{"id":18977,"date":"2017-03-01T16:10:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T16:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digileaders.com\/?p=18977"},"modified":"2019-12-23T16:39:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T16:39:58","slug":"digital-transformation-evolution-not-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digileaders.com\/digital-transformation-evolution-not-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Transformation: Evolution not Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six years ago, Digital Champion Martha Lane-Fox advised the Cabinet Office to instigate a complete revolution of the way Government engaged with the Internet to deliver services. Her report was titled: Directgov 2010 and beyond: revolution not evolution.<\/p>\n<p>That was certainly needed back then, but times have changed and we\u2019ve come a long way since. We used to talk about migrating to Office 365 or putting document management in the cloud. Now, we\u2019re not talking \u2018if cloud\u2019 but \u2018what cloud\u2019. We\u2019re putting entire businesses into the cloud with cloud ERPs like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialforce.com\/\">FinancialForce<\/a>. Who wants to sign another 10-year deal with a legacy software provider? Not many people these days.<\/p>\n<p>Digital transformation is now the norm. It should no longer be revolutionary to use the Internet to communicate and interact better with citizens, delivering the same services at lower cost. In fact, it\u2019s Government\u2019s duty to do so. It\u2019s the public purse that is being spent!<\/p>\n<p>So why are we still talking in terms of \u2018big transformation projects\u2019 which get started, built and ended? Shouldn\u2019t digital transformation be seen as a way of realising efficiency savings and therefore part of the DNA of Government? Shouldn\u2019t it be evolutionary, rather than revolutionary?<\/p>\n<p>We had an interesting debate on this at Digital Leaders\u2019 salon on 22<sup>nd<\/sup> February. Participants raised lots of good points as to why digital is not yet part of the DNA of public bodies. They highlighted some of the key reasons why digital transformation is not yet ingrained in the mindset and behaviours of public bodies: the fear of getting it wrong or being baffled by vendors putting \u2018cloud\u2019 in front of everything they offer.<\/p>\n<p>As a digital transformation partner, it\u2019s our job to support senior executives at the helm of public bodies and make them comfortable with starting their transformation journey. It\u2019s our job to put them back in charge of their business model and operations. At <a href=\"https:\/\/methodsdigital.co.uk\/\">Methods Digital<\/a>, we do so by offering digital leadership training (including Agile thinking) and knowledge transfer throughout project delivery. Other partners will offer valuable components of the solution, but the point is we play a key role in this evolution to ensure the positive changes continue long after we have gone.<\/p>\n<p>We are the ones who need to break down barriers to consuming digital education, share the success stories to show what \u2018good\u2019 looks like, and deliver value fast.<\/p>\n<p>Most leaders of public bodies are open to learning and want to adapt, but they need to know they are doing it in a safe way. A lot of people depend on them to get it right. And it\u2019s our job to offer guidance based on our experience so that costly mistakes can be avoided. It\u2019s our duty to tax-paying citizens, just like it\u2019s the duty of senior execs to ensure public money is not wasted in archaic and expensive back-end processes and the technology they run on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six years ago, Digital Champion Martha Lane-Fox advised the Cabinet Office to instigate a complete revolution of the way Government engaged with the Internet to deliver services. Her report was titled: Directgov 2010 and beyond: revolution not evolution. 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