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Jul 31 2018

5 Tips to Better Train Executives on Digital Transformation

5 Tips to Better Train Executives on Digital Transformation

If you are leading a digital transformation effort, you know how important it is get executive buy-in. Yet many leaders have only a tangential grasp of what it means to be “digital” and shy away from getting their hands dirty. Here are five tips on how to design or retool your digital training and development programs to ensure not only that executives develop a digital mindset, but that proactively seek out ways to improve their digital literacy.

Written by Charlene Li · Categorized: Digital Transformation, Disruption, Employees, Leadership, Open Leadership, Research, Strategy · Tagged: customers, digital, engagement, executive, mentoring, objectives, peers, Strategy, tips, training, transformation, workshop

Apr 24 2018

Reflecting on 10 Years of Groundswell and What To Do Next

Reflecting on 10 Years of <i>Groundswell</i> and What To Do Next

10 years ago, my co-author Josh Bernoff and I released our first book, Groundswell: Living in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. Today on this anniversary, I reflect on what our expectations were when we published that work, what has changed, and what has not.

Written by Charlene Li · Categorized: Book, Culture, Employees, Future, Leadership, Privacy, social, Social business, Social networks, Strategy · Tagged: Book, customer, dialog, global citizen, groundswell, history, relationships, social, social strategy, Strategy

Jan 31 2018

5 Ways to Drive Diversity and Digital Transformation at the Same Time

5 Ways to Drive Diversity and Digital Transformation at the Same Time

Although the challenges surrounding diversity and inclusion (D&I) and digital transformation (DT) are often seen as separate, in reality they’re actually quite similar. In this article I give some advice on what organizations can do to advance both with the same initiatives.

Written by Charlene Li · Categorized: Culture, Digital, Digital Transformation, Diversity & Inclusion, Employees, Future of Work, HR, Leadership, Trends · Tagged: charleneli, digital, digital transformation, diversity, future of work, inclusion, Strategy

Aug 25 2017

HR’s Role in Digital Transformation

HR’s Role in Digital Transformation

We often think about digital transformation as something tackled by the dynamic duo of Marketing and IT. But there needs to be a third — HR. That’s because, while digital transformation appears to be about technology, at its heart it’s about people, and the relationships that are changed because of these digital technologies. Today I examine the key takeaways from a recent Prophet report on the subject.

Written by Charlene Li · Categorized: Culture, Digital Transformation, Employees, HR, Leadership, Strategy · Tagged: altimeter, charleneli, Culture, digital, digital strategy, digital transformation, Leadership, prophetbrand, Strategy

Jul 21 2016

What Tesla and Trump have in common

What Tesla and Trump have in common

Other than beginning with the letter “T,” there’s something that both Tesla and Donald Trump have in common. They both created movements. Here’s how they did it — and what organizations eager to disrupt their industries need to master.

Written by Charlene Li · Categorized: Brand, Disruption, Leadership, Marketing, Strategy · Tagged: charleneli, disruption, Leadership, Strategy, tesla, trump

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