Digital disruption hasn’t reached its zenith, leaving many CEOs still desperate to learn how to get ahead of it. Fear not: PwC principal Tom Puthiyamadam is on a mission to save corporate C-suites from themselves.
Some CEOs are embarking on vision quests to help navigate digital disruption, which is marked by a shift in profitability from one prevailing business model to another. Puthiyamadam, who leads the PwC’s digital services practice and oversees its experience center, recalls one recent conversation with a CEO client who attended a “digital bootcamp” in Europe.
The CEO was told he must join Twitter and that his business would be disrupted in two years. Puthiyamadam quickly assured the CEO that the threats weren’t so imminent. Indeed, he regularly cautions clients against acting rashly because the wrong bets, from service ideation to technology choices, can set a business back years. “Don’t believe you need to act frantically and in panic mode because your business is going to get completely overwhelmed,” Puthiyamadam tells CIO.com.
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Source: IT Strategy