation that continues to grow and evolve.Findings Digitally mature companies are more likely to be agile, experimental, risk tolerant, collaborative and learning organizations.Practical implications Getting started can begin with identifying leaders within the organization with characteristics exhibited by digitally mature organizations and tasking them and a team with an effort that allows them to test fast, learn fast and scale fast.Originality/value Companies often start by focusing on efficiency gains, then move to better use of data for decision making and then lastly to employ technology to transform their offerings and business models. The final stage is where the greatest value from digital maturity is achieved.
VL  - 47
IS  - 5
SN  - 1087-8572
DO  - 10.1108/SL-06-2019-0084
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/SL-06-2019-0084
AU  - Rader David
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Digital maturity – the new competitive goal
T2  - Strategy & Leadership
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 28
EP  - 35
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -