The Technology Fallacy, Anh Nguyen Phillips
The Technology Fallacy, Anh Nguyen Phillips
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The Technology Fallacy
How People Are the Real Key to Digital Transformation

Author: Anh Nguyen Phillips, Jonathan R. Copulsky, Garth R. Andrus, Gerald C. Kane

Narrator: Jack de Golia

Unabridged: 8 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/09/2019


Synopsis

Digital technologies are disrupting organizations of every size and shape, leaving managers scrambling to find a technology fix that will help their organizations compete. This book offers managers and business leaders a guide for surviving digital disruptions—but it is not a book about technology. It is about the organizational changes required to harness the power of technology. The authors argue that digital disruption is primarily about people and that effective digital transformation involves changes to organizational dynamics and how work gets done. A focus only on selecting and implementing the right digital technologies is not likely to lead to success. The best way to respond to digital disruption is by changing the company culture to be more agile, risk tolerant, and experimental.

The authors draw on four years of research, conducted in partnership with MIT Sloan Management Review and Deloitte, surveying more than 16,000 people and conducting interviews with managers at such companies as Walmart, Google, and Salesforce. They introduce the concept of digital maturity—the ability to take advantage of opportunities offered by the new technology—and address the specifics of digital transformation, including cultivating a digital environment, enabling intentional collaboration, and fostering an experimental mindset.

About Anh Nguyen Phillips

Anh Phillips has dedicated her career to exploring the interplay between technology and humanity. She is coauthor of The Technology Fallacy, The Transformation Myth, and Work Better Together. Her work has been cited in leading publications such as the Wall Street Journal, MIT Sloan Management Review, Forbes, Fortune, and CIO Magazine. A senior leader at Deloitte Consulting, Anh directs research teams that help the C-suite and board focus on the important role that technology, leadership, and culture play in fostering innovation.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Richard

I enjoyed this book, which is not something I say about that many professional books. It gives a clear description of the nature of digital transformation, with the big hint given in the title that the authors do not think mastery in this field is just about technology. The acknowledge the critical......more

Goodreads review by Sergio

This book walks the reader on the challenges that digital disruption is posing to all companies. Based on a research done with MIT and Deloitte, with more than 16.000 individuals surveyed, the research examines the traits of three clusters of companies based on various degree of digital maturity. An......more

Goodreads review by Fred

Human Implications Need More Attention - Becoming aware of this book when reading another in this series, e.g. Ross et al’s “Design for Digital” (see my review), I decided to give it a look. It seemed as if it might inform other aspects of digital transformation that has been becoming so prominent e......more

Goodreads review by Sunny

With emerging technologies and business models, companies today are having to decide whether to follow this trend of digital transformation or rely on maintaining the status quo of historical successes. The Technology Fallacy is not about technology per se but instead focuses on the cultural element......more

Goodreads review by Per

This is an important book for anyone involved in any technology-related topics and most are these days. The main conclusion seems, in short, to be: Technology considerations without People considerations is a poor investment and People considerations without Technology considerations is a poor inves......more