Chapter 3: Emerging Technologies to Accelerate Digital Transformation

In Chapter 2, Transforming the Culture in an Organization, we learned about the key role that the culture of the organization plays in enabling industrial digital transformation. The culture of innovation and risk-taking can be a challenge for traditional organizations. The infusion of digital talent and leadership, often under the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) or its variant role, can ignite that cultural transformation and the organizational structure for a successful transformation. The culture of transformation sets the stage for the use of digital technologies and business model and process changes, which we will learn more about in this and the next chapter.

The industry landscape for major digital technologies will also be discussed in this chapter. Consumer industries and their products touch the lives of people around the world daily, unlike any other industry. A set of case studies in consumer industries...